Wood. Rethinking Material

Open Access Published by JOVIS Verlag GmbH 2021

Wood. Rethinking Material

Edited by: Architekturfakultät der Technischen Universität Graz
Compiled by: Tom Kaden

Volume 17 in the series GAM - Graz Architecture Magazine

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783868599633

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Bilingual edition (English/German) / Zweisprachige Ausgabe (deutsch/englisch)

As an organic building material, wood is held in particularly high esteem in this age of climate crisis. A component of environmentally friendly resource cycles, wood demonstrates its innovative potential when used in new technological developments and hybrid applications that are suited to complex, modern architectural tasks. We have only just started reimagining wood as a cutting-edge, versatile building material of the future.
GAM. 17 takes a new look at wood—at its multi-faceted nature and architectural possibilities— and proposes building and design concepts that fully utilize the material’s potential for a more climate-friendly construction industry. This is further complemented by a look back at the history of building with wood and the ideological entanglements that have long stood in the way of the further development of wood as a building material.

With contributions by Reyner Banham, Urs Hirschberg, Anne Isopp, Jens Ludloff, Laila Seewang, Stephan Trüby, Anselm Wagner, and others

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Guest Editor: Tom Kaden

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	2
Editorial Open Access Download PDF	4
Material Culture
Wald und Holz. Architektur(-theorie) zwischen romantisch-völkischer Verklärung und wissenschaftlicher (Klimaschutz-)Aufklärung / Forest and Wood: Architecture (Theory) between Romantic, Populist Idealizing and Scientific (Climate Change) Enlightenment Stephan Trüby Open Access Download PDF	10
Die Baumumarmerin / Treehuggers Tom Körner Open Access Download PDF	28
Hauptsache Holz. Zu Imagewandel und kultureller Bedeutung eines zeitgemäßen Baustoffs / Wood Is the Main Thing: On the Change in the Image and Cultural Significance of a Contemporary Construction Material Anselm Wagner Open Access Download PDF	30
Is There a Substitute for Wood Grain Plastic? / Gibt es einen Ersatz für Holzimitat? Reyner Banham Open Access Download PDF	50
Material Practice
Sortenrein oder gemischt? Zur Hybridität im Holzbau / Monomaterial or Mixed Varieties? On Hybridity in Timber Construction Anne Isopp Open Access Download PDF	64
Wood Is Good! – Alles gut! Wirklich? / Wood Is Good! – All Good! Really? Stefan Winter Open Access Download PDF	76
Wood, Digitally Refined / Holz, digital verfeinert Urs Hirschberg Open Access Download PDF	90
„Es geht um den Respekt vor dem Material.“ / “It’s about Respect for the Material.” Kai Strehlke and Urs Hirschberg Open Access Download PDF	110
Holzbau. Eine Überlebensstrategie / Timber Construction: A Strategy for Survival Jens Ludloff Open Access Download PDF	130
“Cambio”: Val di Fiemme Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin Open Access Download PDF	142
Material Territory
Fireground Don Fuchs Open Access Download PDF	156
Timber Territory: Salvaging a Resilient Timber Architecture in the Pacific Northwest / Timber Territory. Territoriale Aspekte der Holzwirtschaft im Nordwesten der USA Laila Seewang Open Access Download PDF	170
Nonexploitative Architecture: Beyond an Utilitarian Perspective on Wood / Architektur ohne Ausbeutung. Jenseits einer zweckorientierten Auffassung von Holz Francesca Zanotto Open Access Download PDF	190
From Trees to Wood and Beyond: A Brief Look Into Wood Structure / Vom Baum zum Wald und darüber hinaus. Ein kurzer Ausflug in die Holzstruktur Alan Crivellaro and Flavio Ruffinatto Open Access Download PDF	202
AutorInnen / Authors Open Access Download PDF	214
Faculty News
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	218
Faculty Anne Femmer, Florian Summa, Daniel Gethmann, Petra Eckhard, Andreas Lechner and Andreas Lechner Open Access Download PDF	220
Digital Teaching Clemens Haßlinger, Alexander Grasser, Ena Kukić, Lea Schuiki and Armin Stocker Open Access Download PDF	227
Publications Open Access Download PDF	230
Research Open Access Download PDF	237
Events/ Projects Open Access Download PDF	246
Awards Open Access Download PDF	254
Exhibitions Open Access Download PDF	260
Obituary Open Access Download PDF	266
Reviews
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	270
Vielschichtig und Mehrschichtig – Zum Phänomen Holzbau / Many- and Multilayered: On the Phenomenon of Timber Construction Armin Stocker Open Access Download PDF	271
Auf dem Holzweg / Not Out of the Woods Stefan Fink Open Access Download PDF	274
Wie die Stadt des 20. Jahrhunderts zu Architektur wurde / How the Twentieth-Century City Became Architecture Andreas Lechner Open Access Download PDF	277
Mensch und/oder Maschine / Human and/or Machine Tobias Gruber Open Access Download PDF	281
Damit Wohnen besser bleibt? / So Housing Stays Better? Sigrid Verhovsek Open Access Download PDF	284
Die Wohnung für den geistigen Arbeiter / The Dwelling of the Intellectual Worker Waltraud P. Indrist Open Access Download PDF	287
Schaumige Ewigkeit / Perpetual Foaminess Sophia Walk Open Access Download PDF	290
Ein anti-monumentaler Blick auf Hausbiografien / An Anti-Monumental View of House Biographies Ingrid Böck Open Access Download PDF	293
Imprint Open Access Download PDF	297

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