Martin Looser-Frey
About
Martin Looser-Frey has graduated from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, as well as from the University of St.Gallen having studied in the School of Business, Lawand Social Sciences. His professional activities have started since 2004 as a carpenter, progressing to project management and construction site management. Since 2019 he is a Member of the Board at “Blumer Lehmann Group“, Division Manager Free Form Timber Construction dealing with international clients.
Free Form Timber Constructions (Almost) Limitless
The Diversity of Free Form Timber structures or Free Form timber claddings is almost limitless as soon as we can produce the blanks out of our wonderful material wood. Lots of raw materials, wood based Materials and engineered timber standard products are available on the market, but how smart can they be used and where are the limits of using timer and engineered wood materials?
The combination of traditional, proven construction methods and state-of-the-art manufacturing methods in timber construction is increasingly being rediscovered. This combination in turn creates new opportunities to recognize and achieve previously unattainable goals.
For example traditional dowelled beams, which were used to build timber bridges in the early 18th century, can be found in new timber construction projects. Dowelled beams, combined with the latest construction- and digital planning and manufacturing methods are used today to build huge, self-supporting and wide span Free Form gridshell roofs.
The enthusiasm for combining the advantages of tradition and high-tech is fascinating and drives us to constantly develop new ideas.