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House in the Tuhinj Valley (2021)

Sometime in the Autumn of 2020, I came across this photo of the detail of a wooden house near Kamnik in the Tuhinj Valley in Slovenia. It had been posted on social media by Jože Kozjek who works as…

It had been posted on social media by Jože Kozjek who works as a forester there, and is committed to photograph and document what he sees as remarkable testimonies to the cultural heritage of his region and country. # if a load is applied which forces a distortion(bending) onto the 90 degree angle, there can be a bit of play to accommodate for it, and a small amount of movement can happen without breakage. I think these two properties would be very useful in a timber building: one needs to imagine a roof made to resist the weight of snow, and the constant movements of wood which is an extremely hygroscopic material.

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