2024-12-21T23:06:14-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150452182/aa-school-of-architecture-students-construct-timber-tree-and-truss-structure-using-robotic-fabrication Josh Niland 2024-10-29T12:19:00-04:00 >2024-10-29T13:53:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ee/ee28b78045790634f91a8a381c8bd5c8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A new student-led project from the <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/298/architectural-association-school-of-architecture-aa" target="_blank">Architectural Association School of Architecture</a> (AA) that combines robotic fabrication processes with new software applications has been shared with Archinect as part of the school's Design + Make 2022-24 cohort.&nbsp;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/52/52c3f87e0bbd654e00e4aa2589c04db6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/52/52c3f87e0bbd654e00e4aa2589c04db6.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: courtesy Design + Make course Architectural Association/Photographer Rafael Ferres Echavarren</figcaption></figure><p>The 'Tree and Truss' project is a mass timber structure made from locally sourced materials and designed to support the columns and trusses of a new lecture hall standing in Hooke Park on the school's Woodland Campus.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7a/7a5ab27c5286765d640da25a52a1f066.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7a/7a5ab27c5286765d640da25a52a1f066.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: courtesy Design + Make course Architectural Association/Photographer Rafael Ferres Echavarren</figcaption></figure><p>Together, the students say: "The project explores a hybrid structure that seamlessly transitions from natural geometry to engineered timber and regards the tree as column and the truss as beam as the fundamental points of departure. We design through making and aim to work with the material behavior of timber."<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c1/c13d2b5f66f8393eae91df34e3f74f35.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c1/c13d2b5f66f8393eae91df34e3f74f35.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image: courtesy ...</figcaption></figure>