The rich and culturally diverse
evolution of timber framing includes many archetypical strategies for rapidly
deploying and setting up mobile, semi-permanent and permanent shelters. From
yurts to simple «A» or arched cruck framing and box framing, the
unsophisticated assembly of timber members into a variety of building types and
shapes continues to inspire architects, industrialists, producers and designers
looking to conceive singular building kits adaptable to any site, context or
function. Skeletal timber constructions relate to the core of
prefabrication/industrialization philosophies as even primitive cultures sought
to precut or standardize dimensions / details or both. For instance the master
sawyers of Japan employed the «ken» (a recognized span and member length) to regulate
vernacular housing.
Whether hunting or fishing cabins,
remote shelters, or secondary homes, many have obsessed over the idea of
offering a basic building kit simple enough to be deployed quickly and sturdy
enough to withstand nature’s severity. The Backcountry hut system revisits to
the search for a mass-produced kit-of-parts timber dwelling. Developed in 2015
by the team of Wilson Edgar (company founder), architects Leckie Studio and
master builder Crrill Werlen the modular frame structure wrapped with insulated
panels shapes the basic «Shell system». The shell outlines the shelter’s volume
while infill can be devised to suit any function. The infill «patterns»
proposed vary from the typical family cottage to the hunting cabin capable of
sheltering multiple guests with a type of loft organization.
The shell is a type of modular hybrid
of box, cruck and a-frames, raised sequentially over and anchored to concrete
pile foundations. Frames can be arranged in linear arrays from the small 206-sqft
floor plates and extended by adding frames. The structural insulated
panel envelope simplifies construction, as it is a completely integrated
envelope system. The backcountry hut dwelling scheme is customizable and fully
adaptable over time. Any interior layout can be developed as the structural
tube like frames require no interior loadbearing partitions. Designed for quick
and easy assembly, the structures could be assembled, disassembled and
reassembled in any context. The simple timber structure frame reaffirms the cultural/universal
romanticism linked to homesteading and adds the flavour of contemporary
architecture’s values of sustainability and intelligent design.
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| Backcountry Hut system axonometric drawing from the company's website http://www.thebackcountryhutcompany.com |
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