= _— zumthor | Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2006CD woop AWARD ‘The International Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture ‘Award was established in Finland in 1999 by the Wood Jn Culture Association (Puu kulttuurissa ry). The Award stands for architectural excellence and is given to a person oF group of persons whose work exemplifies a progressive and creative use of timber. The Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award was first ‘awarded in 2000 after which it is to be awarded every second year, In 2006 the recipient is Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The Award is presented in Lahti Sibelius Hall, the flag ship of Finnish timber construction. The previous Spirit of Nature Award recipients are 2004 Richard Leplastrie, architect, Australia 2002 Kengo Kuma, architect, Japan 2000 Renzo Piano, architect, ItalyOTT Ly aHY1455/3995 200 GK Wille Zarrthon. @ = - “= zumthor = = Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2006 Bibliothek TU Delft Faculteit BK © 3885220 RAKENNUSTIETOYPUBLISHER. PUBLISHING COMPANY Layout PROJECT TEXTS ‘TRANSLATIONS. PHOTOGRAPHS, PAPER 158N-13, 'sBN-10 PRINTED ‘Wood in Culture Association Salomonkatu 17 A (00100 Helsinki Finland ‘te. 4358 50 281 9378 ‘fax +358 9 6850 8820 woodincuture@simy.i womspiritofnaturef Rakennustieta Oy ‘Anders Adlercreutz Courtesy of Peter Zumthor Naming the Winner/Gareth Grifths; Body of Wood/Catherine Schelbert CCqurtesy of Peter 2umthor Munken Lynx 170g/m* 978-961-682-807-0 951-682-207-8 ‘Tammer-Paino Oy. Tampere 2006, Wood in Culture Assocation, Peter Zumthor and Rakennustieto Oy Rakennustieto Oy (Building Information tte) ‘wwwcrakennustietaf P.O, Box 1008 (00101 Hetsink’ Finland phone + 358 207 476 400,ve a OL 89 99 8 8 + ou AHavOOIa epwnL, ua 203189, a 2pespny, 5019 342129, ‘oo Way aan URE ‘Tolua NOISNAd 20% prvaras 9 YSIIVNNY SVH moe psa to izm snvH ogra a4 doom 40 Ados upon one MaNNIM 3HL ONIN aueyeL oROH BEM qdOMauOSForeword MICHAEL HORNBORG in Te Baad of user enh ae ouson ERKKI TOIVANEN commie ot the Wood Cute soton Finnish FORESTS Technology seems to determine the way we live our ives in the new sium, The electronic flaw of data inthe veins ofthe global Net keeps things in constant change. The speed and scope of the change have impacted societies around the word. Yt onthe individual evel ‘we long for peace and tranquility, beauty nd continuity. Something ‘characteristic of the nature arourdius. Oné might cal it the Spirit of Nature. ‘That Spirit of Nature lives in wood. Touch it, see its beauty and hear its sound. They all convey the spirit. They put us neantactwiththe birt of lite, Wood brings a touch of subtlety and grace to the spaces ‘we liv in and the things sound us. Finnish frets have provided» welcome source af income and created ‘wealth and prosperity forthe nation. Wood has been used asa means to economical activity in a multitude of ways. Skifully utilised by ‘eaftsmen inthe past, itis just as relevant forthe present. Throughout the centuries forests have inspired ats ofall genes. Mankind's cultural heritage is fll of magnificent works of art ‘originating in Forests. Timber is a versatile building material. It is a renewable resource and its sustainable use is environmentally Friendly. Most of al it is ‘very much appreciated and valued by those experiencing it in tele surroundings. 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The architect chooses his clients and the work is carried out tothe last detail without compromise. ‘At the same time, Peter Zumthor is one ofthe most sought-after lectures, 2 valued architectural thinker, writer and a worshipped teacher LUke all real architects, Zumthor selects the materials for his buildings depending on the situation. Wood has nevertheless always hada central role In his works. Already at the age of fifteen, Zumthor became an apprentice cabinet maker and he began his architectural career in the buildingBody of Wood The lving room af wood wallsis a venerable tradition in the alpine home. ‘Stone walls forthe kitchen (thaeto-romansh cha-do-fe use of fire) ‘and walls of layered beams forthe livingroom are its salient features. Four walls of beams placed one ontop of the other make te living room. The length ofthe walls and hence the sizeof the room depend on the length ofthe availabe tre trunks. This constaint generates 2 scale of intimacy. In our region, these blockhouses are ealed Srickbout literally, knitted huss. The expressions redolent withthe constructive process of puting things together, of eritting’the beams to make a whole. ‘Theres special feel tovng ina room of sli joined beams, a room that is not simply cad in wood but made of wood through and through There is that special feeling of being in a Romanesque church made cut of mid limestone, in Le Thoranet Abbey, for example; there is that ‘exposed feeling of being inside a glass pavilion, rather cold on one's skin; and there is that special atmosphere of intimacy and warmth in a room ‘made out of sod wood, The desire to ve in rooms like this the desire to feel the physical closeness f wood, informs all of the houses presented hete, which were designed for different users and different places inthe mountains.‘24 'surzanns punouoy- aun 2sey3 Jo suaygod pue sj odord ayy uD sposiaju pue deuono (Gupsonpoow wpoyes ue Aaa se “suo dese) yBnon Aensey pauniou Aqsa st 4pm Jo pea SER 2 2194 ‘om Bo} ay Jo uot s9wo> 29 40 ay 3495 DS ue juusug Ayssoau si yo sovanbsuo> [eh ]uex9 1 ae ju6ye Aipequoz'ou Jo squief mopuim pue 00p e>ku9A ay UI UROL ‘igenou"uadG) U6 a Ssibe pom ayo USWANOU MojlesheMTe SMa ojos 3 umury pon pos yo Buyew ain ca Aide eq SSH aus 249 syns wleua9 Ago yn smn wiped oy ‘H6 a Bum uaosain SueWa1 19 "UB SED 9s pueSqUUYSpoOM aSnEIDq ‘ans0}uospnisueD Jo SUDUD}e 3509 5 Gulping ayy 52 SUEDE 9 350 ypu wede ej 0 899 ua.aYoUy'weDg feLvORHOY paw! 34) 40 Syyem 249 32988Ip Aau ‘61g 00} a1e sBuruado a4p 44 -P33}WH S}SMOpURRR pue suoOp aur 404 sbuyuado aun yo az|s ayy 2YBIay Saso) ‘SyIYs BUypYING aA Jo yun auqua ayy uns Fag ro Tp SUES T-we> 6oevonpen & fyAyapun voonnsuco jo jdouyd 9 age reuse Buy.owos sar2 Windows. Large openings from wall to wall and floor to ceiling are created by placing small wooden towers, each made out of four walls, atinterals so thatthe spaces in between can be glazed, Following this ‘ogic,a minimum of two wooden towers is required inorder to generate ‘an expansive intervening space fr glazing. The need for large window ‘openings yields constructive principle of closed towers with open spaces in between. This principle has become the spatial compositional principle ofthe ground plans. The main living quarters are located inthe glazed in-between spaces, while facilities lke bathrooms, kitchens, coridorsand stairs are located inthe ‘towers, where the solid wood construction can ‘only accommodate small windows. Corner joints. The new houses make use of two types of corner joints: dovetail joints for the exterior, formed by an abulting and a projecting wall, dissolve the ouside comers giving the buildings their characteristic look, while finger joints in the interior form fat, flush corners. The old ‘fashioned hal-lap joints with beams.ovelepping atthe corners are no longer used. Bracing the walls. To brace large walls and prevent horizontal shifts from bveam to beam, steel dowels have been inserted in the walls as needed. Constrctvely speaking, these become homogeneous wall slabs that can cantilever a great deal and carry a great deal of weight.