Helen & Hard Architects ‘Ratatosk’ 2010 Five split ash trees, hand-woven willow canopy, wood shavings, rubber. 480 × 630 × 248.5 cm (189 × 248 × 97 7/8 in) Inside of trees carved with ‘Ratatosk is the squirrel named, who has run in Yggdrasil's ash; he from above the eagle's words must carry, and beneath the Nidhögg repeat’. For the 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Exhibited 1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 15 June–30 August 2010 Literature Abraham Thomas, 1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2010, pp. 3, 26 and 27 Catalogue Essay Recalling the tradition of the British 18th-century garden folly, this climbing structure reawakens our memories of childhood play and exploration. ‘Ratatosk’ is an Old Norse word which means ‘drill-tooth’. It refers to an ancient squirrel from Norse mythology that lived in a giant ash tree standing at the centre of the cosmos. The architects have split five ash trees lengthways and planted them face to face, thus allowing visitors to step into the ‘interior space’ of the trees. Crowning the structure is a hand-woven willow canopy which hangs over a soft play-surface of wood shavings. The architects selected these trees from a forest in Norway and put them through a complex 3-D scanning and modelling process. Using these digital ‘maps’, they then carved precise sections from the trees using a CNC router – a milling machine commonly used in contemporary furniture manufacture. Highlighting the contrast between the organic textures of the raw bark and the smooth, burnished quality of the interior surfaces, this project celebrates the delicate balance that can exist between craft and digital fabrication. Abraham Thomas, Curator of Designs, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Read More
Helen & Hard Architects ‘Ratatosk’ 2010 Five split ash trees, hand-woven willow canopy, wood shavings, rubber. 480 × 630 × 248.5 cm (189 × 248 × 97 7/8 in) Inside of trees carved with ‘Ratatosk is the squirrel named, who has run in Yggdrasil's ash; he from above the eagle's words must carry, and beneath the Nidhögg repeat’. For the 1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Exhibited 1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 15 June–30 August 2010 Literature Abraham Thomas, 1:1 – Architects Build Small Spaces, exh. cat., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2010, pp. 3, 26 and 27 Catalogue Essay Recalling the tradition of the British 18th-century garden folly, this climbing structure reawakens our memories of childhood play and exploration. ‘Ratatosk’ is an Old Norse word which means ‘drill-tooth’. It refers to an ancient squirrel from Norse mythology that lived in a giant ash tree standing at the centre of the cosmos. The architects have split five ash trees lengthways and planted them face to face, thus allowing visitors to step into the ‘interior space’ of the trees. Crowning the structure is a hand-woven willow canopy which hangs over a soft play-surface of wood shavings. The architects selected these trees from a forest in Norway and put them through a complex 3-D scanning and modelling process. Using these digital ‘maps’, they then carved precise sections from the trees using a CNC router – a milling machine commonly used in contemporary furniture manufacture. Highlighting the contrast between the organic textures of the raw bark and the smooth, burnished quality of the interior surfaces, this project celebrates the delicate balance that can exist between craft and digital fabrication. Abraham Thomas, Curator of Designs, Victoria and Albert Museum, London Read More
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