Digital wood is a full-scale exhibition structure in plywood. Through investigations, full-scale experiments and digital tools this project seeks to explore new perspectives of programing timber in the field of architecture and design. In collaboration with our sponsors a temporary structure was designed and built for the “Tomorrow’s Wood Production” venue which functioned as a gathering place and visual label for visitors, while exploring new … Continue reading digital wood
Onyx is a proposal for a small scale concrete kiosk located at the Botanical garden, Gothenburg. It recreates the sharp and almost dangerous language of rock formations, yet completely friendly for human beings. Visitors may enter the kiosk during a cold winter day with hot cup of mulled wine and experience the space. Aggregated out of 121 custom made concrete blocks, the installation offers functionality … Continue reading onyx
Blidö is a vertical extension of a timber frame house built in the 1950s. Rather than trying to mimic the expression of the existing structure, this project attempts to select and lift certain qualities of the original building. By incorporating details such as roof angles, roof material and corner colours, the extension communicates with the original house while still being an unexpected addition. The project … Continue reading blido
I finally got around to migrate the content from my previous website plsndesigntech.com to this wordpress driven page. It feels good not having to worry about the backend and infrastructure of the site anymore. Previously everything was managed using PHP/MySQL/HTML/CSS etc, and I had to manually push new data to the DB everytime I wanted to make an update (there was no CMS whatsoever). Here … Continue reading new website
Twist is a proof of concept project trying to replicate the power of the graphical algorithm editor Grasshopper3d in an independent programming environment. As an approach to generative design, this software allows you to dynamically manipulate the shape of the building by adjusting numerical parameters on the GUI and see the results on the go. Rotation, number of stories and their height are some of … Continue reading TWIST
EMU is a form-finding tool implemented as a plugin to the parametric 3D modelling software Grasshopper3d. It was developed as a part of my M.Sc thesis in structural engineering. The question the thesis addresses is the feasibility of elastically bent gridshells in a Scandinavian context. Looking worldwide at realized gridshells and existing design methods, a gap has been identified between the required analysis process and … Continue reading emu
The Head is a social media device designed to evoke the sense of surrealism. For human beings, the homosapian face is one of the most recognizable things. We see them every day and subconsciously read their proportions to store them in our memory. There is a clear image of what a human face looks like. But what happen we take an comprehensible object like this … Continue reading head
The Crack rethinks the cast concrete masonry unit in architecture. Sited in the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens, it was designed digitally with associative modelling and prototyped by means of 3D printing. The design features 70+ concrete blocks that interlock geometrically to form a structural whole. All blocks are unique and were cast in moulds made from EPS foam. The moulds were fabricated off site with the … Continue reading crack
emil poulsen 