ABSTRACT
Thanks to technological advancements in computer-aided design (CAD), digital fabrication, and engineered timber materials, this chapter's focus is to demonstrate different timber structures that emerged from the trans-disciplinary design philosophy widely discussed in Chapter 2. This chapter explicitly demonstrates that wood is experiencing a second chance in modern building technology by reinventing its possibilities. From prototype and pavilion scale to large building scale, the wide applications clearly prove the resurgence of such sustainable construction materials in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector holistically. Applying our design methodology in state-of-the-art construction and building technology offers tectonic designs where the art of building is a poetic combination of construction, structure, and architecture. By offering a series of sustainable timber structures, we explore the role of wood-wood connections as creators of complex structures as well as the architectural connections in wood. Accordingly, we address a critical approach to recent technical developments in design, fabrication, and material, opens new doors for zero carbon footprint construction.
