Board games - The book by Mareiner Holz

BOARD GAMES THE BOOK

WORK MONOGRAPH

VO LU M E 1 / S P R I N G 2 0 1 8

BEFORE THE BOARD GAMES BEGIN.

We have boards in our minds. All the time. So much so that people already say we have boards in front of our heads. But that’s not the case at all. What is true, however, is that boards are our passion. Without boards the world would be a worse place. Neither chess nor checkers, no Parcheesi and no Barricade, no backgammon and no Settlers of Catan. For example. And neither rock ‘n’ roll nor opera, neither ballet nor spoken theater, since what would performing arts be without floorboards that, as is well-known, mean the world? And if you are in good books with someone, where else do you have a stone in, if not in a board? The board is also to be thanked for many things in an athletic sense: downhill, slalom, Super G! And ski jumping and ski flying, cross-country skiing, ski touring, as well as water skiing and skateboarding. Nothing you could go boarding on snow, water or asphalt with. And who – now we are coming into play – would want to miss the beautiful façades and paneling, as well as the floors and terraces, in our living spaces? Exactly. These special board games of architecture, interior fitting, interior design and space staging are what we have dedicated ourselves to. In the following we want to tell a series of more or less zesty board stories about our exciting affair with building art and design. And show what board refinement by Mareiner means. And how your eyes may imagine Mareinerian board design. You have to simply think about the fantastic sensations of your tactile receptors and the indescribable feeling of living between and on Mareiner design boards. This does not let itself be committed to paper, although it (the paper) was once wood itself after all. So let us begin the Mareiner board games! I wish you an exciting game course. Hannes Dietrich MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MAREINER HOLZ

TO START WITH:

A BRIEF GUIDE TO TREES “ALL NINE OF THEM!” YOU WILL BRIEFLY ATTEND A TREE SCHOOL. BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WOOD, WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT? ABOUT TREES. ABOUT HIGHLY DEVELOPED LIVING BEINGS WHICH ENJOY THE HIGHEST RESPECT AT MAREINER. DUE TO THEIR BEAUTY AND THEIR MANY OTHER GOOD PROPERTIES THAT ARE LIFE- GIVING AND LIFE-SUSTAINING FOR US HUMANS. AND DUE TO THEIR VARIETY, THANKS TO WHICH WOOD IS NOT SIMPLY WOOD, BUT A VALUABLE SUBSTANCE AND WORKING MATERIAL WITH THE MOST DIVERSE COLOR TONES, APPLICABILITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS. DEPENDING ON THE TREE. IN MAREINER’S BRIEF GUIDE TO TREES YOU WILL LEARN WHAT WHICH TREE CAN DO. WELCOME!

EUROPEAN LARCH (LARIX DECIDUA)

Larix Decidua

EUROPEAN L ARCH TREE

TYPE: DECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PINACEAE

H O M E : A L L O F E U R O P E , A L S O I N E X T R E M E L O C AT I O N S I N T H E A L P S AT E L E VAT I O N S U P TO 2 , 5 0 0 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 5 0 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 2 M E T E R S A P P R OX . 6 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T : L O W

WOOD:

S U I TA B L E F O R :

WHITE SAPWOOD, REDDISH-BROWN HEARTWOOD R O O F T R U S S E S , WA L L A N D C E I L I N G C O N S T R U C T I O N S , D O O R S , F L O O R S , FA Ç A D E S ,

T E R R A C E S , A S W E L L A S F O R B O AT C O N S T R U C T I O N , WAT E R E N G I N E E R I N G A N D

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

B R AV E S S U M M E R H E AT S A N D W I N T E R F R O S T S D O W N T O - 4 0 ° C . R E S I S TA N T

SPECIALITIES:

A G A I N S T M O I S T U R E A N D , A F T E R Y E W, E U R O P E ’ S H A R D E S T A N D H E AV I E S T

C O N I F E R O U S T I M B E R . T H E B A R K , W H I C H C O N TA I N S TA N N I N , WA S E A R L I E R U S E D

F O R TA N N I N G L E AT H E R B L A C K .

V U L C A N O , P I Z L A G R E V, V E S U V, P I Z B U I N A N D P I Z B E R N I N A W A L L P A N E L S

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

SIBERIAN LARCH (LARIX SIBIRICA)

Larix sibirica

SIBERIAN L ARCH TREE

TYPE: DECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PINACEAE

H O M E : F R O M R U S S I A I N T O M O N G O L I A I N E L E VAT I O N S O F U P T O 2 , 4 0 0 M E T E R S MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 4 5 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 2 M E T E R S A P P R OX . 6 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T : L O W

WOOD:

S U I TA B L E F O R :

WHITE SAPWOOD, REDDISH-BROWN HEARTWOOD R O O F T R U S S E S , WA L L A N D C E I L I N G C O N S T R U C T I O N S , D O O R S , F L O O R S , FA Ã&#x2021; A D E S ,

T E R R A C E S , A S W E L L A S F O R B O AT C O N S T R U C T I O N , WAT E R E N G I N E E R I N G A N D

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

SPECIALITIES:

T H A N K S T O T H E H I G H R E S I N C O N T E N T, I T I S S U P E R I O R T O T H E E U R O P E A N L A R C H W I T H R E G A R D T O H A R D N E S S , D U R A B I L I T Y A N D R E S I S TA N C E . W I T H S TA N D S

F L O O D S . T H E R E S I N I S R E F I N E D I N T O V I O L I N R O S I N A N D VA R N I S H E S . T H E E X T R A C T

O F VA S O D I L AT O R Y A N D A N T I H Y P E R T E N S I V E T R E E S A P S I S U S E D F O R M E D I C I N A L

P U R P O S E S .

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

P I Z B E R N I N A WA L L S Y S T E M S , P I Z L I N A R D, P I Z L I N A R D C O LO R , P I Z N A I R , P I Z B A D I L E WA L L PA N E L S A S W E L L A S C H I E M S E E T E R R AC E S

AROLLA PINE (PINUS CEMBRA)

Pinus Cembra AROLL A PINE TREE

TYPE: INDECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PINACEAE

H O M E : M A I N LY I N T H E C E N T R A L A N D E A S T E R N A L P S , S M A L L E R O C C U R E N C E S I N T H E

C A R P AT H I A N S

MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 2 5 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 1 . 5 M E T E R S OVER 1,000 YEARS

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T : L O W

WOOD:

S U I TA B L E F O R :

SPECIALITIES:

G O L D E N Y E L L O W W I T H L I V E LY G R A I N S , D A R K E N S T O R E D D I S H - B R O W N F U R N I T U R E , PA N E L I N G , C A R V I N G S , S H I N G L E S I M P E R V I O U S T O W E T S N O W, AVA L A N C H E S , S O I L E R O S I O N . A L S O K N O W N U N D E R T H E N A M E S W I S S P I N E . F R A G R A N T, S O F T A N D L I G H T W O O D W H I C H S P E C I A L

P R O P E R T I E S ( R A D I AT I O N S H I E L D I N G , S L E E P - P R O M O T I O N ) A R E A S C R I B E D T O .

P I Z PA L Ã&#x153; WA L L S Y S T E M S A N D WA L L PA N E L S

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

PINE (PINUS)

Pinus

PINE TREE

TYPE: INDECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PINACEAE

H O M E : N O R T H E R N H E M I S P H E R E , T R O P I C A L A N D S U B T R O P I C A L P L A N TAT I O N S MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 5 0 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 1 M E T E R D E P E N D I N G O N T H E S P E C I E S A P P R OX . 6 0 0 – 1 ,0 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T : L O W

WOOD:

S U I TA B L E F O R :

R E D D I S H - Y E L L O W, D A R K E N S T O R E D D I S H - B R O W N A L L B U I L D I N G A N D S T R U C T U R A L P U R P O S E S , FA Ç A D E S , T E R R A C E S , G A R D E N A N D

L A N D S C A P E C O N S T R U C T I O N , P A C K A G I N G M AT E R I A L , E N E R G Y I N D U S T R Y

C L A S S I F I E D I N TO 1 1 3 S P E C I E S . A L S O K N OW N A S S COT S P I N E O R R E DWO O D. G R OWS

SPECIALITIES:

R A P I D LY. C Y L I N D R I C A L T R U N K . I N C H I N A , J A P A N A N D K O R E A I T I S C O N S I D E R E D A S

A S Y M B O L F O R A L O N G L I F E S P A N , P O W E R A N D U N WAV E R I N G P AT I E N C E .

