Constructive Land, 2022
▣ TYPE: Report / Research / Teaching
⧆ CLIENT: SOM Foundation
▤ KEY MATERIALS: Timber
▦ METHODOLOGY: Mapping / Interviews / Literature review / Site visits
⧇ COLLABORATORS: Central Saint Martins (UAL) / Forestry England / Evolving Forests / Lethaby Gallery
Our fertile landscape is constrained by pressures from farming, woodland and housing, all of which need reimagining as we move into a postcarbon future. Constructive Land looks at the potential of resilient forestry practices for the British landscape, and explores what materials and building systems can be drawn from a new model of regenerative land management. The report Mosaic Landscape is available to read here.
The research questioned the different value systems imposed onto our land. Foresters, woodland managers, farmers, millers, manufacturers, consultants, researchers, charities, and certification bodies provided key insights, both into the pressures and interests influencing woodland management today, and into the extent to which these factors are interrelated.
Foregrounded by this understanding, UAL students investigated and tested the application of new biobased materials drawn from conventionally underutilized woodland material. Half of the cohort prefabricated Clearfell House, an experimental timber structure that will facilitate teaching and community engagement in Dalby Forest, whilst other groups developed Resilient Systems based on climate-resilient timber species chosen in anticipation of tomorrow’s changing forestry landscape. Their research was exhibited at the Lethaby Gallery in Central London and presented at Constructive Disobedience conference hosted at TU Braunschweig, Germany.
STUDENTS: Antonio Abreu, Zahra Ghizlene Badaoui, Elise Blackmore, Cameron Carrington, Zhongyang Chen, Can Danisman, Lucy Daw, Samuel Fraquelli, Leo Hui, Ellie Johnson, Harry Kendall, Emilia Kepista, Irmak Kuzu, Emily Llumigusin, Amadeo Martini, Joy Matashi, Hannah Millett, Michael Parish, Dominica Piatek, Hannah Robinson, Leyla Salih, Dilushanan Selvarajah, Sabina Shaybazyan, Rowan St John, Adam Stanford, Humzah Uzzaman, Elliot Wedge
Constructive Land, 2022
▣ TYPE: Report / Research / Teaching
⧆ CLIENT: SOM Foundation
▤ KEY MATERIALS: Timber
▦ METHODOLOGY: Mapping / Interviews / Literature review / Site visits
⧇ COLLABORATORS: Central Saint Martins (UAL) / Forestry England / Evolving Forests / Lethaby Gallery
Our fertile landscape is constrained by pressures from farming, woodland and housing, all of which need reimagining as we move into a postcarbon future. Constructive Land looks at the potential of resilient forestry practices for the British landscape, and explores what materials and building systems can be drawn from a new model of regenerative land management. The report Mosaic Landscape is available to read here.
The research questioned the different value systems imposed onto our land. Foresters, woodland managers, farmers, millers, manufacturers, consultants, researchers, charities, and certification bodies provided key insights, both into the pressures and interests influencing woodland management today, and into the extent to which these factors are interrelated.
Foregrounded by this understanding, UAL students investigated and tested the application of new biobased materials drawn from conventionally underutilized woodland material. Half of the cohort prefabricated Clearfell House, an experimental timber structure that will facilitate teaching and community engagement in Dalby Forest, whilst other groups developed Resilient Systems based on climate-resilient timber species chosen in anticipation of tomorrow’s changing forestry landscape. Their research was exhibited at the Lethaby Gallery in Central London and presented at Constructive Disobedience conference hosted at TU Braunschweig, Germany.
STUDENTS: Antonio Abreu, Zahra Ghizlene Badaoui, Elise Blackmore, Cameron Carrington, Zhongyang Chen, Can Danisman, Lucy Daw, Samuel Fraquelli, Leo Hui, Ellie Johnson, Harry Kendall, Emilia Kepista, Irmak Kuzu, Emily Llumigusin, Amadeo Martini, Joy Matashi, Hannah Millett, Michael Parish, Dominica Piatek, Hannah Robinson, Leyla Salih, Dilushanan Selvarajah, Sabina Shaybazyan, Rowan St John, Adam Stanford, Humzah Uzzaman, Elliot Wedge
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