Assignment 3: Madhura Kharche

Wood is a very versatile material. There is a lot of joinery techniques that one can explore while working with wood. I have been working with wood for the past four years and I have noticed that every time I was able to use the material in a way that best complemented my concept or design.

Scott Smith's class on wood and wood, wood and metal joints was very helpful in understanding traditional methods of using wood.

Some wood and wood joints

Some wood and metal joints

It is important to understand how wood grain works and how to make the strongest and most durable structure with wood.

Carter Nelson: Assignment 03

Woodwork evokes a feeling of warmth, connection to nature, luxury, tradition, and strength that no other material brings to the table. The tradition of woodworking has evolved as technology has evolved.

It began by using methods of stacking whole logs. This use came out of a degree of simplicity. See the stavkirke church below what uses wooden staves as its basis for construction. These were erected as early as the twelfth century in Norway and are feats of architecture due to their simple use of material, structural properties, durability, and by virtue of how quickly and easily they can be erected.





Following this use of wood came the idea of using a unit or sets of units for framing construction and joinery techniques. Wood framing systems came out of this sort of use for wood.



More recently we are looking at new ways of using wood through fabrication to imply different aesthetic and structural systems.



This is an extremely simple evolution of the use of wood in construction. from whole logs, to units, to hardly recognizable materials, wood has provided a unique and always relevant material palate to architecture across the world.