CURVED DLT
ARCH 160
physical model
2025
" GROUP WORK FOR INTRODUCTORY CONSTRUCTION COURSE, PAVILION DESIGN AND STUDY ON WOOD JOINERY METHODS. OUR DESIGN, 'CURVED DOWEL LAMINATED TIMBER' PROPOSED A (FICTIONAL) PATENT FOR PRELIMINARY CURVATURE OF LONG DOWELS, AND THE USE OF PRE-FABRICATED WOOD ELEMENTS TO SAVE CONSTRUCTION TIME WHILE ACHIEVING LARGE SCALE CURVED GEOMETRY. WE BENT STRAIGHT DOWELS USING WARM WATER AND A CUSTOM JIG. "