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Timber Topographies

PrizeHonorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Installations & structures
Project locationCharlottesville, Virginia
University/SchoolUniversity of Virginia
Lead ArchitectUniversity of Virginia School of Architecture
Design TeamStudents: Harris Agnew, Shiza Chaudhary, Mary Cotterman, Meredith DeLong-Maxey, Mairead Driscoll, Manuel Estrada, Isaac Goodin, Darien Hersh, Connie Liou, Zeya Min-Fink, Amanda Nordwall, Atlee Paterno, Elizabeth Solkey, Madeleine Zahn. Faculty: Kyle Schumann.
ClientUniversity of Virginia Sustainability Lab at Morven

A design-build project sited in the Virginia piedmont, Timber Topographies orients visitors to the surrounding mountains and provides a shady retreat through the deployment of novel non-planar timber systems fabricated with proprietary university-invented robotic sawmill technology. The installation takes shape as a meandering screen and bench. Angles in plan orient views to the surrounding topography and slopes in elevation merge with mountains beyond. Two non-planar timber systems are designed and deployed in service of program: a place for rest, shade, and orientation to the site.