BUGA Wood Pavilion, Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn 2019

The BUGA Wood Pavilion celebrates a new approach to digital timber construction. Its segmented wood shell is based on biological principles found in the plate skeleton of sea urchins, which have been studied by the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the University of Stuttgart for almost a decade. As part of the project, a robotic manufacturing platform was developed for the automated assembly and milling of the pavilion’s 376 bespoke hollow wood segments. This fabrication process ensures that all segments fit together with sub-millimetre precision like a big, three-dimensional puzzle. The stunning wooden roof spans 30 meters over one of BUGA’s main event and concert venues, using a minimum amount of material while also generating a unique architectural space.
PROJECT PARTNERS
ICD - Institute for Computational Design and Construction, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Achim Menges, Martin Alvarez, Monika Göbel, Abel Groenewolt, Oliver David Krieg,
Ondrej Kyjanek, Hans Jakob Wagner
ITKE - Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Jan Knippers, Lotte Aldinger, Simon Bechert, Daniel Sonntag
with support of:
Jorge Christie, Rebeca Duque Estrada, Robert Faulkner, Fabian Kannenberg, Guillaume Caussarieu, Bahar Al Bahar, Kyriaki Goti, Mathias Maierhofer, Valentina Soana, Babasola Thomas
Müllerblaustein Holzbauwerke GmbH, Blaustein
Reinhold Müller, Daniel Müller, Bernd Schmid
BEC GmbH, Reutlingen
Matthias Buck, Zied Bhiri
Bundesgartenschau Heilbronn 2019 GmbH
Hanspeter Faas, Oliver Toellner
PROJECT BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS
Landesstelle für Bautechnik
Dr. Stefan Brendler und Dipl.-Ing. Willy Weidner
Proof Engineer
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hugo Rieger
MPA Stuttgart
Dr. Simon Aicher
PLANNING PARTNERS
Belzner Holmes Light-Design, Stuttgart
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Hollubarsch
BIB Kutz GmbH & Co.KG, Karlsruhe
Dipl.- Ing. Beatrice Gottlöber
IIGS - Institut for Engineering Geodesy, University of Stuttgart
Prof. Volker Schwieger, Laura Balange, Urs Basalla
FILM PRODUCTION
Photography
Roland Halbe
Camera
swabian studio GmbH
Cut
amplify design GmbH
Music
Soundtaxi GmbH
PROJECT SUPPORT
State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
University of Stuttgart
EFRE European Union
GETTYLAB
DFG German Research Foundation
Carlisle Construction Materials GmbH
Puren GmbH
Hera Gmbh co.KG
Beck Fastener Group
J. Schmalz GmbH
Niemes Dosiertechnik GmbH & Co. KG
Jowat Adhesives SE
Raithle Werkzeugtechnik
Leuze electronic GmbH & Co. KG
Metsä Wood Deutschland GmbH
PROJECT DATA
Dimensions
32 x 25 x 7 m (LxWxH), Coverd Area: 500m², Shell Area: 600m², Weight of loadbearing wood structure: 36,8kg/m²
Construction System
Structural Shell: robotically fabricated hollow, polygonal wood case segments of spruce laminated veneer lumber with UV-protection coating, Cladding: EPDM-water proofing, 3-Axis CNC-cut natural larch 3-ply wood plates