The Vorarlberg architect Hermann Kaufmann, Professor for Design and Timber Construction at the University of Technology, Munich, is one of the international pioneers in this field. He played a leading role in the development of the LCT (LifeCycle Tower) system, which led to the erection of the eight-storey office building LCT One in Dornbirn in 2012, the tallest timber structure in Austria.
The aim of this hybrid system is to allow a sustainable form of timber construction with a maximum degree of prefabrication and a short erection period, while ensuring a high level of quality and security in the execution, even in dense inner-city locations. Also important is the efficient exploitation of resources, and although wood is the most common material in the system, it is used only where this makes sense.
DETAIL spoke to Hermann Kaufmann about hybrid forms of construction, the ongoing development of the LCT system and its use in the Illwerke in Montafon and the building for the Wagnertec concern in Nüziders.
The aim of this hybrid system is to allow a sustainable form of timber construction with a maximum degree of prefabrication and a short erection period, while ensuring a high level of quality and security in the execution, even in dense inner-city locations. Also important is the efficient exploitation of resources, and although wood is the most common material in the system, it is used only where this makes sense.
DETAIL spoke to Hermann Kaufmann about hybrid forms of construction, the ongoing development of the LCT system and its use in the Illwerke in Montafon and the building for the Wagnertec concern in Nüziders.