SPARROWNEST
Academic, Research on Experimental Timber Design
Collaboration with Shawn Bailey + Lancelot Coar
Mikiinok Waajew Forest School
This research investigates roundwood timber construction through experimental joinery and holistic technological languages. A catalog of intuitive, site-adjustable timber connections is being developed and tested through SPARROWNEST, a 1:5 scale prototype structure designed to simulate full-scale conditions and construction sequencing.
Built collaboratively by architecture and engineering students, a unique version of SPARROWNEST will be constructed at full scale within the CAST facility on campus, dismantled and catalogued, then transported and rebuilt on-site. This iterative process allows for the testing of adaptive, impromptu construction methods in response to real-world variables.
Owned and run by Assistant Professor and Indigenous Scholar Shawn Bailey, Mikiinok Waajew “Snapping Turtle Mountain,” was a multidisciplinary site for the experimentation and exploration of structures and arts related to land-based practice.
2024.09 - 2024.10 / 2025.03 - 2025.04
RESEARCH INSTALLATION
Academic, Research on Experimental Timber Design
Pool Room Gallery (Front Doors)
Architecture 2 Building 56 Curry Pl., University of Manitoba (Fort Garry Campus) Winnipeg, MB