Rebal Jber

Bio Column

Column, wood, not built yet

A carved wooden column with rounded openings stands in a bright modern interior.
Column, wood, not built yet

Bio Column explores the beauty and complexity of natural patterns in wood, and the forces that act inside a cubic column.

I designed the column as a series of layers. The cuts balance structural forces and reveal the wood pattern.

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Visualisations show the column from close and full views.

The design

The column has not been built yet. The images are visualisations of the design.

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Close view of a wooden column surface with rounded openings and finely layered contour lines.
Full wooden column stands against a pale curtain, with several oval hollows cut through its face.
A wooden column stands beside a glass partition and dining table in a bright interior.
Close detail shows wood grain curving around deep, rounded openings in the column.