ÄT N A WA L L S Y S T E M S , W Ö R T H E R S E E T E R R A C E S

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

SCOTCH PINE (PINUS RADIATA)

Pinus Radiata SCOTCH PINE TREE

TYPE: INDECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PINACEAE

H O M E : O R I G I N A L LY M O N T E R E Y A N D C A M B R I A ( U S A ) , S O U T H A M E R I C A , N E W Z E A L A N D , S O U T H A F R I C A , S PA I N

M A X I M U M H E I G H T : D E P E N D I N G O N T H E C L I M AT E R E G I O N A P P R O X . 4 0 – 6 0 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 1 M E T E R A P P R OX . 6 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T : L O W

WOOD:

S U I TA B L E F O R :

R E D D I S H - Y E L L O W, D A R K E N S T O R E D D I S H B R O W N A L L B U I L D I N G A N D S T R U C T U R A L P U R P O S E S , FA Ç A D E S , T E R R A C E S , G A R D E N A N D

L A N D S C A P E C O N S T R U C T I O N , P A C K A G I N G M AT E R I A L , E N E R G Y I N D U S T R Y

S U R V I V E D T H E L A S T I C E A G E AT T W O L O C AT I O N S O N T H E C A L I F O R N I A C O A S T,

SPECIALITIES:

B U T T H R I V E S B E T T E R E V E R Y W H E R E E L S E T H A N T H E R E . T H E Q U I C K E S T- G R O W I N G

P I N E S P E C I E S W I T H A N A N N UA L T R U N K D I A M E T E R G R OW T H O F 2 TO 3 C E N T I M E T E R S .

U N A F F E C T E D B Y M O I S T U R E , B U T N O T H A R D Y. R O O T S R E A C H D O W N T O 1 2 M E T E R S .

KEBONY TERRACES

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES)

Picea Abies

SPRUCE PINE TREE

TYPE: INDECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PICEA

H O M E : E U R O P E , E XC E P T F O R T H E B R I T I S H I S L E S A N D T H E I B E R I A N P E N I N S U L A U P TO E L E VAT I O N S O F 2 , 4 0 0 M E T E R S , A S I A

MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 6 2 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 2 M E T E R S A P P R OX . 6 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T :

L O W ( N U T R I E N T S ) , R E S P. , H I G H ( WAT E R )

WOOD:

W H I T I S H -Y E L L O W W I T H A S I L K Y G L O S S , D A R K E N S TO Y E L L O W I S H - B R O W N

S U I TA B L E F O R :

ALL BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL PURPOSES, FURNITURE AND INSTRUMENT MAKING, P A C K A G I N G M AT E R I A L , E N E R G Y I N D U S T R Y

SPECIALITIES:

W I T H S TA N D S F R O S T S D O W N T O - 6 0 ° C . N E E D L E S R E A C T V E R Y S E N S I T I V E LY T O A I R

P O L L U T I O N . A C T U A L LY A T R E E F O R H I G H E R E L E VAT I O N S , W H I C H O N A C C O U N T O F

B E I N G C U LT I VAT E D B Y H U M A N S I S W I D E S P R E A D F A R T H E R B E L O W. A D E E P - R O O T E D

T R E E O N W E L L - A E R AT E D S O I L S .

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

ÄT N A WA L L S Y T E M S , G R O S S G L O C K N E R , M A R M O L A D A , M A R M O L A D A V E C C H I A , W I L D E R K A I S E R A N D M AT T E R H O R N WA L L PA N E L S

NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES)

Picea Abies

N O RWAY S P R U C E T R E E

TYPE: INDECIDUOUS CONIFER T R E E FA M I LY :

PICEA

H O M E : S C A N D I N AV I A , B A LT I C C O U T R I E S , R U S S I A , P O L A N D MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 6 0 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 2 M E T E R S A P P R OX . 6 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T :

L O W ( N U T R I E N T S ) , R E S P. , H I G H ( WAT E R )

WOOD:

W H I T I S H -Y E L L O W W I T H A S I L K Y G L O S S , D A R K E N S TO Y E L L O W I S H - B R O W N

S U I TA B L E F O R :

SPECIALITIES:

ALL BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL PURPOSES, FURNITURE AND INSTRUMENT MAKING, P A C K A G I N G M AT E R I A L , E N E R G Y I N D U S T R Y B O TA N I C A L LY I D E N T I C A L W I T H T H E C O M M O N S P R U C E , G R O W S C O N S I D E R A B LY S L O W E R B E C A U S E O F T H E N O R D I C C L I M AT E . G R O W T H R I N G S S TA N D D E N S LY T O G E T H E R .

AT T H E S A M E T I M E T H E W O O D I S M O R E S O L I D , M O R E E L A S T I C A N D C O N TA I N S L E S S

RESIN THAN CENTRAL EUROPEAN SPRUCE WOOD.

G R A N PA R A D I S O WA L L S Y S T E M S , M O N T B L A N C , M O N T E R O S A , Z U G S P I T Z E , DAC H S T E I N

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

A N D G R A N PA R A D I S O WA L L PA N E L S

OAK

(QUERCUS)

Quercus OAK TREE

T Y P E : D E C I D U O U S , R E S P. , O C C A S S I O N A L LY I N D E C I D U O U S L E A F T R E E T R E E FA M I LY :

FA G A C E A E

HOME: EURASIA, NORTH AFRICA, NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, CARIBBEAN MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 2 5 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 9 M E T E R S A P P R OX . 1 ,0 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T :

L O W, N E E D S A L O T O F L I G H T

WOOD:

Y E L L O W I S H - B R O W N T O Y E L L O W I S H - W H I T E , D I S T I N C I V E P I T H R AY S , O P E N G R A I N E D W O O D

S U I TA B L E F O R :

SPECIALITIES:

F U R N I T U R E A N D S H I P C O N S T R U C T I O N , V I T I C U LT U R E ( O A K B A R R E L S ) , F L O O R I N G D E P E N D I N G O N T H E C L A S S I F I C AT I O N , T H E Y A R E D I S T R I B U T E D I N 4 0 0 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 6 0 0 S P E C I E S I N

E U R O P E . T H E W H I T E O A K P R E D O M I N AT E S . H A B I TAT F O R A R O U N D 3 5 0 S P E C I E S O F

I N S E C T S A N D B U T T E R F L I E S . O N AC C O U N T O F I T S LO N G L I F E S PA N I T I S A S Y M B O L F O R

E T E R N I T Y.

