It was the tension between ... building practices that don’t waste wood. The design of the Urbach Tower, a proof-of-concept project, emerged from a new self-shaping process for its curved ...

The wood sections ... every curved unit is slightly different. The space between the two layers varies---the larger the cavity, the more stable the component, which allows the pavilion’s shape ...

The new entrance pavilion ... meter building’s long facades are curved inwards and visitors pass through the center of each concave curve; this narrow channel marks the threshold between the ...

The pavilion ... and performance of wood, accurate simulations can hardly be done solely with digital computation. The evaluations and explorations are done by oscillating between digital ...

The pavilions have a wood-frame construction ... Teerds split the program into two buildings, which were situated on each side of the axis, in-between the curved walls and the first side-paths.

With a designed exterior inspired by bamboo scrolls, the interior features flowing curved ... building solutions, and the Osaka Expo is a great opportunity to do so," Cui said. In his view, this ...