Profile Façade in Bodrum Castle Theater | Technowood

The castle at Bodrum received a new theatre clad using a wood veneer profile façade system from Technowood

Bodrum Castle Theater is a renovation of an existing open-air stage. When a request by the first project to increase the audience capacity was not approved by the Council for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, a second project was carried out with the contours and elevations of the existing building preserved. The building is designed as a steel structure with an above-ground-foundation since it is located on an archaeological site. The contrast between the wooden lamellae used on the stage front and the fortification walls was created to emphasize the temporality of the new construction.

Solid wood has become fashionable in construction however it is subject to aging from time and environmental factors causing deformations. Technowood products are made by applying wood veneers to durable materials; this approach prevents unpredictable bending and deformation. Using veneers reduces the consumption of wood by 98% and increases its life expectancy by more than 5 times.

Technowood can be used where traditional wood products can but also where specific details and measurements make the use of other wood products difficult. They are easy to assemble and be produced to specification.

Profile Façade System

Durable Profiles

The profiles can be aluminum or GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic), these materials are lightweight, high strength and easy to machine. Their weather resistance durability is utilized with the finish of natural wood from the wood veneers added to the profiles.

Environmental Credentials

In the construction industry, wood is often harvested from trees which take almost 100 years to mature, sustainable forestry is now widely practiced however does not take into account the unpredictability of wood consumption levels 100 years from now. This is why Technowood has paired sustainable forestry practices in line with FSC guidelines with their revolutionary method of applying natural wood veneers to durable materials; thus also addressing the issue of high consumption.