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Cornucopia


Architecture Design Research

Introduction

This project considers the undervalued resource of used, waste, and off-cut wood as a new language for discrete architectural components. Instead of downcycling useful timber, this project considers the possibility of tapping into this large waste resource to keep more timber products in use.


Off-cuts are categorised by sectional dimensions and then modularised to set lengths. These modules are then packed and reconfigured into digital voxel sets and are aggregated using the Wave Function Collapse algorithm to create larger, specific formations of the timber off-cuts, joined by folded metal connectors for assembly and reconfiguration.


WFC is used as a constraint programming algorithm to solve 3D combinatorial problems. Voxels are categorised for placement by design typology. By limiting and constraining the allowable aggregation of the voxel types according to specific design parameters, a spatial language is developed which explores the potential for this waste product to become a useful and beautiful building material at multiple scales.

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Material Resources

Recycling waste wood of various qualities.


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Material Selection

Precise measurements of recycled timber in different sizes.


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Wood Database Library

The digital model and its parameters was obtained through 3D scanning, improving the database.


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Offcut Wood Aggregation

Offcut wood wall pattern.

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WFC - Furniture Aggregation

Restores the relationship between adjacent voxels of the model.


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Chair Assembly

Shows off-cut wood assembly and completes the assembly of the chair with connecting pieces.


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Chair - WFC Aggregation

Explores the possibilities of off-cut regular timber on the domestic scale.


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Physical Chair Assembly Offcut Wood


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Physical Chair Assembly Irregular Wood


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Fragment Unit and its Assembly


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From Fragment to Unit Assembly: Wall, Stair, Roof, Floor


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3D Model, Voxelisation, Aggregation, Assembly


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Pavilion Assembly


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Pavilion Assembly


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Architectural Aggregation

A mix of irregular and regular timbers to create spaces of different sizes.


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Interior Design

For an interior space, walls, ceilings, columns and furniture are used with a wide range of wood.

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Architecture Application

Proposals for future timber-framed high-rise buildings, with different timbers used in the right places.


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Architecture Application



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