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The Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart have completed the Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall in Gmünd, Germany, that has been significantly designed and built using robotics.
You can watch a ‘making of’ video – here.
Project description
The Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall is an architectural prototype building and a showcase for the current developments in computational design and robotic fabrication for lightweight timber construction. Funded by the European Union and the state of Baden-Württemberg, the building is the first to have its primary structure entirely made of robotically prefabricated beech plywood plates. The newly developed timber construction offers not only innovative architectural possibilities; it is also highly resource efficient, with the load bearing plate structure being just 50mm thin. This is made possible through integrative computational design, simulation, fabrication and surveying methods.
The Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall was conceived at the University of Stuttgart as part of the “Robotics in Timber Construction” research project and realized in collaboration with Müllerblaustein Holzbau GmbH, Landesgartenschau Schwäbisch Gmünd 2014 GmbH, the forest administration of Baden-Württemberg (ForstBW) and KUKA Robotics GmbH. The project demonstrates the new opportunities that arise from the integration of computational design, simulation and fabrication methods for performative and resource efficient constructions made from the locally available and renewable resource wood. The building introduces an innovative, robotically fabricated lightweight timber plate construction system made of beech plywood. It was developed at the Institute for Computational Design (ICD, Prof. Achim Menges), the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE, Prof. Jan Knippers), and the Institute of Engineering Geodesy (IIGS, Prof. Volker Schwieger) and realized in collaboration with Müllerblaustein Holzbau GmbH. The building is part of the biannual Landesgartenschau, where it hosts an exhibition by ForstBW.
Photography by © Roland Halbe and © ICD/ITKE/IIGS University of Stuttgart
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Architects: Stanton Williams
Location: London, UK
Year: 2014
Area: 5,602 sqm
Photographs: Hufton+Crow, Courtesy of Stanton Williams
Multidisciplinary Engineering: Arup
Quantity Surveyor: CLM / Mace Town
Planning Consultant: DP9
Catering: King Design
Overlay Consultant: Alpinex
Breeam: Southfacing
Cdm Coordinator: Arup
Landscape Architect: LDA Hargreaves
Landscape Civil Engineering: Atkins
Landscape Lighting: Sutton Vane
Site Area: 146,590 sqm
From the architect. Designed by Stanton Williams, Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is an inspirational London 2012 legacy venue. Acting as the northern gateway to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, it marks the final stage of transformation of the Eton Manor site, from its use as the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Aquatic Training and Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis venue – the only purpose-built Paralympic venue in the history of the Games – into a world-class sports facility.
Alongside Lee Valley VeloPark and Lee Valley White Water Centre, the Centre is one of three legacy venues which are now operated by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
A thoughtful strategy of a ‘Build it Once’ concept took legacy as the starting point of design, enabling substantial transformation of sporting facilities without the loss of its distinct architectural identity at each phase. Games facilities were conceived as a temporary overlay, purposeful in appearance and with its own precise functional requirements, yet easily removed to reveal the legacy venue.
In this final mode, it will become the major events venue of England Hockey and a key development centre for the Lawn Tennis Association. The Centre comprises four indoor and six outdoor tennis courts as well as a 3,000 seat international hockey stadium, a second international standard hockey pitch, a mountain bike trail, and associated changing and support functions.
A dark grey steel canopy, newly added above the terrace and tiered seating, ties into the dark-coloured, metal cladding selected for the upper body of the building, whilst the red cladding, selected for the points of access in the elevation, adds to the overall sense of depth, texture and tactility, evident elsewhere on the site, for example, in the rhythm of gaps created on the timber façade of the tennis hall.
Drawing inspiration from its sporting heritage, a particular emphasis was given to re-connect Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre with its East London locality. During the course of the twentieth century, Eton Manor, originally set up in the 1920s by philanthropic Etonians for the young East End residents, had become somewhat cut off from its surroundings, bounded to the south and east by major roads and a railway, and hidden to the north from Ruckholt Road by a brick wall.
Stanton Williams’ overall design therefore aims to open the park up to visitors and reassert the building as an integral, legible part of the surrounding landscape. The site’s topography has been significantly re-shaped to aid legibility and accessibility, creating better visual and physical links with the streets to the north and also the bridges, which connect to the Park and Hackney Marshes. A newly installed mountain bike trail around the site weaves through the new planting, screening the site from the busy dual carriageway to its south, and intricately linking this part of the park to the neighbouring Lee Valley VeloPark.
The result is a layered landscape. Pedestrian and vehicle routes have been overlaid onto this manipulated landscape, as the building has been. Since the main hockey pitch has been conceived as a bowl carved into the ground, the surrounding park begins to function almost as additional viewing platforms, drawing people in to be closer to the events taking place at the venue.
A series of intersecting blocks define the building, allowing various component units to be easily identified, whilst also emphasizing their interconnectedness to one other and to the place. The mass of the tennis hall, for example, sails above the horizontal roofline of the multifunctional room, whilst the new canopy assists in creating a sense of unity between the pitch, seating and building. The use of timber rainscreen for the tennis hall, moreover, connects its greater bulk with the landscaping beyond.
The tennis hall is a timber cassette construction, which incorporates the longest single span glulam beams in Europe. It is naturally ventilated and largely daylit. The viewing gallery terminates with a square of solid glazing, perfectly framing the nearby Lee Valley VeloPark.
The rest of the venue is primarily concrete with a variation of boardmarked and grit blasted finish, adding a layer of detail and texture, as well as complimenting the appearance of the timber as it ages. At the heart of the Centre are the lounge and social areas, cementing its position as a valuable community asset.
A high quality, long life design was driven by the need to provide an exceptional legacy venue for both the local community and as part of the overall investment in regenerating East London.
In its final legacy mode, the Centre can once again promote itself as a ‘beacon’ to inspire, encourage and develop aspiring young players in East London, therefore carrying on the legacy of its sporting past. It also acts as a world-class sporting venue today, playing host to international tournaments, such as the European Hockey Championships in 2015 and the Women’s World Cup in 2018.
Vivien Blacker, Corporate Director of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, said:
“It was a pleasure for the Authority to work with the architects from Stanton Williams during the development of Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis centre. Their challenging yet ultimately sympathetic approach to the demands of providing first class sports facilities has led to the delivery of an outstanding legacy venue.”
Paul Williams, Director at Stanton Williams, said:
“This has been a wonderful project to work on, and it is a true legacy project. Legacy drove our vision from the beginning to the end and it is wonderful to now see it unfolding. The centre will continue to evolve and become richer, as it starts to serve the local community, as well as national and international sports teams. We believe that it is the crossover of all these different groups of people that is going to make this a very special venue.”
Sally Munday, England Hockey Chief Executive said:
“Having a facility like this is a fantastic tool for us to engage the public with our sport and really stimulate some National pride in supporting England’s hockey teams. It’s also a huge benefit to the local clubs and schools in the area who’ll use the pitches, which is of utmost importance.”
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre / Stanton Williams originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 23 Jun 2014.
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The New York chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year at the 2014 President’s Dinner Gala. For this occasion, the ASLA has selected the Rockefeller Foundation’s Judith Rodin, the Trust for Governors Island’s Leslie Koch, and the NY1 News Organization as their honored guests. All Renderings Courtesy […]
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