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Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)

Timber is one of the most both sustainable and old construction materials. By laminating different layers of wood together, one can produce a structure with incredible strength. Main reason for this is the multidirectionality in fiber direction, that allows to work better with external forces.

3D (freeform) CLT

Most of the CLT production is traditionally flat slates. The project 'The smile', which was constructed within the 2016 London design festival, can be sonsidered as state of the art in CLT construction. This pavilion is the worlds first single curved structural CLT building.

see: http://www.thetulipwoodsmile.info/

The goal

Prototype 01 - Pressing

Is it possible to fabricate (and computationally calculate) a double curved CLT panel out of individual flat timber planks?

The lamination of wood is a common process in timber fabrication. In 2016, the first single curved CLT pavillion was built in London, but there is no real architectural result of double curved CLT. The goal is to proof that the production of double curved CLT panels is possible overall. The experiment uses two molds that press prefabricated timber strips into a three dimensional shape. Wood glue is used to connect the strips permanently. Next prototypes will make use of the same mold and test the effects of different aspects, such as engraving curvature based patterns into the strips or variations in thickness.

Prototype 02 - Bending

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Next steps

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