GLT PREMIUM

POWERFUL. FLEXIBLE.

Classic glued laminated timber is composed of flat board lamellas and already is highly efficient. With GLT PREMIUM we even go a step further. In a specially developed production process which is unique worldwide, we produce so-called rod lamellas. These rod lamellas are subsequently glued together to glued laminated timber construction parts which are especially efficient from both the structural and aesthetic point of view.

Areas of application

Free form projects
Special solutions
Multistory timber construction
Spatially complex constructions
Facade constructions

Advantages

Aesthetically appealing
Improved dimensional stability and surface quality
Design flexibility
Interesting alternative to block gluing

Projects

Museum Fondation Louis Vuitton

Downloads

HESS TIMBER Company brochure

Products

La Seine Musicale | Boulogne-Billancourt

FREE FORMED PERFECTION

On the banks of the Seine in Boulogne-Billancourt, west of Paris, a ship-like building complex was built: “La Seine Musicale”. This cultural centre was designed by Shigeru Ban Jean de Gastines and opened in spring 2017. The building envelope is supported by a free-form and geometrically networked glulam timber structure and has a rotating photovoltaic sail. The sail follows the course of the sun and, in this way, maximises energy production. In this architectural jewel, HESS TIMBER was responsible for the design, manufacture, and assembly of the free-formed glulam structure.

Museum Fondation Louis Vuitton | Paris

TIMBER ARCHITECTURE IN HIGHEST PERFECTION

The Fondation Louis Vuitton Museum is covered by 12 single roofs consisting of 222 single and double curved, glued laminated glulam beams made of European larch. The total volume of glued laminated timber is around 800 m³. In total, the museum has eleven galleries over 11,000 square meters, an auditorium with 400 seats and several terraces, and is architecturally modeled on a ship.

D1 Tower | Dubai

PETALS OF A FLOWER

The four free-formed roofs of the D1 Tower are modelled as the petals of a flower. They serve as shading mediators between the air-conditioned interiors and the hot environment outside. The largest of the four roofs has a surface area of 600 m² and is unique due to the 370 different, individually manufactured glulam elements.