Contribution in edited book
Textile Architecture for Wood Construction
Publication Details
Authors: | Silbermann, S.; Heise, J.; Kohl, D.; Böhm, S.; Akbar, Z.; Eversmann, P.; Klussmann, H. |
Editor: | Leopold, Cornelie; Robeller, Christopher; Weber, Ulrike |
Publisher: | Birkhäuser |
Place: | Basel |
Publication year: | 2019 |
Pages range : | 113-122 |
Book title: | Research Culture in Architecture: Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration |
ISBN: | 978-3-0356-2023-8 |
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Our project is an investigation of the design, shaping, simulation, manufacture, and construction of lightweight load-bearing structural components made of wood-based continuous-fiber textiles. Our aim is to innovatively adapt established concepts in wood construction, such as panelized construction and wood framing, to textile construction. We are developing a continuous filament out of solid wood that can be made into wood-textile structures. Textiles have many advantages: excellent suitability for light construction, versatility of form and function, refined and tested manufacturing and processing technologies, and a characteristic, ever-changing, deeply familiar aesthetic of parallel and crossing threads. Our ultimate goal is to develop a materialefficient, functional, and aesthetically appealing architecture based on solid-wood textiles.