Curved Glulam: A Single Piece of Wood is Curved

A set of curved timber frames. Each component is made by pressing and gluing many layers of thin wood veneers over a mold, allowing for continuous large curves. The side of the cross-section reveals the layered lines. These curved ribs are arranged at equal intervals, spanning the space, curving from the ground up to form the roof and descending to the other side, like a set of ribs. The wood is light-colored pine or larch, treated only with transparent protection. Avoid: using short, straight wood pieces joined in a polyline to fake a curve, sanding off the layered lines, using large exposed metal connection plates, and staining the wood dark to obscure the layering.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組彎曲的木構架。每一根構件是由許多層薄木片在模具上壓彎再膠合而成,因此可以做出連續的大弧度;斷面的側面看得見一層層的疊合線。這些彎曲的肋以等距排列跨過空間,從地面彎上去成為屋頂再落到另一側,像一組肋骨。木材是淺色的松木或落葉松,只上透明保護。避免:用短木料折線拼接假裝曲線、把疊層線打磨掉、使用外露的大型金屬接板、把木材染成深色遮住疊層。