A picture of the top of a series of wood planks overlaying one another in a diagonal direction

Special Projects

Digital Fabrication Lab

A black and white image of the top of the Timber Twirl Haven

Timber Twirl Haven

The Timber Twirl Haven project consists of a hands-on activity integrating fourth-year architecture students and Interior design majors. The design of the Haven was parametrically developed so that students were able to extract from a digital model the necessary data to measure, cut, and assemble 37 frames of varying shapes while comprising 211 slats and more than 600 screws of three different types. This design's core concept relies on exploring parametric design to inform the fabrication of complex shapes while facilitating collaborative workflows since the students were divided into groups responsible for fabricating different frames. They had to coordinate the assembly of each part of the Haven and depend on each other's work to accomplish the Haven's construction. 

A small team of workers leaning over a table and measuring  planks of wood

A team looking on while one woman measures

A picture of two women screwing two boards together

A picture of the completed installation sitting in the lawn

An upclose view of the Timber Twirl Haven

A team assembling the Twirl installation outside

A picture of two people assembling the Twirl installation with a drill

An upclose picture of a hand holding the squared off corner of two boards meetin

Team – Fall 2023

A group photo of the Fall 2023 Team in front of the Timber Twirl Installation

Professors: Dr. Fernando Lima, Finis Eliot; Students: Anna Agnew, Carley Cabral, Emmie Dodd, Sarah Hays, Elise Heimke, Lily Isaacs, Peyton Kauffman, Addie McAbee, Kate Phillips, Keily Quinteros, Miles Robinson, Emily Schiedemeyer, Haylee Smith, Alyssa Tabor, Jesse Tarbok, Brendon Terry, Honor Thomas, Rebecca Tonguis, Vira Williams

A picture of the model of the complete concept of Timber Twirl Haven

An upclose of the model of the Timber Twirl Haven concept