ABSTRACT
It is expected that the plastic and flexible qualities of the new wood materials is relevant for our time and the paper will explore this assumption. Questions towards different aspects of new timber constructions and wood materials will be presented in order to discuss its cultural ecology and everyday tectonic. I.e. what is the relevance of new timber constructions? The development of timber construction through time will be discussed through the concept of metabolism.
The paper will present will present experimental reflections where a material practice will analyse and develop the themes of the paper.
The aim is to consider recent developments in architecture from a historical perspective. A confrontation with Gottfried Semper metabolic theory provides the methodological tools with which the more recent theories can be studied. This will create a theoretical foundation for the research of materials.
