The amount of work behind the timber frame buildings that will be constructed in Japan during Kesurokai is awe-inspiring! The latest email from Hannes explains the work plan for the European pavilion...
The carpenters will work in 7 groups of 7 people, mixed Europeans and Japanese with a European head-carpenter for every group. The project will probably take 9 days with 8 hours work per day. [That's a total of just over 3,500 man hours work!]
A little of the wood will be prepared in advance by the Japanese carpenters, but most will be processed during the first two days when everyone will work together, firstly hewing then sawing the timbers. During this time Cornelius and Hannes will prepare the elevation from which the groups will get the measurements they need for the elements they will build.
The groups will then spend around six days, each preparing an element of the building; the walls that run the length of the building, the gables that run across the building, the rafters for the roof ... and the framework for the barbecue! Once all the elements are made the whole building will be put together on the last day like a gigantic wooden puzzle.
And of course whilst this is all happening there will be a parallel project running with the remainder of the carpenters, again mixed Japanese and European groups, working together on the tea house:
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