Fah Kanjanavanit: Looking Out Week 12

This simple wood structure is an installation at Central Park by Toshihiro Oki Architect. The project is called "tree wood" and is about exploration and dialogue between the field of architecture and sculpture. The wood is utilized to create a geometrical space within the tree canopy. The skeletal frame is made up of studs and nails.

Fah Kanjanavanit: Looking Out Week 11

This is the Centre Pompidou-Metz by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (who just won the Prtizer prize) is located in France. The roof is CNC-machine laminated timber beams. It took them ten months to prepare and 4 months to install the wood because it is made up of 18km of glue-laminated timber beams. Each wooden beam was also cnc-ed to different proportions. The wooden framing is covered by a translucent fibreglass and Teflon textile canopy.