Building with misfit wood / Designs for a Cooler Planet

Jaakko Torvinen; Matti Kuittinen

Building with misfit wood / Designs for a Cooler Planet

Jaakko Torvinen (Designer), Matti Kuittinen (Designer)

Department of Architecture

Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review

Abstract

Project on display: Building with misfit wood

Built environments today rely on standardised materials, shapes and structures. While providing ease of use and production, uniform aesthetics leave little room for imperfection and irregularity.

This project challenges the current norms and standards through exploring the potential of whole wood – organically shaped wood that deviates from the industry standards, currently either burned, left to forest or processed into cellulose.

The structure is made by sawing an oak tree into four sections turned inside out. It experiments with traditional carpentry using robotic machining, seeking ways to utilise whole wood as mass-tailored structural elements.

Collaboration
Aarhus School of Architecture:
Technical Consultant Jakob Sieder-Semlitsch
Associate Professor Niels Martin Larsen
Associate Professor Anders Aagaard

The information on artistic outputs in the Aalto Research Portal follows the reporting guidelines of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture. Therefore, each contribution requiring independent artistic activity is reported separately. For full details of the work and its contributors, please refer to information provided by the publisher.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Espoo
Publisher	Aalto University & Helsinki Design Week
Publication status	Published - 6 Sept 2024
MoE publication type	F2 Partial implementation of a work of art or performance
Event	Designs for a Cooler Planet - Espoo, Finland Duration: 6 Sept 2024 → 3 Oct 2024 https://www.aalto.fi/en/designs-for-a-cooler-planet

Field of art

Architecture
Design

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Building with misfit wood / Designs for a Cooler Planet

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