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FabricationRedwood Ripple · Plywood production · 2026

Production Process

The production plan for the Redwood Ripple plywood: the upper facade flutes, the lower flutes, the bridge and the top of the stair, 183 members in all. Each member is two layers of 3/4 in plywood (one where the model is 3/4 in). The flutes are cut on the deck lines, right under the lower decking and at the underside of the 2nd-floor decking, and every back-layer seam sits 2 in past the front one for a 2 in lap. Flute parts are cut 8 ft vertical with no rotation, 4 ft wide from the facade edge, or 8 ft horizontal where a part lies that way and fits better. Every flute contour has one colour from the spiral-stair gradient, plum through red and orange to gold across the structure, the same on its upper, middle and lower parts, with the back layer a deeper shade; the flat parts are nested colour by colour, so the sheets run in order through the gradient, plum to gold. All 887 parts are labeled by member, layer and position, on 314 sheets of 4x8 with a 1/2 in tool gap.

Client

O2 Treehouse · Redwood Ripple

Discipline

Design

Members

183 · facade 59, lower 50, bridge 11, stair top 63

Build-up

2 x 3/4 in plywood

Seams

At the deck lines · 2 in lap

Flute parts

8 ft vertical (or horizontal where it fits better), no rotation

Parts

887 · labeled member-layer-number

Nest

314 sheets 4x8 · grouped by colour, in gradient order

Model

Rhino · inches

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