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

G R A N D E S J O R A S S E S WA L L S Y S T E M S A N D WA L L PA N E L S

ASH

(FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR)

Fraxinus Excelsior ASH TREE

TYPE: DECIDUOUS LEAF TREE T R E E FA M I LY :

OLEACEAE

H O M E : C E N T R A L E U R O P E U P T O T R O N D H E I M FJ O R D A N D I N E L E VAT I O N S U P T O 1 , 7 0 0 M E T E R S MAXIMUM HEIGHT: A P P R OX . 4 0 M E T E R S

MAXIMUM TRUNK DIAMETER:

M A X I M U M L I F E S PA N :

A P P R OX . 2 M E T E R S A P P R OX . 3 0 0 Y E A R S

N U T R I E N T A N D WAT E R R E Q U I R E M E N T :

M E D I U M ( N U T R I E N T S ) T O H I G H ( WAT E R )

WOOD:

B R I G H T Y E L L O W, R E S P. , S I M I L A R T O T H E O L I V E T R E E ( O L I V E A S H )

S U I TA B L E F O R :

SPECIALITIES:

C A R R I A G E A N D WA G O N B U I L D I N G , T O O L M A K I N G , B E N D I N G F O R M C O M P O N E N T S , S P O R T S E Q U I P M E N T, C L A D D I N G F R O M A N E V O L U T I O N A R Y S TA N D P O I N T I T I S A N A N C I E N T T R E E W H I C H C O H A B I TAT E S W I T H A R O U N D 1 , 0 0 0 S P E C I E S ( I N C L U D I N G 5 0 M A M M A L S P E C I E S ) . H I G H LY E L A S T I C ,

H E AV Y A N D H A R D W O O D , R E S I S TA N T A G A I N S T ( W E A K ) LY E S A N D A C I D S .

GARDASEE TERRACES

MAREINER MAKES THEM INTO:

AND NOW:

WHAT WE MAKE OUT OF ALL OF THIS WE REFINE BOARDS!

SAW CUT

CHOPPING

The sawmill has a lot in common with a hair salon or a kitchen:

Many, many years have passed since carpenters once took axe to

you simply can’t get a good cut without sharp tools. A good saw-

wood to shape boards and beams (instead of using a plane and

cut from our workshop is as smart as a new hair-do, fine and even.

saw). So who still does it today? You guessed it: We do! We use

If you run your finger along a saw-cut Mareiner board, you will

a machine we developed ourselves over a number of years that

notice it feels a little rough. That’s the way it should be, as oils and

makes the wood look as authentic and rustic as it did back in the

glazes can penetrate deeper into the wood.

day. Our special processing method maintains the wood’s unique

The cut of the band-saw roughens the surface of the wood.

structure and appearance. Every board is one-of-a-kind. Popular.

The result is an even and fine saw-cut look.

With a rustic, alpine character.

BURNING

BRUSHING

Wood is similar to people: the strong characters have been through

The wood here in Styria is as pure as the water and the people

fire. Our fired boards have to undertake an intensive fire walk.

who populate these parts. We don’t brush our boards to actually

They are then thoroughly brushed to bring out the structure of

clean them. We brush them to emphasize the wood’s beautiful

the wood. Through the strong firing and the subsequent brushing,

grain patterns. And to harden the boards: brushing removes the

the hard wood components (late wood) remain standing. The soft

soft components from the wood. It is as in real life: only the tough

components (early wood) are conversely removed. Only in this

make the grade. After this treatment the boards look even more

way does the structure of the wood come out in very strong and

like wood than beforehand (purely from a visual viewpoint) and

characterful manner.

have toughened up through the brushing process. Clean deal! The soft components are cut out with brushes of various grain strengths. Besides highlighting the structure of the wood, we increase the resilience of the wood in the process.

SANDING

STEAMING

How come Mareiner boards are so often found at the best res-

Wellness with a twist! We like our wood to get a bit steamy in the

idential and commercial addresses? We assume it’s because of

sauna. Three weeks at 90 degrees and the humidity of the tropics.

their smooth appearance. After all, we use different coarse and

The boards reappear not only deeply relaxed but also with a fresh

fine grinding brushes to get the finish just right. We use them to

complexion. We achieve the desired color change of the wood

roughen the planed surface of the wood to a superfine finish. It

through the steaming process.

makes for better paint bonding and also allows glazes and oils – the skin care lotions for any self-respecting board – to penetrate deeper into the wood. We roughen the surface a little with grinding

PLANING

brushes of different grain strengths to achieve a better adherence of paint to the wood.

We can handle roughly hewn types, too. Namely with two precision planing machines that teach the wood a few manners to bring it into shape or give it a decent profile. Anyone can plane –

HEAT TREATMENT

one makes boards, the other shavings.

If necessary, we have no qualms with turning up the heat to get our boards all fired up. At temperatures between 190 and 215 degrees

DOUBLE-ENDED PROFILING

centigrade and under special atmospheric conditions. But please don’t think we’re getting up to some sort of toxic mischief! The entire process involves no chemicals whatsoever and is about as pre-

It’s the sort of profile politicians would wish for. One should

carious as a nap in the sunshine. Which is actually a good compari-

think. We've always been good at honing a profile (in wood). It

son. After all, our boards actually do tan and take on a darker color

is a skill our voters – nonsense: our customers – appreciate very

shade during thermal treatment. In fact, it is even healthy, as the

much. After all, double-ended profiles make fitting our products

wood gains greater dimensional stability and durability. Hell yeah!

an easy and reliable process. And these connections last as good as

Thermal processing gives the wood a darker hue, greater dimen-

forever. Double-ended profiling not only enables quick and easy

sional stability and a longer life.

fitting, it also reduces the amount of on-site offcuts.

OILING

PACKAGING / STORAGE

The mechanics here in Mürztal have a saying: “Well-oiled drives well.” Of course, oiling is good for you and us, too. Our coating and spraying machines apply selected terrace oils to the wood. It is beauty treatment and anti-aging course rolled into one as the oil creates new color tones, increases hardiness and prevents graying. We place great importance on ecology when we choose the oils and glazes for our production.

At this point you may well ask: What do packaging and storage have to do with refining? The answer is simple: incorrect storage distorts the wood and attacks the surface finish. That is basically the last thing we would want to happen. And that’s why we prefer to get things right. Of course, packaging and storage also deserve our best efforts and love of detail to make sure the finished products are delivered to you from production undamaged and in the best condition.

CHALETS LECH LODGE LECH, AUSTRIA, 2012

SNOW KINGS “TRUE POWER SITES”

CLIENT: KLAUS MOOSBRUGGER-LETTNER

ARCHITECT: CHRISTIAN PRASSER / CP ARCHITEKTUR

F R O M M A R E I N E R : G R A N PA R A D I S O / M O N T B L A N C / V E S U V PHOTOGRAPHY: CP ARCHITEKTUR / LECH LODGE /

FA Ç A D E / WA L L PA N E L S

K ATA R I N A P A S H K O V S K AYA

This creative stroke of luck goes back to a relaxed afternoon that we spent at the round planning table with Klaus Moosbrugger-Lettner, architect Christian Prasser and the chief craftsmen – master carpenter Feuerstein from the Bregenz Forest, as well as timber construction specialist Stephan Muxel. Together we pored over the Mareiner catalog, felt and carefully considered samples, and finally selected exactly the right mixture of boards.

On Arlberg Mountain, where the cradle of alpine skiing stands, quality has always been put ahead of quantity and the finer way of life has been cultivated on the mountain. This also holds true in the design of the Chalets Lech Lodge, which exemplarily show wherein true luxury exists: Being very close to nature in all comfort, filling up on energy and retreating with friends and family without a calendar, without appointments and without commitments. In exactly this sense, the chalets, designed in classicalpine yet modern manner, are real luxury houses and true power sites. Their powerful radiance and vitality are already evident in the wood they are carved, respectively, built from. A good part of it comes from us: Gran Paradiso and Vesuv panels on the outside areas and Mont Blanc on the inside.

PRODUCT: VESUV

PRODUCT: G R A N PA R A D I S O

WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SATISFIED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE WOOD. DURING AN ON-SITE INSPECTION AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS, EVEN THE EXPERTS WERE VERY CONTENT. THERE IS HARDLY ANY RESIN DISCHARGE IN THE USED LARCH WOOD, WHICH SPEAKS FOR THE GOOD QUALITY OF THE WOOD USED. THE WOOD AGES VERY BEAUTIFULLY AND NATURALLY. KLAUS MOOSBRUGGER-LETTNER, CLIENT

PRODUCT: MONT BLANC

KITZBÜHEL LODGE KITZBÜHEL, AUSTRIA, 2016

CLASSY “THAT ’S HOW YOU MAKE IT.”

