Material Custodies: Embracing Loss, Failure, and Death as Opportunities in Wood Construction

Satterfield, Blair; Swackhamer, Marc

doi:10.1080/10464883.2021.1859896

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“…CD is a methodology that employs computer-aided tools and algorithms to optimize the design and construction of buildings and other structures [15]. In the context of lumber reuse, CD can be used to develop custom solutions for repurposing lumber in construction projects [16]. Designers can create sophisticated designs incorporating reclaimed lumber by leveraging digital tools such as three-dimensional (3D) modeling software, parametric design platforms, and structural analysis programs.…”

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Carbon Sequestration in Lumber Columns: Facilitating the Reuse of Lumber Waste for Prefabrication through Computational Design and Augmented Fabrication

Wibranek

2023

Green Building & Construction Economics

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Industrial prefabrication brings benefits such as higher productivity and reduced waste production. However, waste, cut-offs, and failures cannot be prevented even in a prefabrication setting. Yet, most processes for utilizing scrap materials promote downgrading. This research presents a construction framework to facilitate the reuse and salvaging of lumber waste from a lumber construction company using a computational design (CD) and augmented reality (AR) setup. Specifically, we explore the design of columns based on an inventory of scrap materials and propose a high level of automation (LoA) prefabrication for reusing lumber waste for structural parts. The design and AR framework support the extension of the matching skillset through the integration of existing materials and the automation of creating an assembly plan for AR, improving the reusability of cut-off lumber blocks. It features a design tool for placing existing lumber scrap blocks and an integrated AR application for assembling these blocks into wood columns. The setup is demonstrated through column prototypes, resulting in six columns, each 10 feet high. The proposed methods extend the opportunities for designers to reuse lumber scraps for prefabrication and simplify assembly instructions for craftspeople, providing valuable tools to enable a resource-efficient workflow for lumber scrap.

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Carbon Sequestration in Lumber Columns: Facilitating the Reuse of Lumber Waste for Prefabrication through Computational Design and Augmented Fabrication

Wibranek

2023

Green Building & Construction Economics

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“…The introduction of such contextuality and ecological values in architectural pedagogies is no longer sufficient to simply introduce instrumental knowledge, but also to critically inquire about the meaning and appropriateness of such values in a particular design context (10). Some architectural pedagogy also builds such values by referring to the existence of material in the design context as 'material custodies', that 'reposition our buildings from unchanging, static objects, to organic systems in an ever-changing state of transition..' (11). Shifting and deconstructing the idea of materiality in connection with nature and local communities in design studios therefore can be done by interrogation of material and its role, both in the built environment and as part of the design process.…”

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Learning from Contextual Material Practices in Architecture: Exploring Nature-Based Materials in Indonesia and Thailand

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Atmodiwirjo

Sinuraibhan

2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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This paper outlines pedagogical strategies in architectural design studio to construct awareness of local material practices towards architecture which rooted in its environmental context. Current architectural discourse perceives the notion of material as something separate from its environmental context. Through a joint design workshop conducted between Universitas Indonesia and Kasetsart University, this paper explores existing material practices happening in the local context of Indonesia and Thailand and how it informs material-driven architectural programming. In a group, students were tasked to reconstruct their understanding of materiality, and develop collections of material practices from both countries which revealed various local knowledge, spatiality, and environmental understanding. The workshop then demonstrates important lessons in the ways material triggers programmatic relation between architecture and its surrounding environment. Among these relations are shown in the way nature-driven community events triggers specific material craftsmanship, the connection between material utilisation in the community’s spaces and natural cycles of seasons, and the interdependence between material practices and different geographical positions. Strategies in reconstructing the material knowledge towards material-based programming cross-culturally enables students to reflect on the unique material possibilities, as well as build awareness of local community strategies toward sustainable and material-driven architecture.

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Material Custodies: Embracing Loss, Failure, and Death as Opportunities in Wood Construction

Cited by 2 publications

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Carbon Sequestration in Lumber Columns: Facilitating the Reuse of Lumber Waste for Prefabrication through Computational Design and Augmented Fabrication

Carbon Sequestration in Lumber Columns: Facilitating the Reuse of Lumber Waste for Prefabrication through Computational Design and Augmented Fabrication

Learning from Contextual Material Practices in Architecture: Exploring Nature-Based Materials in Indonesia and Thailand

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