Tree Fork Truss - Zachary Mollica

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Forks in trees

Test forks

Cultivating Complexity Robot testing

3 point system

Forester input

25 forks felled

.3DM Fork photos

Forks Traced

Fork analysis script

Fork cutting list

GPS data

Truss Mockup

Organization 3

Organization 2 Organization 1

Engineer input

Vierendeel truss

.3DM Truss volume 1

.3DM Not enough forks

Catenary arch

Truss volume 2

DESIGN NOTES The Tree Fork Truss employs twenty distinct beech forks within an arched vierendeel truss. An intentionally unusual arrangement for timber, its non-triangulated form is

Zachary Mollica

specifically enabled by the rigidity of these naturally formed joints.

Project brief

Larch poles


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