CLIENT: RICHARD HAUSER / KITZBÜHEL COUNTRY CLUB ARCHITECT: CHRISTIAN PRASSER / CP ARCHITEKTUR

F R O M M A R E I N E R : G R A N PA R A D I S O / M O N T B L A N C

WA L L PA N E L S

PHOTOGRAPHY: CP ARCHITEKTUR

How do you make a residential gem out of a lodge? This question also occupied Richard Hauser from the Kitzbühel Country Club until he discovered the Chalets Lech Lodge. Then Hauser knew: That’s how you make it. Why reinvent the wheel, respectively, the lodge? The Tyrolean host on Arlberg spontaneously came to an understanding with Klaus Moosbrugger-Lettner to transfer the interior design from Lech to Kitzbühel and thus from one world-famous alpine location to another. Christian Prasser placed a penthouse floor on top of the Kitzbühel Country Club, which eight noble suites in modern mountain style share with each other, along with the common salon and a 200 m2 panorama terrace featuring a view to the Wild Kaiser mountain chain. The wall paneling and fittings are executed in solid, heat-treated, brushed spruce, the floors in travertine and oak, the seating furniture and curtains in loden and natural linen, the wall surfaces in decorative plaster, and various elements in black steel.

STILISTICALLY INDEPENDENT AND CONSCIOUSLY CONCEPUALIZED AS A CONTRAST TO A HOTEL, THE DESIGN CONCEPT CREATES A SNUG AND COMFORTABLE COMPOSITION OF THE INTERIOR SPACES IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CALM AND IMPLICITNESS. W E L L H OT E L M AG A Z I N E

HAUS D. FROHNLEITEN, AUSTRIA, 2015

AIRY HARMONY “AND EVERYTHING FLOWS.” CLIENT: HANNES DIETRICH ARCHITECT: MARION WICHER / YES-WICHER.COM FROM MAREINER: KEBONY

TERRACE

P H OTO G R A P H Y: TO N I M U H R

It doesn’t always have to be larch: In the case of House D. in Frohnleiten, the architect Marion Wicher and the client decided on a shingled façade, but against a classic execution. Instead of larch, the lively timber construction is perfectly made out of cedar. On the floor it seamlessly transitions into the terrace of Mareiner Kebony as if a matter of course. And that is the perfect alternative, since Kebony, with an impeccable environmental lifecycle assessment, accomplishes the same as tropical wood. Speaking of environmental lifecycle assessment: At those spots where the façade remained unshingled, the solid timber construction is plastered with clay.

Thanks to the awning and widely protruding door fronts, the said terrace becomes a second living room in the warm season. Aesthetically, materially and in terms of practical living, the wood on the terrace is equal to the parquet floors in the interior. The inside and the outside fluidly merge into one other; both harmonize on account of the pleasantly smooth surfaces with the residents’ penchant for a causal, barefooted hominess.

PRODUCT: KEBONY

THE CENTERPIECE OF THE HOUSE IS THE CENTRALLY ARRANGED TERRACE, WHICH IS CONNECTED WITHOUT THRESHOLDS TO THE VESTIBULE AND THE DINING ROOM. THE GLASS FAÇADE SLIDES OPEN TO A PLAYING FIELD WITH A SPACIOUSNESS THAT OFFERS THE HOSPITABLE FAMILY WITH THE NEED FOR MOVEMENT FULL DEVELOPMENT. MARION WICHER, ARCHITECT

Müllraum überdeckt

Post

600 100

100 155

% Gefälle 0,50

550 200

GARAGE Beton 46,91 m2 -0,15

VORPLATZ Stainzerplatten 116,81 m2

-0,14 -0,17

80 200

um staura -0,55

Vorlegestufe H = 12 cm mit Glasdach

SPEIS

Keramik 8,92 m2

fix

12+4 St. 0 27, 18,4 /

1 st h= 12

Keramik 8,23 m2

GARD

-0,02

-0,20

Keramik 2,54 m2

ZIMMER

FLUR

Parkett 12,40 m2

Parkett 11,35 m2

-0,45

±0,00

Sidebord

KOCHEN/ESSEN

Kermik 17,17 m2

Parkett 55,38 m2

80 200

-0,45

80 200

±0,00

Kermik 4,39 m2 -0,45

Kermik 6,51 m2

-0,45

-0,27

BAD

Parkett 13,40 m2

60 260

17 St. 15,3 / 30,0

ZIMMER

3 St. 15,0 / 35,0

±0,00 Sitzstufe

±0,00

5 St. 16,5 / 35,0

80 200

-0,45

-0,40

ZIMMER

Ofen

TERRASSE

Parkett 13,35 m2

-2,25

Holz 95,59 m2

-0,45

±0,00

Beton 8,26 m2

TV/LOUNGE

80 200

Parkett 31,40 m2

-0,45

3 St. 15,0 / 44,0

-0,45 +0,825

-0,45

60 FPH

,50 = +1

375 100

-0,45

G fix VS

POOL 50,09m2

ERDGESCHOSS

FB 5:

Grundg renze

HOTEL JERZNER HOF JERZENS, AUSTRIA, 2017

STYROLIAN STYLE â&#x20AC;&#x153;SOLAR SYSTEM WITH FOUR STARSâ&#x20AC;? CLIENT: JOACHIM EITER ARCHITECT: GEORG HUEBER / PLAN FORM PLUS MASTER BUILDER: ALEXANDER EITER F R O M M A R E I N E R : P I Z B A D I L E T R I P L E - L AY E R E D P A N E L S

WA L L PA N E L S

P H OTO G R A P H Y: R A B E N S T E I N E R M A R I O P H OTO G R A P H Y

If you are lying on the Adriatic shore, you have to take a good look into the sky in order to make out the geographical height of Jerzens in Tyrol with your eyes. It is located exactly 1.1 kilometers above the sea waves. Jerzner Hof itself once again lies one (if not two) stories above the Pitztal Valley holiday destination. And not just anywhere, but on the sunny side.

As far as design was concerned, hotel proprietor Joachim Eiter wanted nothing less than a contemporary reinterpretation of the Tyrolean style in the lounge, the restaurant and in the rooms. Our premium Styrian boards came exactly at the right moment to answer the call. Built together with a Pitztal arolla pine that was stored for 30 years, they made nature into a component of the architecture of the four-star house. The latter distinguishes itself by clear lines and the highest functionality, but radiates wit and charm at the same time.

And with regard to sunshine hours, the house nearly keeps pace with the coastal areas of the Mediterranean. In terms of amenities and relaxation, it exceeds many of them. 1,400 square meters large, the wellness area features three pools, a half dozen saunas and scattered oases of calm in between.

The design formula probably goes: Styrian Boards + Tyrolian Tradition = Styrolian Style.

PRODUCT: PIZ BADILE T R I P L E - L AY E R E D PA N E L

THE USE OF RAW-KEPT NATURAL MATERIALS MAKES THIS OBJECT WHAT IT IS. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE CLIENT AND US TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE ORIGINAL CHARACTER OF THE MATERIAL IN ORDER TO CREATE A COSY AND RELAXED ATMOSPHERE. GEORG HUEBER, ARCHITECT

CHALETS STEIRERECK TURNAU, AUSTRIA, 2014

LIKE IN A BIRD HOUSE “THAT IS THE MAREINER WOODPECKER’S FAVORITE NEST.” C L I E N T : R E I T B A U E R F A M I LY A R C H I T E C T S : M A R L E E N A N D E WA L D V I E R E C K / V I E R E C K A R C H I T E K T E N Z T- G M B H C O N S T R U C T I O N M A N A G E M E N T : E WA L D V I E R E C K ,

K E R ST I N N E B E R - H AG E M A N N F R O M M A R E I N E R : I R R E G O L A R E ÄT N A / P I Z B E R N I N A

FA Ç A D E / I R R E G O L A R E

P H OTO G R A P H Y: P E T E R R I B TO N P H OTO G R A P H Y

Affectionately called “birdhouses,” the chalets at the crest of the Pogusch Pass play an important role in our history. First of all, because no other chalets like these exist, featuring a view that sweeps wide and deep into the countryside around Mariazell and over to the majestic Hochschwab Mountain. These are total works of art made of brushed larch, on which our Piz Bernina wall panel does its bit to enable the “Woodpecker,” “Bullfinch,” “Cuckoo” and “Eagle Owl” of the birdhouse quartet to fit so harmonically into the forest landscape of Upper Styria. Secondly, because while striving for the perfect interior fitting, we fell for the idea to help the two-dimensional wall panel gain an unknown dynamism by opening a third dimension—which meant nothing less than the birth of our intricate-convoluted Irregolare series.

PRODUCT: IRREGOLARE Ã&#x201E;TNA

PRODUCT: PIZ BERNINA

LIKE WHEN COOKING AT MY INN, I ALSO RELY ON REGIONAL PRODUCTS WHEN BUILDING. HERE IN THE STYRIAN FOREST WE BUILD WITH WOOD. THERE ARE NO COMPROMISES. THAT â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WHY PIZ BERNINA FROM THE LOCAL COMPANY MAREINER HOLZ WAS THE FIRST CHOICE. FEEL- GOOD FACTOR INCLUDED. HEINZ REITBAUER, CLIENT

FOR MANY YEARS THE MATERIAL OF WOOD, WITH ITS MANY PROPERTIES, HAS SHAPED OUR PROJECTS. FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE FOUND THE PARTNER IN THE REITBAUER FAMILY WHO SHARES THIS PASSION WITH US AND HAS DEVELOPED A SPECIAL TOURISM PROJECT WITH US. E WA L D U N D M A R L E E N V I E R E C K , A R C H I T E C T S

W E I N V I E RT E L O P E N A I R M U S E U M N I E D E R S U L Z NIEDERSULZ, AUSTRIA, 2012

APPLAUSE “YOU NEVER STOP LEARNING.” CLIENT: KARL DORNINGER, LIG, LAD3

FA Ç A D E / WA L L PA N E L S

LOW E R AU ST R I A N T I M B E R CONSTRUCTION PRIZE 2012

ARCHITECT: KARL GRUBER

F R O M M A R E I N E R : FA Ç A D E T H E R M O - S P R U C E / G R A N PA R A D I S O P H OTO G RA P H Y: M A R T I N M E I E R E G G E R / M A M -A R T S

Oh, yes, especially those interested in architecture know to pay a visit to the Niedersulz Museum Village. Numerous houses from all possible centuries and parts of Lower Austria came to stand on the extensive grounds, since they would have otherwise been demolished or have become ruins: mills, press houses, small farmers’ and craftsmen’s cottages or farmhouses, for example. Just the entrance building alone, with its administration area, shop and cafeteria from the 2010s, is worth the journey.

Not only do the structural engineering and construction have to meet high demands, but also the wood from our manufacturing facilities which is used for building. We had a small prototype of the façade made of heat-treated spruce standing for months in our courtyard and we looked day after day how the wood and the weather conditions got along with each other. We thus learned how structural wood protection for such a large façade works best. The inside of the building – which is impressive on account of its masterful circulation paths – was clad with our Gran Paradiso wall panels.

The spacious glass fronts already provide a first view into the open air museum area. Four large glulams span the foyer and support the widely protruding roof. The frame supports itself in an unconventional manner and slants downwards.

Last but not least, there’s a reason for everyone involved to celebrate: The building received the 2012 Lower Austrian Timber Construction Prize in the public and community buildings category.

IN THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN SMALL-SCALE INTIMACY AND IMPRESSIVE SPACIOUSNESS, THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE INTERIOR MORE THAN FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VISITORS. THE CONSISTENT MATERIAL CONCEPT AND THE SKILLFUL USAGE OF WOOD CONTRIBUTES TO A VERY HIGH INTERIOR SPATIAL QUALITIY AND A CONVINCING OVERALL IMPRESSION. F R O M T H E ASS E SS M E N T O F T H E J U RY O F T H E LOW E R AU ST R I A N T I M B E R CO N ST R U C T I O N P R I Z E

PRODUCT: THERMO-SPRUCE G R A N PA R A D I S O

IN THIS PROJECT THE MUSEUM PORTAL TO THE OPEN AIR MUSEUM WAS TO FIT WITH ITS HISTORICAL BUILDINGS. AT THE SAME TIME, THE ADVANTAGES OF WOOD AS A STRUCTURAL BUILDING ELEMENT WERE ESPECIALLY MADE ACCESSIBLE FOR THE VISITOR AND THE VIEWER. THE TIMBER CONSTRUCTION MADE OF THERMOSPRUCE WAS COATED WITHOUT USING PESTICIDES AND CONSISTS OF MANY SMALL ELEMENTS WHICH CAN BE REPLACED IF NEEDED. A LARGE ECOLOGICAL THOUGHT AND THE HISTORICAL FRUGALITY STAND BEHIND IT. THE FACT THAT ENERGY WAS NOT CONSTANTLY AVAILABLE BACK THEN IS ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANNING OF THE MUSEUM PORTAL. KARL GRUBER, ARCHITECT

H O T E L D A C H S T E I N KÖ N I G GOSAU, AUSTRIA, 2016

FABLED “A GOOD NIGHT STORY FOR BIG AND SMALL” C L I E N T : E R N S T M AY E R ARCHITECT: ARKAN ZEYTINOGLU / ZEYTINOGLU ZT GMBH

F R O M M A R E I N E R : M A R M O L A DA C H O P P E D / M A R M O L A DA V E CC H I A / M O N T B L A N C / W I L D E R K A I S E R

WA L L PA N E L S

P H OTO G R A P H Y: H U B E R - P H OTO G R A P H Y

Children and guests in the Upper Austrian Gosautal Valley on the north side of the Dachstein mountain range have often been told the legend of the strict and righteous Dachstein King. But never like at Hotel Dachsteinkönig, which is quite rightfully considered one of Europe’s best children’s hotels. Here the story of the mountain prince unfolds before the large and small guests like a multiple-stage theater which traverses the entire building as part of the luxurious furnishing.

Namely that of Ernst Mayer’s overnight stay at the Chalets Steirereck on Pogusch Pass, where our façade and the Irregolare wall panels delighted him so much that he had to inform himself about their origin. After breakfast the following day, Mayer got into his car and drove to our company for the purpose of getting to know us. Talk quickly turned to Hotel Dachsteinkönig, which was in the planning phase, and the real estate developer ordered a sample – at best to take with him right away. Mayer’s afternoon was still reserved for a round of golf in Styria, but the trip home was already arranged for the evening. While our future business partner was swinging the golf clubs, we produced a sample in record time. After a mutual dinner, the hotel king took it home with him, where he placed an order with us shortly afterwards.

Essential elements of this very same furnishing are panels from St. Marein south of the Dachstein. As interior decoration elements in the resort’s twelve chalets, they provide for an atmosphere in which the entire family feels comfortable. Likewise in the restaurants, where the different types of Styrian boards – Wilder Kaiser, Marmolada Chopped, Marmolada Vecchia, Mont Blanc – help accentuate the creative diversity of the individual restaurant areas. A regal sight which goes back to an act of providence (it couldn’t have been a coincidence).

