Tag: carpentry craft
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“Green Approaches to Japanese Woodworking and Bath Culture” panel discussion by the Japan Society of Boston
Prof. Demi Fang moderated a panel organized by the Japan Society of Boston titled “Green Approaches to Japanese Woodworking and Bath Culture.” Presented in partnership with the Koguma Benefit Corp, panelists included Kohei Yamamoto (Somakosha), Matthew Dami (Winterfound Forest Farm), and Sami Ullah Khan Babar (water engineering), team members from a local project siting an…
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“Is Ise Circular?” Symposium at Princeton University School of Architecture
Prof. Demi Fang was invited to chair a roundtable at the “Is Ise Circular?” symposium at Princeton University’s School of Architecture, organized by Prof. Guy Nordenson (Princeton University.) The roundtable was titled “Craft, Tools, and Transmission” and guests Prof. Sigrid Adriaenssens (Princeton University) and carpenter Adam Zgola (calling in from Gunma, Japan) were invited to…
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Documenting the Chair Laboratory: A case study in carpentry craftsmanship and circularity
“As consumers, we practice reuse in everyday life, often as a means of wasting less. When it comes to buildings, the environmental and economic stakes are much higher, and yet reuse is rare at the architectural scale. If it sounds like a daunting feat to ‘recycle a building,’ that’s because it is. If the building…
Structural Futures Lab 