Kloboucká lesní company is continuously paving the way towards sustainable forestry. Finding inspiration in the ways of our ancestors, but also exploring new technologies and possibilities. In a field that is not commonly associated with innovation or bravery, the company identifies as progressive and creative. And their new headquarters building will represent these values. With its various activities, the mission of Kloboucká lesní is to demonstrate the potential of sustainable construction – using a holistic environmental approach and cutting-edge technology.

Due to a major shift in the climatic conditions of our planet, the wood industry has been going through turbulent changes recently. Therefore, the new company headquarters has to be flexible and ready for future developments and change. We propose a place for creative work, research and innovation. The main load-bearing structure forms a modular shell for the building, leaving the interior space free and adjustable, including contingencies for unexpected growth.

The building design shows the way for future construction projects. Environmentally responsible, simple and modest, but equipped with cutting-edge technology – and placed in a natural setting surrounded with vegetation and water. The load-bearing structure is made exclusively from timber, a material that is produced on-site, in the Kloboucká lesní production hall located only a hundred meters away. Wood is the oldest and the simplest of materials, but the production process is very modern. As a flagship product of the company portfolio, glued laminated timber was used for the building frame. Repeated many times, the traditionally shaped frame forms an elongated and elegant volume.

A prominent location was chosen for the headquarters inside the factory compound. The north-facing façade is oriented toward the town and the visitors’ entrance. The volume of the building conceals other industrial halls of the compound, while a beautiful backdrop of the Pláňavský ridge can be seen in the distance.

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Collaborators:
Chief engineer: Pavel Srba
Structural engineering: Lostade CZ, www.lostade.cz
Construction supervision: Petr Vlček, www.stavitelstvi-vlcek.cz
Concrete contractor: Michal Drga
Wooden construction contractor: Pukýš DŘEVOSTAVBY, www.pukysdrevostavby.cz
Electric engineering: Elseremo
Mechanical engineer: Ladislav Stružka
Heating, plumbing: Mont SA
Steel construction: KL TECHSTAGE, www.kltechstage.cz
Interior partitions and claddings: Woodyglass, www.woodyglass.cz
Lighting solutions: Konvičný – Lampárna Lighting, www.lamparna.com
Landscape architecture: Atelier Partero, www.partero.cz
Garden contractor: GISarch studio, www.gisarchstudio.cz
Flat roof solutions: Izolplast Zlín, www.izolplast.cz
Pavement contractor: STRABAG, www.strabag.cz
Wooden terraces contactor: Pavel Fojtík
Sheetmetal products: Petr Zimáček
Graphic design: Lenka Mičolová