The new UK Headquarters for UCB 🌳 The project leveraged the capabilities and capacity of our mass timber manufacturing facilities across Germany and Austria. Our 3 production plants in Stall, AT (NORITEC GmbH Stall), Hermagor, AT (HASSLACHER Holzbausysteme GmbH) and Kleinheubach, DE (HASSLACHER Holzbauteile GmbH) have produced the timber components for the new building. HESS TIMBER (A member of HASSLACHER group) was entrusted with the design, manufacture, delivery, and installation of the timber structure. This innovative structure features curved, straight, and rounded glulam timber, along with 1,500 m³ of cross-laminated timber (CLT), 30% of which was in curved formations, defining the building's distinctive shape. The curvature of the CLT components was achieved through precision CNC machining. More Information about the project: https://lnkd.in/d6GmAUqi Client: UCB Biopharma UK Architect: Heatherwick studio; Veretec (UK) Structural Engineer: AKT II Timber Contractor, Supplier & Engineering: HESS TIMBER Subcontractors to HESS TIMBER Timber Manufacturer: HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER Timber Installation: L+S Baucon GmbH Digital Planning & Parametric Modelling: Design-to-Production #StructuralTimberAwards 2024 Shortlisted as finalist in 4 categories! https://lnkd.in/gfVHqpR7 #UCB #HessTimber #HasslacherNoricaTimber #FromWoodToWonders 🐿
PROJECT The new UK HQ for global biopharmaceutical company UCB in Windlesham includes a 2,870 m² collaboration hub. The building features a pioneering use of curved timber enhancing its biophilic design — a first of its kind in this scale and complexity. Designed to inspire collaboration and creativity, it underscores UCB’s commitment to scientific excellence and sustainability, ensuring a vibrant future for the organisation and life sciences in the UK. Significantly, the project leveraged the capabilities and capacity of the HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER's mass timber manufacturing facilities across Germany and Austria. The 3 production plants in Stall (AT), Hermagor (AT) and Kleinheubach (DE) have produced the timber components for the new builing. More Information about the project: https://lnkd.in/d6GmAUqi Client: UCB Biopharma UK Architect: Heatherwick studio; Veretec (UK) Structural Engineer: AKT II Timber Contractor, Supplier & Engineering: HESS TIMBER Subcontractors to HESS TIMBER: Timber Manufacturer: HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER Timber Installation: L+S Baucon GmbH Digital Planning & Parametric Modelling: Design-to-Production The project has been shortlisted as a finalist in four categories at the Structural Timber Awards 2024: https://lnkd.in/gfVHqpR7 #fromwoodtowonders #timberlimitless #UK #timber #construction #architecture #STAwards