Apr 26, 2024

26.04.2024 – Exhibition: Innovative Timber Construction Wangen

As part of the Wangen State Garden Show, 13 innovative timber construction projects will be realized and exhibited – an opportunity for digitize wood to bring together the diversity and innovative power of timber construction in an exhibition. In addition to the two new research demonstrators of the IntCDC Cluster of Excellence – the Hybrid-Flax Pavilion and the Wangen Tower – the projects also include residential buildings, public buildings, bridges, other research pavilions and a retail building.

The projects can be viewed in a multimedia exhibition in the Hybrid-Flaxs Pavilion, which is centrally located at the State Garden Show. The exhibition consists of different levels: a map, a digital exhibition, a general knowledge section and in-depth interviews as well as signage in front of the individual buildings. The exhibition can be seen during the State Garden Show, which runs until October 6, 2024.

Map – Overview on Site

Visitors can use a map to get an overview of the site and view the individual buildings in miniature. Anyone planning to visit the buildings on site should also scan the QR code on the map table and view all the information about the buildings in the digital exhibition.

Website – Digital Exhibition

The QR code on the card table takes you to the digital exhibition, in which the projects are explained comprehensively and clearly. Texts, plans, graphics and images can be seen there. The map again shows an overview of the site. It is supplemented by icons that point out special sustainability aspects of the projects and at the same time illustrate how complex sustainability is: Energy & Supply, Health & Comfort, Building Materials & Construction, Climate Change Adaptation, Research & Innovation.

to the digital exhibition

Steles – General Knowledge Section

The steles along the glass façade provide an easy introduction to the topic of sustainability in construction. They show interesting facts about timber construction and explain the interrelationships. For example, the proportion of timber construction in Baden-Württemberg is around 33% - making the forest state the nationwide leader in timber construction.

Tablets – In-depth Interviews

Now let's dive deep into the subject matter: In the interviews on the tablets on the sofa, the makers behind the projects explain their ideas, provide insights into the construction processes and explain structural and connection details.

By the way: the blue curved sofa symbolizes the Argen river, which flows past the pavilion, thus creating a connection between the interior and exterior spaces.

Icons – Sustainability has many Aspects

The interviews are sorted according to the sustainability aspects that already appear as icons on the map of the digital exhibition: Energy & Supply, Health & Comfort, Building Materials & Construction, Climate Change Adaptation, Research & Innovation. Anyone who is particularly interested in building materials, for example, can refresh their own specialist knowledge here.

Graphics: Atelier Brückner

Partners

The exhibition was created in collaboration with the Landesgartenschau Wangen, Atelier Brückner and digitize wood. We would like to thank all the clients, architectural firms and project participants who provided us with the content and graphics:

Wangen Tower und Hybrid-Flax Pavilion
Universität Stuttgart: Exzellenzcluster IntCDC, ICD, ITKE

Cantilever-Pavillon
juri troy architects

Landwirtschafts-Pavillon
Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Entwerfen und Konstruieren, Prof. Florian Nagler, Matthias Kestel

Kindertagesstätte in den Auwiesen
MIND Architects Collective, Große Kreisstadt Wangen i. A.

Kreissporthalle
Steimle Architekten, AnBau – Agentur für nachhaltiges Bauen

Punkthäuser Auwiesen
Volksbau Wangen, Rogg Architekten

Wohnen am Argenbogen
Siedlungswerk Wohnungs- und Städtebau, a+r Architekten

Wohnbebauung Auwiesen
Gapp Objektbau, herrmann+bosch architekten

Haus der Bürgerstiftung
Florian Nagler Architekten

Lidl Filiale Wangen
Lidl Immobiliendienstleistung

Dornierbrücke und Zeppelinbrücke
schlaich bergermann partner, Landesgartenschau Wangen

Elsbeth-Fueg-Brücke
IB Miebach, Landesgartenschau Wangen

digitize wood is based at the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC at the University of Stuttgart and is funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Food, Rural Areas and Consumer Protection (MLR) as part of the BW Timber Construction Initiative.

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