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Structuring irregularity
A photography project that captures the interdisciplinary essence of timber architecture research in the context of sustainability.
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V1, Väre, 2nd floor
Otaniementie 14, 02150 Espoo
Exploring timber structures and architecture
The photography project “Structuring Irregularity” is a documentary photography work in parallel with an on-going doctoral research “Timber-only Structures and Architecture”. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the doctoral research, which aims to bring together engineering (ENG) and architecture (ARTS), different perspectives – more scientific in ENG and more artistic in ARTS – need to be integrated and practiced in the process. To deliver the knowledge gained and the lessons learned during the process to the public, various approaches are considered, including publishing the findings in international journals, participating in international conferences and organizing exhibitions, etc. Apart from the research contributions, which will be published as a doctoral dissertation, we are carrying out a photography project that aims to, visually and artistically, unveil the practical process of the doctoral research in a more poetic narrative.
Besides the photographs, small-scale prototypes are built using salvaged timber from a local construction site at Aalto University. The prototypes use specific arrangements and an assembly approach that are developed in the doctoral research in which the "invisible" value of the material has been explored and presented. Special thanks to Aalto University Campus & Real Estate (ACRE) and NCC Suomi Oy for support in the collection of salvaged timber.
Project team:
- Gengmu Ruan, Doctoral researcher
- Gerhard Fink, Professor of Wooden Structures, School of Civil Engineering
- Günther H. Filz, Professor of Structures and Architecture, School of Arts, Design & Architecture
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