Date of Award
Spring 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Architecture (MArch)
Department
Architecture
First Advisor
Emily Wissemann Ezquerro
Second Advisor
Debbie Chen
Abstract
The United States has long maintained an extractive relationship with national forest land, leaving a dwindling number of old-growth forests and an overabundance of young, small trees. Waste byproducts of the industry, such as sawmill offcuts, are typically burned or chipped for groundcover; but what if they were reconsidered as viable building materials in their own right? Opting for stuffed and strapped connections over conventional notches and nails, Soft Stickers proposes a building ethos that accepts and accounts for material variation and dimensional change over time through supple materials and a long-term maintenance commitment. Green wood offcuts dry and shrink slowly, and require their straps to be tightened to remain structural. A Soft-Stickered Shed embodies this approach in the form of a classroom / storage space containing forestry tools on managed forestland.
Recommended Citation
Croft, Alexandra L., "Soft Stickers" (2025). Masters Theses. 1423.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1423
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