THE CONCEPT CONSISTS OF THINKING OF THE HOTEL COMPLEX AS A VILLAGE. THE WHOLE ORGANISM BLENDS WITH NATURE. THE FAÃ&#x2021;ADES MAKE REFERENCE TO THE REGIONAL CONSTRUCTION METHOD. IN ALL AREAS OF THE HOTEL THE ARCHITECTURE AIMS AT ATMOSPHERE AND QUALITY OF LIFE, HARMONY AND BALANCE. ARKAN ZEYTINOGLU, ARCHITECT

PRODUCT: M A R M O L A DA V E CC H I A

PRODUCT: MONT BLANC

PRODUCT: WILDER KAISER

WE WOULD NOT ONLY LIKE TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATIVITY, BEAUTY, ASTHETICS AND COMFORT TO THE PARENTS, BUT ESPECIALLY TO THE CHILDREN AND CONJURE UP A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE THAT LETS EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY FEEL HAPPY FROM THE FIRST MINUTE ON. D A C H S T E I N K Ã&#x2013; N I G D I R E C T O R F L O R I A N M AY E R , W E L L H OT E L M AG A Z I N E

L E D RO M O U N TA I N C H A L E T S L E D R O , I T A LY, 2 0 1 6

A PERLA “REVELLING IN HOLIDAY DREAMS” C L I E N T : F A M I LY C A S O L L A

FA Ç A D E / WA L L PA N E L S

FROM MAREINER: MONT BLANC / PIZ BADILE / PIZ BERNINA P H O T O G R A P H Y : M AT T I A D A L D O S S

Cabin holidays between Lago di Garda and the Brenta Dolomites are a carte blanche for holiday happiness. Particularly if you can spend them in one of the eight tasteful chalets in Ledro, where alpine habitat becomes one with Italian lifestyle. Therefore, climbing rope and mountain bike should be part of your luggage as well as surfboard and wetsuit—not to mention some books. Because the comfortable furnishings with double bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and living room with a fireplace entice you to leisure just like the large garden with the outdoor pool.

These holiday dreams completely revel in wood from St. Marein, where the builder was personally welcomed to our board refinement facility. As a complete supplier, we were able to advise him thoroughly about the right choice of wood. The winners are the Mareiner wall panels Mont Blanc, Piz Badile and Piz Bernina. They have all undergone different refinement processes. Especially where individualists spend their holidays, each chalet is to have its own distinct character after all.

THE PERFECT WOOD TO CREATE A WARM AND COZY ATMOSPHERE. NICOLA CASOLLA, CLIENT

PRODUCT: MONT BLANC

PRODUCT: PIZ BADILE

PRODUCT: PIZ BERNINA

TESLA LOUNGE KAPFENBERG, AUSTRIA, 2017

CHARGING DE LUXE “AND RELAXING IN STYLE” C L I E N T : F R A N Z M ATA U S C H E K / A L U T E C H N I K M ATA U S C H E K I D E A W O R K S H O P : F R A N Z M ATA U S C H E K / A L U T E C H N I K M ATA U S C H E K ,

FA Ç A D E / I R R E G O L A R E

MARTIN BREITENBERGER / MAREINER HOLZ GMBH

F R O M M A R E I N E R : P I Z PA L Ü / T H E R M O H O L Z I R R E G O L A R E PHOTOGRAPHY: NADINE DE CARLI / MAREINER HOLZ GMBH

The Tesla-supercharger station has been installed at Alutechnik Matauschek’s business premises in Kapfenberg since the summer of 2017. Next to the charging station there is also a Tesla lounge for the drivers, as not only the e-bolides need to recharge their batteries. Surrounded by the pleasant smell of stone pine, the green-minded drivers have the chance to relax here.

As a result, we created our first 3D façade made of laminated Irregolare thermo-wood in constantly changing thicknesses and widths. It has been coated with Tesla’s corporate colors and completed with metal parts of Matauschek. Voilà! We successfully combined metal and wood work.

This chill-out lounge with a view to a pond shows how beautiful a collaborative work of glass, metal and wood can be. Thus, our team at Mareiner Holz – you’ve guessed it already – and the inventive staff at Alutechnik Matauschek know how to work together effectively when it comes to façade design.

PRODUCT: P I Z PA L U I R R E G O L A R E

PRODUCT: T H E R M O -WO O D IRREGOLARE

A COOPERATION WITH MAREINER HOLZ GMBH IS LIKE IT SHOULD FUNDAMENTALLY BE. AMICABLE, FLEXIBLE AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL. THESE ARE THE INGREDIENTS FOR A LONG-LASTING AND ECONOMICALLY FRUITFUL COLLABORATION. F R A N Z M ATA U S C H E K , C L I E N T

HOTEL DOSSO DOSSI I S T A N B U L , T U R K E Y, 2 0 1 4

DOWNTOWN “GOOD DESIGN IS COMPLETELY A MATTER OF COURSE.” CLIENT: DOSSO DOSSI GROUP ARCHITECT: NURAN ERDOGAN / B-DESIGN F R O M M A R E I N E R : G R A N PA R A D I S O

WA L L PA N E L S

BEST HOTEL INTERIOR 2014

P H O T O G R A P H Y : M U S TA F A U C B A S

Dosso Dossi is an internationally renowned hotel in Downtown Istanbul, in which good design is as self-evident as trees are in the forest.

True to our motto of providing solutions, not boards, we developed a complete system solution for the premium hotel, including the fastening, which we completely supplied on Adnan Menderes Boulevard along with the boards. And a whole lot of technological know-how for mounting the classic wooden interior in the contemporary-plain frame of Dosso Dossi, which won Nuran Erdogan and us the Best Hotel Interior Design Prize for its wonderful inner life. Yaşasın!

“Really good design,” the architect Nuran Erdogan thought when she came across our Gran Paradiso wall panels made of heat-treated and brushed Norway spruce while examining material. A radio call from the Bosporus to Upper Styria followed and this, in turn, led to the first of a series of consulting and planning discussions in the pulsating Turkish metropolis.

ACTUALLY I LOVE THE FEELING OF TIMBER, WHICH IS ABLE TO TOUCH OUR SENSE NOT ONLY WITH ITS VIEW, BUT ALSO WITH THE FRAGRANCE AND TEXTURE. VERY EASY TO REMIND US OF NATURE WITH A WARM-HEARTED STRUCTURE. IF THE ARCHITECTURAL MESSAGE IS ‘SINCERITY,’ THE ONLY SINGLE MATERIAL THAT CAN GIVE THIS IS TIMBER. NURAN ERDOGAN, ARCHITECT

PRODUCT: G R A N PA R A D I S O

K I N D E RG A RT E N S P A L D A U , D R O S E N D O R F, O B E R R O H R B A C H , S A N K T M A R E I N , A U S T R I A , 2 0 1 1 – 2 0 1 7

CHILDREN, CHILDREN “IN THE PLAYCORNER BY MAREINER HOLZ” C L I E N T : C O M M U N I T Y O F PA L DA U / Y E A R O F C O N S T R U C T I O N : 2 0 1 6 A R C H I T E C T U R E : S P E R L . S C H R AG Z I V I LT E C H N I K E R G M B H P H O T O G R A P H Y: TO N I M U H R F R O M M A R E I N E R : WÖ RT H E R S E E

CLIENT: COMMUNITY OF DROSENDORF / YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION: 2015 ARCHITECT: KARL GRUBER / 4JUU ARCHITEKTEN P H O T O G R A P H Y: F R A N Z K R E S TA N F R O M M A R E I N E R : G R A N PA R A D I S O

C L I E N T : C O M M U N I T Y O F O B E R R O H R B AC H / Y E A R O F C O N S T R U C T I O N : 2 0 1 1 A R C H I T E C T : M A R T I N B U KOV S K I / A H 3 A R C H I T E K T E N Z T G M B H P H O T O G R A P H Y: M A R T I N M E I E R E G G E R / M A M - A R T S

FA Ç A D E / WA L L PA N E L / T E R R A C E

F R O M M A R E I N E R : WÖ RT H E R S E E

C L I E N T : M A R K E T TO W N O F S A N K T M A R E I N / Y E A R O F C O N S T R U C T I O N : 2 0 1 7 ARCHITECT AND MASTER BUILDER: JOSEF SCHIRNHOFER P H O T O G R A P H Y: M A R KG E M E I N D E S A N K T M A R E I N

F R O M M A R E I N E R : G R A N PA R A D I S O / P I Z PA L Ü

Children need space and children need nature to be able to fully unfold. That is the case everywhere. In Paldau and Sankt Marein in Southeast, resp., Upper Sytria just as much as in Drosendorf in the Waldviertel region and Oberrohrbach in the Weinviertel regions of Lower Austria. Four small communities which are perfectly aware of the first-mentioned fact and combine this consciousness with ambitious (timber) building culture.

