Digital Design and Fabrication of Timber Plate Structures

23 July, 2018

The University of Queensland School of Architecture, QLD, Australia

Digital Design and Fabrication of Timber Plate Structures

This course is considered and counted as a continuing professional development (CPD) course.

Traditional wood joinery techniques were successfully used for hundreds of years in the construction of tall timber structures. Due to a resurgence in mass timber construction and a proliferation of computer-numerically controlled (CNC) fabrication machinery, the integral joints are again an economical and performative way to construct timber buildings.

When designed properly, integral joints introduce numerous structural and constructability benefits. These include greater control over part tolerances and mechanical behaviours; self-aligning and self-locking features for faster assembly; and reduced part production cost through optimisation of material use and CNC fabrication time.

Such benefits can only be realised with a high degree of coordination between designer, fabricator, and builder. This course will allow participants to develop the skills required to achieve such coordination and deliver cutting-edge, digitally-integrated timber buildings.

Please join this all day workshop presented by Prof. Dr.Christopher Robeller, Dr. Joe Gattas and Kim Baber.

More information can be found here

Date and time: Monday 23 July 2018, 8:00am – 5:00pm

Location: The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

For all enquiries, please contact Joe Gattas – j.gattas@uq.edu.au