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Nurse tree – Biomass energy or biogenic building material
Name
Line Siegfred Wulff Bruus
Education degree
Kandidat
Fagfelt
Architecture
Institute
Architecture and Technology
Program
Arkitekturens teknologi
Year
2023
The project addresses material resource scarcity and reducing CO2 impact by exploring new ways of utilizing existing, renewable, and local resource - nurse tree, currently burnt for biomass energy. Rooted in vernacular building systems in Denmark and Edo (Japan) the project proposes novel structural approaches and detailing towards a biogenic tectonic from imperfect, lower strength juvenile wood.