Shou Sugi Ban technique

This old Japanese technique is amazing!! First for the simplicity and second for all the benefits.

The Shuo Sugi Ban technique preserves the wood by charring it with fire. The process involves charring the wood, cooling it, cleaning it, and finishing it with natural oil.

Today Shou Sugi Ban is an environmentally friendly way to preserve timber and, paradoxically, make it fire-resistant. Chemical preservatives, paints, and retardants are therefore unnecessary.

With the result of this technique, you get protection against the weather and the same fire. In addition to enhancing beauty.

The wood with this technique is repellent and durable, with a good treatment you can get up to 80 years of useful life. If you combine it with oil, you will make the wood resistant to water and mold, and it also makes it immune to insects such as termites, which do not like the taste of burnt wood.

This technique was thinking for uses like external covert for the building.

You can get a variety of colors depending on how deep you burn it and how deep you brush it. You can also alter the color using varnishes and stains.

This technique is versatile and you can use it with any style or combine it with other materials such as stone, metal, mirror, marble, and more.

This tennis became famous thanks to the Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori. His one-legged Shou Sugi Ban Teahouse suspended amid cherry trees in the Japanese mountains showcases the vivid imagination and design Fujimori. Terunobu Fujimori is considered one of the world´s first surrealist in this field.

I hope in the future see more of this technique on our buildings and our interiors. Not only for beauty. Al so for the care of the environment. This technique is an alternative to black paint. So al my friend's architect and designer have this in mind.