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Vidy Theater

The pavilion is made entirely of timber without fasteners like screws or nails. It uses a double-layered folded plate structure assembled using a double tenon technique inspired by woodworking joints. The structure spans 16 to 20 meters and covers 540 square meters, accommodating 250 people. It was inaugurated in September 2017.

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Vidy Theater

The pavilion is made entirely of timber without fasteners like screws or nails. It uses a double-layered folded plate structure assembled using a double tenon technique inspired by woodworking joints. The structure spans 16 to 20 meters and covers 540 square meters, accommodating 250 people. It was inaugurated in September 2017.

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A Sustainable Pavilion Entirely Made Out of Timber

The pavilion is a double-layered folded plate structure entirely made out of


timber, without any screws, nails or adhesive bonding. The double tenon
assembly technique developed for this building uses integral mechanical
attachments inspired by traditional woodworking joints (see Figure 2). Folded
plate structures have the benefit to fulfill both a supporting as well as a covering
function, with, in this case, spans ranging from 16 to 20m and a total covered
area of 540m2. Each arch segment is prefabricated in 3 parts: two walls
segments and one roof segment, placed on top of the walls segments (see
Figure 1 and Figure 3). Inaugurated in September 2017, the pavilion can
accommodate 250 seated people (see Figure 8).

Double through-tenon

1. Outer layer
2. Inner layer
3. Pre-assembly
Simple through-tenon 4. In-situ

Figure 2. Double-layered folded plate assembly principle Figure 3. Segments assembly system

Figure 1. Construction of the timber pavilion of the Vidy-Lausanne theatre: assembly of the first roof segment (18m span)
(credits: I. Kramer)

Figure 4. Inside of the Vidy-Lausanne theatre (credits: I. Kramer) Figure 5. Assembly of the integral joints (credits: I. Figure 6. Cutting of the 45mm thick panels (credits: I.
Kramer) Kramer)

Figure 7. Timber pavilion of the Vidy-Lausanne theatre inaugurated in September 2017 (credits: I. Kramer) Figure 8. Inside of the pavilion of the Vidy-Lausanne theatre inaugurated in September 2017 (credits: C. Wilmart)

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