Nestled into the woods on the grounds of the Seurasaari open air museum in Helsinki, 'Y' is a massive timber funnel that will be on display throughout the summer of 2017. The project is the result of a collaboration between the Finnish National Museum and an international team of architects and carpenters.
Though Y is made of timber just like the surrounding buildings of Niemala Tenant Farm, an historic courtyard also on Seurasaari grounds, its clearly a departure from traditional woodworking. The timber funnel is a complex series of raw pine boards that extend to different lengths depending on their location, giving the structure a pixelated recession throughout its profile.
Y is large enough for people to enter it and look through the small viewing window at the transverse end, and indeed guests to the museum are encouraged to do so.
Interlocking Timber Funnels
'Y' is a Stretching Timber Funnel Built by an International Team
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