Langford installation lauded in
Modern Woodworking magazine

An article about “Plywood Mesh #002,” the student designed and constructed architectural installation located on the first floor of the Langford A building, was recently featured in Modern Woodworking magazine. The story was submitted by Techno Inc., manufacturer of the CNC router used by the students to create the innovative structure.

“Without the router this project would have been nearly impossible because of the huge amounts of time and money required to produce each unique piece manually,” said Josh Canez, a 2009 Bachelor of Environmental Design graduate and member of the team that created the installation. Canez helped design the project and used the router to fabricate its pieces with fellow students Nick Schaider and Lauren Hensley at the College of Architecture’s Riverside Campus Digital Fabrication Facility. Schaider and Hensley also graduated in 2009.

“It would have been practically impossible to build this structure using manual methods but with the CNC router it was easy,” Canez said.

Professor of architecture Mark Clayton, who led the students, praised their effort and the router in the article.

“It’s amazing what they accomplished in just one semester. It’s very unusual for architectural students to get this rich of an experience while they are still in school,” he said, adding that the router is in high demand by students, and that he’s heard nothing but good reports from the people that have worked with it.

To see the article, visit www.modernwoodworking.com.

- Posted: Mar. 1, 2011 -

Contact:   Phillip Rollfing, prollfing@archone.tamu.edu or 979.458.0442.