Its small proportion of thermal mass and subsequently its short response period is advantageous for the intensive utilization of the building during conferences and the phases in between. The low ratio of embodied energy required also played an important role, as did the thermal characteristics and haptic qualities of the material. The desire to use renewable raw materials – virtually all of the wood used in the construction is sourced from Switzerland – as well as the structural-physical and fire-protection characteristics played an important role in the decision made by the architects, structural engineering planners and environmental engineers to design a building made primarily of softwood. ![]() Timber has been utilized for its flexibility as a structural material, ranging from large span beams to small scale cladding elements including the larch shingles of the facade. In the early design stages it was decided that wood was the material with the most suitable characteristics for meeting WIPO’s design criteria. The new conference hall that accommodates about 900 delegates closes the gap between the WIPO’s landmark tower and a new administrative building also designed by Behnisch Architekten (KlimaEngineering Transsolar) and completed in 2011. ![]() In close collaboration with architects, structural engineering planners and environmental engineers, a sculptural design concept has been developed into a conference hall, a pioneer project in constructive timber construction. With wooden cantilevers up to 35 meters long, WIPO’s new hall opens up a new dimension in modern timber construction designed to meet the client’s goals of an environmentally friendly and structurally appropriate building. Wood is the dominant material in the new conference hall building for the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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