The cabinet is the primary built feature in the master
bedroom of the Okoboji House. All sides of the cabinet are finished with
horizontally-laminated Baltic Birch plywood (stacked slabs of plywood with
veneer edges exposed). The front side is a large headboard for the bed, facing
the lake view. Studying the morphology of rippling water, we developed a range
of parameters for a computer animation of the water's surface. We then
optimized this surface for fabrication and output code for a 3-axis cnc-router
to cut the wave-form into blank slabs of plywood prepared for the job. Here,
the uniqueness of the supple surface is contrasted by the repetitive
horizontality of the veneer layers.
Awards:
2008
AIA Nebraska Honor Award for detail