Wooden assembly templates

The project

Archicercle manufactured a set of templates and components in natural wood to support assembly processes. The work combined cutting the parts with engraving orientation markings directly into the material.

Manufacture combined two operations: laser cutting to form the outlines, holes and slots, and laser engraving to add orientation markings. Each component therefore incorporates both its assembly geometry and the references for positioning it.

The elongated parts feature repeated small square openings alongside larger circular and oblong openings. The inscriptions ‘FRONT, RIGHT WING’ and ‘FRONT, LEFT WING’ distinguish assembly positions. The resulting wooden tooling brings form and identification together, with the markings incorporated into the parts rather than added on a separate surface.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.