2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT

2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT
2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT

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2022 . the FENLAND BLACK OAK PROJECT

The table has been designed as a display of the planks to illustrate, educate and evoke the sense of wonder at the scale of the ancient high forests, making possible for the precious wood to be closely admired, touched and used as freely suspended in the space as possible. 

We achieved that reducing the visual impact of the under-structure: the table has only two couples of narrow legs joined by a long and slander single curved spine which cantilevers by more than three meters each end to; 14 ribs are fixed each side of the spine to support the planks. The material is bronze, chosen for its embodied permanence spirit and for sharing the age of origin.

The bridge construction is both functional, to support the top with minimum number of parts, and metaphorical, to cross 5000 years of history using its geometry to help raising awareness of the urgent need to preserve our forests.

The design of the top has remained sympathetic to the integrity of the Jubilee Oak. The planks have been retained full length and techniques developed to enable their individual shapes to be highlighted. These ‘river joints’ tell the true story of the ancient high forests at a glance while reflecting the most prominent Fenland feature.

To mitigate the liability of size, the two outer planks can be folded down reducing the width of the table to just 900mm.

 

 

client.  The Fenland Black Oak Project Trust

year.  2022