‘Settling. As the years pass and the beams dry out, the walls lose height. ‘Therefore ~ and ths is another basic rule ~ al ofthe log walls must rest on the ‘same horizontal level, on a zero horizon, so to speak. In this way they wil all settle evenly, (This rule prevents floors and walls from stating, and large open 92 In the walls, as often seen in old log cabins that rest on foundations of different heights) The phenomenon ofa loss in height asthe logs dry out has led to another rule: the wed ofthe wells cannot be constructively linked to Figid parts ofthe building Therefore, the concrete floors and walls of bathrooms. ‘and toilets form smaoth monoliths, hung inte the adjoining walls of the wooden ‘towers on each storey so that, ifthe wooden walls sink, the inserted concrete bodies sink along with them. Working out these new rules of construction and composition for solid wood buildings was a pleasure, Despite the constraints, we achieved a pleasing form of architectural expression, We can clearly identity the lors of wooden beams, ‘the roofs of layered compounds of wood and the walls as independent slabs ‘and planes In this respect, the buildings resemble the avant-garde designs of ‘the 20th century De Sti movement in Holland. Spatial compositions of slabs and planes. The wood grows wings. Haldenstein, July 2006 Peter Zumthorhaus luzi BS EPAB ecu PAU OdHaus Luzi was designed for @ family with six small children. The olger children were involved in the building of their home; in summer they helped their parents eolect stones for the concrete and then saw how the conerete was polished and made into terrazzo for the bathrooms. The children know which forests up in the valley provide the wood for their house and they saw how it was tacked to dry in the village lumberyard ‘Wood that has time to dry slowly out of doors more suitable for building ‘than wood rapidly dred in industrial ovens; we were told by our clients Litian and Valentin Cui The familys bedrooms, four al told, are situated at the top of the house and fae all four directions. Parentsand children meetin the large, central bathroom, or rather bathing room, wich illuminated by two clerestories in the open space under the pitched roof above. Every double bedroom has its own stars leading down to the eoss-shaped living quarters below. The completely lazed rooms with balconies aso face all four directions: ‘eat-in kitchen dining room, den and livingroom (Stube) The views ofthe landscape framed by the rooms are impressive: pictures ofthe village: pictures of the landscape, the seasons passing by. Stalrs lead from the den down into the entrance hall, Here on the ground floor behind the entrance, there isa small apartment. It will be forthe parents when they wish to mave out ofthe living rea above to make room, perhaps, for one oftheir children plus family.ant Tesemsin Vole ty oe teense pala eA fe NIACG qt ie ey ee 1 y Tht | ti LBA A ik ‘anil! ape ae a =a vie le in pp Pouce PT fet iort woot Mn 02 yoo aNnow9 re 1 ie TN Mh | | nu arye tothe eh Waals bison Woudrottila | ae _ lea it ghedteieaAa van Astin Ledearene / sare /ou 8 nounsse so s0¥0¥s HON coc sowsPaseo Ly esijeuue sney =‘Annalisa Zumthor, our client, lives and works in Vals, which is situated 1200 meters above sea level That i not high enough for her;she has always wanted to live 1400 or 1500 meters above sea level, the way she grew up. She loves the freshness of the atmosphere a this altitude, the smell ofthe landscape the special light. And she has always dreamed of living in # house of solid wood. ‘Annalisa's wooden house will be built n Les, a small hamlet on the valley slope above the village. The ground plan of the house s crss-shaped. The ‘personal living area ison the second flor. large dining table stands inthe ‘centre of the house: grouped around it are the living area that looks out over the entire vale, the kitchen niche, the bedroom aecessed by thee steps via 8 ‘narrow passage and, in frontof the dining tabe, the hall with the large terace ‘acing southwest. ike panorama platforms ike proscenium stages Facing the landscape, these fouroms tower above the Baroque Chapel of St. Nicolas at the highest point inthe hamlet, whose rythm of volumes and folded roofs is echoed by the new building, ‘On the ground floor where one enters the house, there is ample room for many guests: children, grandchildren, friends.8 Bessey Sette)oo wes Yryyiae 3 ila 5 b roysin nooss NOUS[AT FACADE, SECONO VERSIONql”SECTION, ECONO VERSIONss 18 94 906 01 24 49H ve voasany np v8 sess 9 Jen wcountanoy us ws 806 et 2201 si arse ei : Soe cig ean DP rape eo aa eee vag] YB Fee eleanee Spaetans ree wipe) cdo weet mesg mn oma) oma etn 2 Ty ene etm = Si enc mong ma s, sug smegma) Q jscencaiesoy myn memouer sxasomramn otter pn x wn gan suis ap uooaag =m exedeo.eRD nba pan um (See 1 wort sy C ‘ \ oe 0 90 seoepen sp te mdi, } « \ Presents daxp cen te5)— weIPOM eft | gone sensqoy vz ‘Sewow oto vee ane thy 8954 je vein Saniea ts 0 vs ed usa Cntay 1B 3h RST KEINE, ECONO VERSION. ~ss =v y sod 01 140m um vondona pu wees om on vrncoustinny ou ym oxo an on - 008 von tmoy wy nsnuby ee ory nae Ua FY Aso Yee mn AN =) PD 08 wave sen wg pun opeg aeteweg DN 2 EHD, peo ns yh HG ave wate a vasanaete op one wp Cnsepnth ey sues wep je Un ‘ron op ws sepo Neng woh owas oY semubuading + voumpe Bunge mneeee nda pinoquous 690 nsw ug sven wren 809 Je wserungyacin eee 90 2 open ma syn coe - 201 pun Same HPSIEAEAN an sab Pura PH pon assay Cy £9 Sens ce rsyepo a cman ig voyeur sug esa ke 809 1 Lo vores iB 99 0 Sap an ag 9920 vo aud snoiyonuez wonepen Sama 4) Yop any] My rope apespse im om) qweee fl | 9002 xray 4, -sowow je worn CanoeJone, sEcOND VERSION‘ ee (| yg Ay Meh Sie = St AQ) 0a | MRED Tce ss) Ee ee gy |62 ‘The Briol guesthouse in Southern Tyrol, Italy, was built inthe year 1928 by the painter Hubert Lanzioger. This is hideout for lovers ofthe simple ‘freshness of summer. The mountain uesthouse is at an altitude of 1300 meters. It takes an hour from the village of Barbian to reach it on foot ANter climbing through forests and mountain meadows, one is greeted bythe owners ofthe establishment, Johanna and Urban von Klebelsberg, standing in the doorway with a traditional welcoming schnapps. Biol is an old-style mountain hotel, intended primarily for summer occupation. Two of the parlours can be heated with wood stoves; the ‘modest bathrooms and tollts are inthe hallway In the spacious rooms with arg balconies, old-fashioned washing bowls and jugs of water are placed on wooden tables. Both owners and long-term guests have no esi to change any ofthis However, for people who wish or need to have more comfortable facilities, for families with children or for small groups, we have designed five freestanding ‘tree houses on stilts Situated atthe edge of the woods to the west ofthe olé guest house, each ofthe small buildings consists of one main Ivng room anda large outdoor deck that looks out over the valley witha view of the Dolomites. The combination cof such a view and life among the trees is such an Impressive experience that we architects have to do little more than prove a good place to be and enjoy. The ple dwellings among the tres are basicaly annexes of the main building, wth ther own bathrooms and roomy service spaces. Meals are served in the main building, In winter when there's a lat of snow and the main Brio! is closed, it wll til be possible to use one or another ofthe small houses because there are wood stoves inthe living rooms as well as small cooking riches.foe re fone, “mp Pani ony > ees preg66 "Galerie Gross” Four-bed unit with separate ‘sleeping knapsack’ and 2 gallery bedroom. Under the gallery Facing the mountain: the vestibule and 2 small kitchen.gull afhy Hea retag a r mI" mo = Ay. \ om| IY » te. 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