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Elegant Solid Wood Designs with Impeccable Joinery

This is a series of posts describing the many varieties of Japanese gate, or mon (門). If you look at the preceding kanji more closely, you can think of it as a picture of a pair of swinging doors,…

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Case Study: Cidori — Josh Berliner | Wood architecture, Wood joints, Timber architecture

This Cidori grid was modeled on the building system used in Kengo Kuma's GC Prostho Museum and Research Center in Kasugai-shi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Originally based on a children's toy and converted to architectural scale, the interlocking wood members conceal the joint in the grid, creating a solid structural system. A report on the building's structural systems, skin, environmental systems, and lighting was also prepared as a part of the project. Year: Fall 2013 Professor: …

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Tsugite: The tetris of Japanese joinery | REthink Tokyo | Japanese joinery, Wood joinery, Joinery

Held together without glue, nails or metal supports — the works of tsugite craftsmen have been a staple of traditional Japanese design for centuries. The most common joint mechanism during the 12th to19th century, it employs both satisfyingly simple and fantastically complex cuts in timber, interlocking to create surprisingly strong bonds.

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Cidori | 木造建築, 建築デザイン, 木材加工

CIDORI, the literal translation being 1000 birds, does not express how material is dense, but rather the state of birds flying through the sky like particles. This CIDORI KOSHI, or CIDORI Lattice, is a traditional technique lacing thin rectangular wood into a lattice by making a special notch in the wood. By using this technique, a strong structure can be created without using any nails, and at the same time, it is possible to dismantle the structure at once. For this project, we have applie

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