Parametric Wood

The research project of the Center for IT and Architecture (CITA) at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts concentrates on the possible implications of a very short link between wood fabrication technology and intuitive design tools. Wood as natural and sustainable material, has several properties, which make it a prefereable basis for teh research project. Among those are: -sustainability -possibility to produce complex joints from within the material -traditional material with positiv associations -traditionally high level of prefabrication -high developed CNC wood cutting and joinery machinery The research project is divided into three different phases. In those phases the necessary knowledge and technique will be developed. Each will deal with different scales and techniques. The development of a full-scale demonstrator, which makes use of contemporary CNC fabrication technology is the aim of the last phase. This can only be achieved within a close collaboration with partenrs from wood industrie and software companies.