PINCH Library

John Lin and Olivier Ottevaere, Shuanghe Village, China, 2014

Scale: 1:33
Materials: cardboard, plaster, wood
Type: structural
Detail: 4/7
Student: Erin Fischer, HS25

A 1:33 study model of John Lin and Olivier Ottevaere's PINCH Library, depicting the building's dramatically pinched, curved timber-slatted roof supported by an array of splayed portal frames and clustered columns. The structure is fabricated from fine hand-cut wood strips and sheet wood for the frames, set on a hand-cast plaster site base that abstracts the topography. The model foregrounds the structural logic and surface articulation of the laminated timber canopy, clearly communicating how the roof warps between its two lifted ends over the open plan below.

How it's made — RAPLAB

Laser cutter — tutorial ↗
PDF export for laser cutting — tutorial ↗
Digital Workshop ↗
Casting Workshop ↗
Casting plaster — tutorial ↗
Plaster — tutorial ↗
Wood Workshop ↗
Sawing — tutorial ↗
Adhesives — tutorial ↗