At a glance
Unseasonably mild autumn weather allowed Alfred
State College Building Trades students to complete work on "the arbor project,"
a beautification initiative located next to the Administration Building
on the School of Applied Technology campus in Wellsville.
Unseasonably mild autumn weather allowed Alfred
State College Building Trades students to complete work on "the arbor project,"
a beautification initiative located next to the Administration Building
on the School of Applied Technology campus in Wellsville.
The arbor was designed by Mossien Associates, the architectural firm who did
the campus master plan, with details inspired by Japanese design elements, most
notably the crosspieces and brackets which support the main beams. The two long
side beams are made up from three timbers joined end-to-end with a joint called
a lightning-bolt scarf [because of its zigzag shape], the cross beams from two
timbers. The timbers are of larch wood obtained from a local Amish
sawmill.
This project has been worked on
by several groups of students-including students in the Timber Frame Club and
in the advanced framing class, and finished by students in the remodeling
class-over a two-year span, under the direction of Leon Buckwalter, instructor,
Building Trades Department, using historical preservation methods.