abstract

This project explores the usage of local trees, crooked and regular alike, as the main structural material in an architectural project. The trees are converted to data through the computer; scanned, analyzed, digitally arranged, robotically manufactured, and then manually assembled by locals.

This specific design process enables areas to utilize local timber material for building projects, and thus aims to minimize the amount of imported timber needed.

The architectural goal of the project is to build a beach shelter on Læsø, partly submerged in the dunes at Danzigmann beach. The shelter is to be build with exclusively Læsø’ian timber materials, utilizing the felled trees in their entirety; the largest log to the smallest branches.

After the digital placing and cutting of the structural logs, the excess material is cut into sideboards, that can be use as planks or shingles in the project. The branches that are too thin for cutting are scattered around the construction as the outmost layer, catching and keeping the volatile sand on the shelter.