Exhibition Pavilion of the Regional Garden Show in Schwäbisch Gmünd

The last day of April saw the opening of an unconventional wooden pavilion at the Landesgartenschau (State Garden Exhibition) in the German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd. Its shape resembles an Eskimo igloo and its structure is loosely inspired by the animal kingdom (specifically, the sea urchin). The pavilion, with a floor area of 125 m², consists of 7,600 plywood pieces each 5 centimeters thick. Behind the creation of this sophisticated spatial construction kit, which has no identical elements, are three professors: Achim Menges, Jan Knippers, and Volker Schwieger from the University of Stuttgart. The production took place at KUKA, where the individual parts were milled using robots. Rabbet joints ensure sufficient strength of the final structure. You can visit the wooden pavilion in Schwäbisch Gmünd until October 12, 2014, when the entire State Garden Exhibition comes to an end.



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