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Project • By Dovat Arquitectos • Wellness Centres
Life Zonamerica
Located within the Zonamerica corporate campus in Montevideo, Uruguay, a dedicated sports and wellness facility extends the conventional office environment by integrating physical activity, recovery, and social infrastructure into daily campus routines. The project operates on the premise that occupant wellbeing is directly linked to the physical and environmental quality of the space in which activities occur.
Sebastian Gomez Vignoly
Dovat Arquitectos
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Spatial Configuration and Program
The building consolidates a gymnasium, a 20-meter heated swimming pool, changing facilities, and wellness areas into a continuous spatial sequence. Rather than dividing these... More
News • Specification • 6 Mar 2024
10 factories that feature glulam construction
Glued laminated timber — also known as glulam and GLT — is, as the name suggests, a form of timber made by gluing together layers of wood to create beams and columns in a range of sizes. Glulam is often used in long-span designs — its strength-to-weight ratio is superior to both concrete and steel. Glulam is made in both straight lengths and curved pieces typically from fir, larch, oak, pine, or spruce. It is often used in medium/high-rise timber residential and commercial projects where height is not a constraint.
When producing longer glulam beams and columns, it is necessary to join together smaller pieces of timber — the most common method is a finger joint. Here, complementary interlocking profiles are cut in t... More