Accelerating timber construction: 3.000 timber buildings yearly in MRA
A project precedent showcasing a complex curved timber waffle-grid canopy that modulates direct sunlight and creates rhythmic shadows over an exterior pathway.
- What we like about this project
- Detailed exposed metal brackets pin the interlocking wooden sections of the overhead waffle grid.
Materials
- timber
- steel-connectors
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- timber-waffle-grid
- curved-canopy
- elevated-walkway
- geometric-shadows
Style tags
- parametric
- contemporary
- timber-tectonic
Visual tags
- timber-construction
- waffle-structure
- parametric
- canopy
- public-realm
- Geometry
- Curvilinear wooden waffle-grid structure overhead forms an organic, undulating canopy that frames views of the sky and path.
- Facade system
- Open timber waffle canopy acting as an overhead shading structure.
- Structural guess
- Interlocking timber rib waffle structure supported by hidden steel brackets.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale walkway, steps, and balustrade sheltered beneath a multi-story waffle canopy.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting crisp geometric shadow patterns across the light concrete walkway.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, sunny, and rhythmic with intricate shadows cast from the exposed timber structure.
- Environmental context
- Open-air elevated deck or plaza with clear blue sky visible through the canopy openings.
- Spatial experience
- Moving along the elevated pathway beneath the intricate timber lattice creates a rhythmic interplay of enclosed shadow and open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating modular connections and rib segments create a dense, interlocking overhead grid rhythm.
- Style reading
- Parametric timber architecture
- Program
- Elevated public walkway or observation deck
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, steel-connectors, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- timber-waffle-grid, curved-canopy, elevated-walkway, geometric-shadows
- Style tags
- parametric, contemporary, timber-tectonic
- Visual tags
- timber-construction, waffle-structure, parametric, canopy, public-realm
- Geometry
- Curvilinear wooden waffle-grid structure overhead forms an organic, undulating canopy that frames views of the sky and path.
- Facade system
- Open timber waffle canopy acting as an overhead shading structure.
- Structural guess
- Interlocking timber rib waffle structure supported by hidden steel brackets.
- Spatial scale
- Human scale walkway, steps, and balustrade sheltered beneath a multi-story waffle canopy.
- Lighting
- Direct bright sunlight casting crisp geometric shadow patterns across the light concrete walkway.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, sunny, and rhythmic with intricate shadows cast from the exposed timber structure.
- Environmental context
- Open-air elevated deck or plaza with clear blue sky visible through the canopy openings.
- Spatial experience
- Moving along the elevated pathway beneath the intricate timber lattice creates a rhythmic interplay of enclosed shadow and open sky.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating modular connections and rib segments create a dense, interlocking overhead grid rhythm.
- Style reading
- Parametric timber architecture
- Program
- Elevated public walkway or observation deck
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture