DOMUS PUBLISHES SIXTH ISSUE WITH BJARKE INGELS AS GUEST EDITOR

“Wood – Low-Carbon Renaissance,” the sixth issue of Domus curated by Bjarke Ingels, explores the renewed cultural and architectural relevance of timber – the world’s oldest building material, reimagined for a decarbonized future. In this issue, Shigeru Ban reflects on decades of pioneering in timber, paper and cardboard construction. Lucas Epp of StructureCraft explores ways to combine traditional craft with sophisticated automated manufacturing for a new era of timber structures. Studio Precht applies Austrian craft and know-how to a global sensibility. Sou Fujimoto transforms the ephemerality of wood into urban monument with his Grand Ring for Expo Osaka, while Herzog & de Meuron, Elding Oscarson and Sigurd Larsen explore the ambient warmth and spatial intelligence of timber – from anti-tectonic stillness in Basel to expressive domes, shells and pitched roofs. Giuseppe Penone, Peter Marigold and Tadanori Tozawa trace the secret life of trees, unveiling nervous systems, inner geometries and split trunks as vessels of memory and transformation. And in Venice, BIG’s Ancient Future installation shows an oxymoronic collaboration between hand and machine, with a prototype seizing robotic innovation to preserve Bhutanese heritage.