Wörthersee terrace with a brushed surface. Lively children encounter living wood that holds its own in a continuous stress test of wind, weather and kids. Comfortable in terms of space and cleverly proportioned like its Styrian counterpart is the Drosendorf Kindergarten, built according to plans by Karl Gruber. Thanks to the large window fronts, the group rooms are flooded with light and characterized by the weather conditions outside. From the floor to the ceiling, wood in the most diverse color tones and patterns provides for a healthy room climate and creates an atmosphere in which everyone feels comfortable. A paradise for children and their attendants where the wall panels by

The children enjoy the welcoming quality of light, air and space both behind the multicolored façade of the Kindergarten in Paldau and outside in the schoolyard. There is a looooong walkway between inside and outside. And it is not just any old terrace; it’s a Mareiner

KINDERGARTEN PA L D A U

Mareiner are even called Gran Paradiso as well. This allaround successful project earned the small Waldviertel community a nomination for the Lower Austrian Timber Construction Prize.

thanks to the new kindergarten. Made of Mareiner thermo-spruce, the façade reveals how elementarily child-friendly the building is designed and fitted. The relaxation room for time-outs and noon naps is clad with stone pine panels that smell as good as the room, as such, is appealing and cozy.

The Kindergarten of Oberrohrbach combines several common features with those in Drosendorf: architectonic aspiration, a feeling for living spaces with atmosphere, as well as indirect Mareiner co-creation. Like in Paldau, the terrace for everyone is that of the board type Wörthersee which, for good measure, is also part of the façade here because of its weather resistance. When it’s a matter of the well-being of the next generation, we have one less worry in our hometown of Sankt Marein

KINDERGARTEN DROSENDORF

IT IS MY MOTIVATION TO ALWAYS TELL A STORY WITH MY BUILDINGS. WOOD IS SUCH A DECORATIVE ATTRIBUTE OF A BUILDING WHICH YOU CAN REACH THE PEOPLE WITH. THE MOST BEATUTIUL FEEDBACK ABOUT A KINDERGARTEN WAS BY A MOTHER WHO SAID: ‘MY CHILD ALWAYS SMELLS SO GOOD LIKE WOOD WHEN HE COMES OUT OF KINDERGARTEN.’ DURING THE ENTIRE DESIGN PROCESS FOR THE DROSENDORF KINDERGARTEN I WORKED TOGETHER WITH THE PEDAGOGICAL STAFF. A VERY OPEN SPATIAL CONCEPT WAS IMPLEMENTED HERE. THE KINDERGARTEN SEEMS LIKE ONE BIG LANDSCAPE – THAT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ACOUSTIC CEILINGS WITH MAREINER WOOD. LIKE THE RUSSIANS ALREADY FOUND OUT ON THEIR RECONSTRUCTED FLIGHT TO MARS, WOOD HAS A POSITIVE EFFECT ON PEOPLE’S DISPOSITION. THAT ’S WHY I PRIMARILY USE WOOD AS A SURFACE, NO MATTER IF IT ’S IN THE OFFICE OR IN THE KINDERGARTEN. KARL GRUBER, ARCHITECT

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PRODUCT: T H E R M O -WO O D G R A N PA R A D I S O

PRODUCT: P I Z PA L Ü

KINDERGARTEN O B E R R O H R B AC H

IN THE NEW KINDERGARTEN IN ST. MAREIN CHILDREN FROM THE AGES OF 18 MONTHS TO 5 ½ YEARS ARE ACCOMODATED; THAT MEANS THE SURFACE ALSO HAS TO FIT. AT THE BEGINNING A RATIO OF 60 % SOLID CONSTRUCTION AND 40 % WOOD WAS ENVISAGED. IMPLEMENTED IN THE END WERE 80 % WOOD AND 20 % BRICK. IT WAS MY TASK TO GET EVERYTHING TO THE POINT TO WHERE IT WORKS – THE PLANNING, STUCTURAL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING SUPERVISION, EVERYTHING FROM ONE SOURCE. A LOT OF EXPERT KNOWLEDGE WAS IN DEMAND. QUALITY STOOD RIGHT AT THE TOP. I COULDN’T HAVE IMAGINED ANYTHING BETTER FOR IT THAN WOOD FROM MAREINER. IT HAS BECOME WONDERFUL, AND I AM VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT. JOSEF SCHIRNHOFER, ARCHITECT AND MASTER BUILDER

KINDERGARTEN S T. M A R E I N

P R I VAT E H O U S E P. GRAZ, AUSTRIA, 2011

GRAZ'S BEVERLY HILLS “ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST BEAUTIFUL HOUSES” C L I E N T : F A M I LY P. ARCHITECTURE: LOVE ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM ZT GMBH PHOTOGRAPHY: JASMIN SCHULLER

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Living in the Styrian Beverly Hills, the owners of the impressive private house know how to live on the sunny side of life. Saying so, they can call a Gardasee terrace of Mareiner’s premium boards their own. Unsurprisingly, this terrace can also be admired in an article in the de-luxe publication by architecture publisher Callwey Häuser des Jahres (Houses of the Year).

It is also very important for us to maintain the house’s award-winning features – as far as it is in our power. What, for example, is in our power is a half-spontaneous visit paid to House P. With the purpose of getting an idea of the terrace’s condition years after we assembled and laid it. How beautiful it is to know that everything is in best order.

THE THERMO -ASH WOOD BY MAREINER HOLZ CONVINCES WITH ITS PRECIOUS LOOK. THE INDOOR PARQUET FLOOR VISUALLY MERGES WITH THE TERRACE FLOOR OUTDOORS. MOREOVER, THIS FLOOR IS JUST PERFECT FOR OUR KIDS WHO LOVE TO PLAY BAREFOOT OUTSIDE. TA N J A P. , C L I E N T

REFUGIO LAUDEGG LADIS, AUSTRIA, 2011

A MIGHTY FORTRESS “LONG-YEARNED -FOR AND GRAYED” C L I E N T S : F LO R I A N K LOT Z , T H O M A S K LOT Z ARCHITECTURE: VENTIRAARCHITEKTEN P H O T O G R A P H Y: A N D R E A S K I R S C H N E R , T H O M A S S A LVATO / VENTIRAARCHITEKTEN

A L P I N E I N T E R I O R AWA R D 2011

F R O M M A R E I N E R : S AW - C U T T H E R M O - S P R U C E G R A N PA R A D I S O /

FA Ç A D E / WA L L PA N E L S

G R O S S G LO C K N E R

Anyone admiring the images of the Refugio Laudegg will understand why the ensemble of four vertically offset buildings won the Alpine Interior Award 2011. Although unmistakably 21st century in its language of shape, the structure fits in nonetheless perfectly with the historic town center with its good half a thousand residents and the curative sulfur and carbon dioxide springs which have been used since the Middle Ages. The modern building by all means has something distinctly medieval to it.

This is thanks to the fortress-like proportions of the refuge (which is what “Refugio” means). The compatibility with the alpine habitat is probably due to the building materials used: Grossglockner alpine wall panels from Mareiner at the front and behind them the heat-treated, rough-cut boards from Sankt Marein. Already five years later, the graying yearned for by client Thomas Klotz set in – the color former was the weather – , lending the modern fortress precisely the look and feel that Klotz desired from the beginning.

