As an organic building material, wood is held in particularly high
esteem in this age of climate crisis. A component of environmentally
friendly resource cycles, wood demonstrates its innovative potential
when used in new technological developments and hybrid applications that
are suited to complex, modern architectural tasks. We have only just
started reimagining wood as a cutting-edge, versatile building material
of the future.
GAM. 17 takes a new look at wood--at its multi-faceted nature and
architectural possibilities-- and proposes building and design concepts
that fully utilize the material's potential for a more climate-friendly
construction industry. This is further complemented by a look back at
the history of building with wood and the ideological entanglements that
have long stood in the way of the further development of wood as a
building material.
With contributions by Reyner Banham, Urs Hirschberg, Anne Isopp, Jens
Ludloff, Laila Seewang, Stephan Trüby, Anselm Wagner, and others