WOOD IN

LANDSCAPE
[LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE ]

aravinda devaraj(1rv05at004)
preetha a meda (1rvo5at046)
[8th sem, b.arch ‘a’
06-03-2009]
TREATMENT FOR WOOD USED
OUTDOORS..
Why does wood need to be treated?
Wood will decay if temperature, oxygen, and moisture are not controlled. The simplest way
to prevent biological deterioration is to keep wood dry. However, this is not practical for
outdoor structures. Where temperature, oxygen,
and moisture cannot be entirely controlled, use of decay-resistant wood species and/or
woods treated with preservatives is the only option to prevent wood deterioration.

What form of deterioration can take place?

•Decrease of strength due to faults.
•Absorption of water, thereby causing warping.
•Raised grain
•Shelling

So how is treatment done?

Wood is treated with copper and arsenic forced into the grain inside high-pressure
cylinders. Because the chemicals are fixed in the wood and don't leach out, pressure-
treated wood is safe to use in vegetable gardens.
•Wood preservative contains chemicals that kill the fungi and insects that discolor or
destroy wood.
•A water repellent is a penetrating wood finish loaded with oils or waxes designed to
prevent water from soaking into wood.

After wood is properly treated with any waterborne-preservative-treatment process, it is

re-dried (kiln dried or air dried).
SOME WOODEN STRUCTURES..
Gundagai, NSW, Australia

Arizona

…BRIDGES
 Europe’s oldest

…BRIDGES
Harrisburg Covered Bridge ,
wooden bridge
Sevierville

Muritzeu Oldest bridge in Thailand

m
…DECKS
 …DECKS
Nomad Home, Salzburg,
…SEATING
…SEATING
House in Kottayam

…PERGOLAS
…PERGOLAS
…STAIRS
…STAIRS
 …SCULPTURES
Pavilion Expo, Holland
Pavilion Expo, Hungary
 …WALLS
Pavilion expo 2000,
Switzerland
 …WALLS
Traditional
Japanese
Compound
Bamboo
wall

Wall in Holland

Traditional Chinese screen

wall
…RETAINING WALLS
 Japan pavilion

Komyo-ji Temple, Japan

Expo `92

Tucker House, Victoria,

Australia

…POPULAR WALLS
SOME PROJECTS..
 Geometric hot
springs
Villarrica National
Park
chilea
The Geométricas Hot Springs, or Cajón Negro, as they used to be
called, are the result of an ambitious project carried out by
architect, Germán del Sol.

He strived to create a harmonic balance between nature and

geometry by constructing the hot springs from mainly wood and
raw materials.

These hot springs are characterized by an abundant number of

thermal fountains, around 60 in all. They spring from the Aihué
ravine at temperatures of 176°F (80°C).

17 pools have been created with red wooden paths and ramp.
plan
The wooden footbridge that passes through the center allows one to look around the
ravine and choose one’s favorite pool in which to bathe.

Close to every pool there is a wooden pavilion with private bathrooms, locker rooms,
and a deck for resting
Under the footbridge, which is about 1,476 ft. long (450 m), the thermal waters flow into
the pools through a wooden channel that directs the water.
Around these springs, there’s meeting place, ‘’quincho’’, assembled of pure wood, where one
can sit and chat with friends after a refreshing bath. It’s a covered and warm space around
an open fire.
The lighting is unobtrusive and allows one to experience the natural darkness of the
environment as it is, while providing the required minimum illumination for safe
circulation.
The geometry highlights the natural and separates it from the built.

This architecture distinguishes the place and makes it irreplaceable.

The Serpentine gallery
pavillion

london

"The Pavilion is designed as a
wooden timber structure that
acts as an urban street running
from the park to the existing
Gallery…”
Gehry and his team took inspiration for this
Pavilion from a fascinating variety of sources
including the elaborate wooden catapults
designed by Leonardo Da Vinci as well as the
striped walls of summer beach huts.
“…Inside the Pavilion,
glass canopies are hung
from the wooden structure
to protect the interior
from wind and rain and
provide for shade during
sunny days…”
 “…The Pavilion is
much like an
amphitheater,
designed to serve as
a place for live
events, music,
performance,
discussion and
debate…”

“…As the visitor walks through the

Pavilion they have access to
terraced seating on both sides of
the urban street...”
“… In addition to the terraced seating there are
five elevated seating pods, which are accessed
around the perimeter of the Pavilion. These pods
serve as visual markers enclosing the street and
can be used as stages, private viewing platforms
and dining areas."
Part amphitheatre, part promenade, these
seemingly random elements will make a
transformative place for reflection and
relaxation by day, and discussion and
performance by night.
The structure is anchored by four massive
steel columns and is comprised of large
timber planks and a complex network of
overlapping glass planes that create a
dramatic, multi-dimensional space.
Yokohama International Port
Terminal

yokohama,
japan
"Our proposal for the project starts by
declaring the site as an open public space
and proposes to have the roof of the
building as an open plaza. The project is
then generated from a circulation diagram
that aspires to eliminate the linear
structure characteristic of piers, and the
directionality of the circulation."
FOA
 The brief of the Yokohama
International Port Terminal
asked for the articulation of a
passenger cruise terminal and
a mix of civic facilities for the
use of citizens in one
building.
The project is a mediating device between
the system of public spaces and the
management of the cruise ship passenger
flow.
Rather than a symbolic figure or object, the
structure materializes a state of union
between land and water
The structure doesn’t follow the
conventional column and beam
system. Instead, it uses
interlocking steel plates at
inclination to one another as a
result of which the plates fold up to
form the different levels. This also
copes with the lateral forces
generated by seismic movements
that affect the Japanese
topography.

In addition to the structural

advantage of this technique, it
contributes to the architectural
language of the building- it gives a
sense of continuity.
This sense of continuity is essential to the
design.

The site had a pivotal role along the city's

water front that, if declared a public
space, would present Yokohama City with
a continuous structure of open public
spaces along the waterfront.

There is a continuity of the exterior to the

interior; a continuity between the levels; a
continuity of the natural landscape onto
the roof of the terminal.
A reduced palette of
materials, details
and finishes
emphasizes the
project’s objective of
performing a
functional and
conceptually
innovative role in
the creation of
transitional spaces.
All secondary system that are applied to
the steel topography, mainly wood-deck
flooring system, glazing system and
fencing/handrail system use a single
detail along the length of the building and
only vary to explore the geometrical
variation across spaces. The ambition
was to construct continuous but
differentiated spaces along the length of
the pier.
WEBSITES: BOOKS:

www.archdaily.com International year book- No.7

www.arcspace.com Architecture Now- Vol.2

www.wayfaring.info Great New Buildings of the World

www.fpl.fs.fed.us New Minimalist Houses- Anja

Llorella
www.archrecord.construction.com
New Sustainable homes- James
http://www.building.co.uk Greyson Trulove

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