CNC wood Joints

I would like to share my latest installation that I've designed and built myself. It's all done by only using grasshopper. I generated a script to determine shape and the individual connection joints. The construction consists of inter-locking parts that ‘click’ into each other by using the relative flexibilty of the material. No screws or nails were used. The main connection joints are loosely based on a study about digital wood joints done by the Offenbach Design School in Germany under the guidance of Prof. Jochen Gros in the mid nineties.

The approximate scripting time was 3 weeks and building (or clicking) took only three days. Basically I've done the work for free, since there was a very limited budget. The material was sponsored by Vanstyn plywood in the Netherlands that also produces the sheets. I had some help with the building up from some very friendly volunteers!

The overall size is 21 by 6 by 4 meters and the material used is an Oukume plywood with a core of aluminum honeycomb.

Thanks for watching!

Photography by Maarten Noordijk