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Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

TIMBER PAVILION OF THE VIDY-LAUSANNE THEATRE

Atelier Cube, Yves Weinand Architectes sàrl

ARCHITECTS
Atelier Cube, Yves Weinand Architectes sàrl

LEAD ARCHITECTS
Yves Weinand

PROTECTION ENGINEER
Fire AZ ingénieurs SA, Bulle (phase 2)

QUANTITY SURVEYOR
Renaud et Burnand SA

CIVIL ENGINEER
Bureau d’études Weinand, Liège Ingénieur cvs: AZ ingénieurs SA, Bulle

CLIENT
Vidy Theatre Lausanne

TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER
Laboratory for timber constructions IBOIS EPFL, Julien Gamerro, Christopher Robeller

MANUFACTURERS
Blumer Lehmann, Acro-Line Sàrl, Assa Abloy, Beer R., Chanson, Electro-matériel, Ferblanterie Richard J.-J, Joux, Longet menuiserie, Siemens, Échafaudages Services

ACOUSTICIANS
D’Silence Acoustique SA

PHOTOGRAPHER
Ilka Kramer

AREA
540.0 m2

YEAR
2017

LOCATION
Lausanne,Switzerland

CATEGORY
Pavillion

Text description provided by architect.

A Modular and Complementary Theatre Hall. The Pavilion can be adapted, as closely as possible to artistic projects. Its retractable seating allows a frontal or bifrontal stage and, folded, a larger space for performances or exhibitions.

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer
Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

The Architectural Project: Perpetuate a Spirit of Innovation. The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre Pavilion is the prototype of a new type of construction whose structure and assemblies are made with wood-wood connectors by interlocking.

This architecture, the result of a technological transfer from the IBOIS laboratory, integrates the constraints of the site and the challenges of cost and deadline control, clean site and sustainable construction.

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer
Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

It extends and resonates with Max Bill’s principles: to build the "Educate and Create" pavilion of Expo64 including the future Vidy Theatre - the artist and architect from Zurich invented a modular metal structure, which is quick to assemble and disassemble.

A Sustainable Construction Made Entirely From Wood. The double-ply assembly technique developed for this building uses folded panels that are both a load-bearing structure and cladding. The walls and eleven arches of the Pavilion roof are fully designed in wood panels and assembled without metal elements.

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer
Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

The jointing technique used is inspired by one of the oldest methods used for wooden constructions, dovetail wood-wood joints, the precise and specific cutting of which was made possible by the development of automated joinery.

The folded structure and the curvature of the lateral walls are calculated by computer to obtain a uniform distribution of forces between the different elements.

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer
Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

Finally, the arches and walls are formed by a double skin which reinforces the structure by limiting the shear forces, and which ensures the sound and thermal insulation of the building.

IBOIS' research applied to the Pavilion has led to the development of a supporting structure that can stretch over a distance of 16 to 20 m without pillars and with a panel thickness of only 45 mm. The distance between the two layers is 300 mm from the top of the outer panel and to the bottom of the inner panel.

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer
Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

The hollow space with a depth of 210 mm accommodates the insulation which is made of cellulose wadding, the natural fibre of wood, obtained from recycled newspaper and blown between the two layers of wood panels that make up the structure.

The use of domestic wood, a major natural resource in Switzerland, guarantees a very low environmental impact: CO2 absorption when the wood is alive, minimal emissions for transport, processing and construction, sustainability and renewal with no impact on the climate.

IBOIS | EPFL. The EPFL laboratory for timber constructions has been managed since 2004 by Professor Yves Weinand, civil engineer and architect. It renews the principles of timber construction through new computation and digital modelling models.

Timber Pavilion Of The Vidy-Lausanne Theatre
© Ilka Kramer

Its team of architects, civil engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists is integrated into the civil engineering and architecture sections of the ENAC faculty (Natural, Architectural and Built Environment) at EPFL.

IBOIS benefits from the resources and skills of EPFL, which is now recognised worldwide as one of the most important innovation centres in Europe.

Thanks to this key position, the laboratory's research now focuses on the prefabrication of custom-made wood, in three parallel directions: wood-wood connections and engineering calculations, digital assemblies and configurations, and the mechanical optimisation of these constructions.


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