Angular translucent wooden elements set the mood for an exhibition dedicated to innovation, by the EPFL’s Timber Construction Laboratory (IBOIS).

Project description:
“Humans, who have worked with wood in many different ways for millennia, continue to explore new possibilities today using fractal geometry and sophisticated software. A true high tech material, wood fuses like metal; it is bent and pleated, braided with suppleness and curved gently into ribbed shells in the expert hands of EPFL’s Timber Construction Laboratory (IBOIS), directed by Yves Weinand. The “Timber Project” exhibit presents current research in timber construction, where interdisciplinarity – in this case, between civil engineering, architecture, mathematics, and computer science – provides a breath of fresh air and a surge of new inspiration. This research, whose timing coincides with current environmental and ecological concerns, is leading to innovative construction solutions that can be efficiently built and are economically viable – a new architecture of wood.”
Exhibition design & photos © copyright by fred hatt | tangram*.

The translucent effect is achieved by CNC carving the wooden panels.

Via EPFLTV.