PRODUCT: G R OSS G LO C K N E R

PRODUCT: T H E R M O -WO O D G R A N PA R A D I S O

THE WOOD FROM ST. MAREIN FIT PERFECTLY TO OUR CONCEPT. BECAUSE THE ‘OLD FOLKS’ ALREADY BUILT WITH WOOD. THAT ’S WHY IT WAS A MATTER OF COURSE FOR US TO ALSO BUILD WITH WOOD. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT WOOD IS SUCH A LIVELY AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDING MATERIAL THAT GROWS AND LIVES WITH THE HOTEL. BESIDES, THE COMBINATION OF WOOD AND STONE FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENTS OF MONUMENT PROTECTION AND NATURE CONSERVATION. IN THE MEANTIME THE WOOD ON THE WEATHER SIDE HAS ALREADY GRAYED AND WEATHERED SOMEWHAT AND FITS PERFECTLY TO THE FORTRESS IN THE BACKGROUND. T H O M AS K LOTZ , C L I E N T

WA L D V I E RT L E R A R E N A HORN, AUSTRIA, 2011

FOR VIP SPECTATORS “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME” C L I E N T : M U N I C I PA L I T Y O F H O R N ARCHITECT: KARL GRUBER, AH3 ARCHITEKTEN ZT GMBH P H O T O G R A P H Y : K ATA R I N A P A S H K O V S K AYA

T E R R A C E / FA Ç A D E

F R O M M A R E I N E R : S AW - C U T T H E R M O - S P R U C E / W Ö R T H E R S E E

In the Waldviertel region, people not only work with wood, but with studs as well. As for instance at the Waldviertler Arena, home to soccer top dog SV Horn which bears eloquent witness to the ambition of the Lower Austrian team. When the third-league club went into the break unbeaten as the fall and winter champions of the 2011-12 season, the time had come to turn the sports facility in Horn into a veritable stadium.

Actually designated as VIP guests, the visitors now follow the action on the freshly planted green pitch from the 55-meter-long VIP area on the first floor. The slender construction made of wood and metal rests upon steel studs and straddles over the terrace, the bar, the shop and the SV Horn information point. Along with the client and the design architects, the team is pleased about the well-deserved recognition as a “perfectly illuminated jewel case of steel, glass and wood” – as well as their commanding rise up to Austria’s second-highest league at the end of the first half of the season in their new home.

While the kickers first recovered on vacation and then sweated at training camp, the Municipality of Horn subjected the compound to a thorough renovation. When the next round started in spring, the Arena presented itself with an inviting new entrance area that incorporates the stadium forecourt. The inside areas are quite spacious as well. Equipped with Wörthersee boards from St. Marein, the new grandstand for over 500 people also makes the simple fan and sympathizer into a VIP guest.

MY AIM IS TO CREATE AN UNMISTAKEBLE OBJECT FOR EVERY LOCATION. THERMO -WOOD IN LONG CURVED FORMS WAS USED IN THE ENTRANCE AREA TO THE SOCCER CLUB SV HORN IN WALDVIERTEL. STEEL OR PLASTIC DID NOT COME INTO QUESTION AT ALL HERE. WITH THE SUBCONSTRUCTION AND THE EXTENSIVE APPLICATION OF WOOD, A MODERN SURFACE THAT COMES ACROSS LIKE A HIGH FENCE WAS FORMED. THIS IMPLEMENTATION WAS NOT ONLY COST-EFFECTIVE, BUT ALSO ELEGANTLY PROPORTIONED. THIS NOT ONLY TRACES BACK TO THE PERFECT EXECUTION OF THE CRAFTSMEN, BUT SPEAKS ABOVE ALL FOR THE HIGH- QUALITY MATERIAL. KARL GRUBER, ARCHITECT

MPREIS SEE SEE, AUSTRIA, 2010

AVALANCHE LINE POINT “THAT ’S WHAT I CALL LOCAL BUSINESS COLOR.” CLIENT: MPREIS ARCHITECTURE: VENTIRAARCHITEKTEN P H O T O G R A P H Y : T H O M A S S A LVAT O

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F R O M M A R E I N E R : S AW - C U T T H E R M O - S P R U C E / C O M B I N E D H E AT-T R E AT E D S P R U C E A N D P I N E

Located in Western Austria, the MPreis supermarket chain has always done many things differently. As the first supermarket in the country, the family-owned, Innsbruck-based company draws upon the Oriental bazaar principle for presenting the goods, and regional suppliers have always been held in high regard at MPreis. Contemporary architecture also enjoys such esteem: Instead of covering the particularly sensitive alpine region with disposable, cookie-cutter stores, the chain awards individual contracts to up-and-coming architectural offices for site-specific creations.

staircase goes up towards the daylight into the market, which features a bistro. Made of reinforced concrete beams and wood ceiling elements, the structure opens up to the breathtaking alpine world to the northwest. Through the large glass front, the MPreis branch in See takes up just as much air as it reveals itself to its surroundings. In regard to materiality, the building, which was completed in only five months, consciously takes up the ruggedness of the setting. Rough-cut spruce boards of various thicknesses are inserted into the concrete formwork on the parking level. One floor higher, the roughcut, heat-treated spruce creates an accordingly friendly atmosphere in combination with the rough exposed concrete. The vertical latticing can equally be read as a visual reference to a bar code, as well as a sign of constructive defense against the forces of alpine nature.

That’s how MPreis did it at their first market in Paznauntal Valley, where Ventira Architects got their chance. After a careful on-site inspection, the designers got involved in the special location of the property at the tail end of an avalanche line. Their two-story structure is imbedded halfway into the slope. The approach leads over a flat ramp down to the weather-protected parking area. From there a covered

THE CHOICE OF THE BUILDING MATERIALS IN THE INTERIOR AND ON THE OUTER ENVELOPE IS TO QUITE CONSCIOUSLY REACT AND RESPOND TO THE ROUGHNESS OF THE SURROUNDINGS. THAT ’S WHY ROUGH-SAWN SPRUCE BOARDS OF DIFFERENT THICKNESSES WERE INSERTED INTO THE CONCRETE FORMWORK ON THE PARKING LEVEL. BOTH OF THE DOMINANT MATERIALS ON THE SHOP LEVEL – ROUGH-SAWN, HEAT-TREATED SPRUCE AND THE ROUGH CONCRETE – CONVEY A CERTAIN FEELING OF SECURITY AND WELL-BEING AMONG THE CUSTOMERS. VENTIRAARCHITEKTEN

P R I VAT E H O U S E J . G A R S A M K A M P, A U S T R I A , 2 0 1 6

DOUBLE ELEMENT “IT WHISTLES AND HAS BITE.” C L I E N T : F A M I LY J . TIMBER CONSTRUCTION: JOSEF HAUER, HAUER HOLZTECHNIK GMBH PHOTOGRAPHY: MARTIN BREITENBERGER, MAREINER HOLZ / KLAUS MORGENSTERN

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FROM MAREINER: VULCANO

The sun, rain and soil are the elements that the members of Family J. deal with in their organic vineyards. Whoever works in such a grounded fashion would also like to live just as grounded. 100 % nature is the standard for designing the vintner family’s premises. Just like the natural product wine at House J. which, firstly, has to taste delicate and refined and, secondly, only comes in handsome bottles, the nature in and around the house is to also be optically attractive. This applies to the board façade as well. It draws a clear distinction to the ready-made construction materials and nonetheless wants to be integrated into the cultural landscape of Kamptal Valley with its building tradition and to be understood as a graceful accent within it. As is the case with wine, the solution lies in the proper conservation: Family J. had a charred wood finish in mind, like the way it is made weatherproof and fit for the ages in Japan. That is, native wood in a Nipponese fire-look. What do you say to that? First you say: “We have to take a look at that.” Then you want to know how you’ll manage to give native larch such a sunburn like those on the old barns and vineyard huts in Kamptal Valley. And many burnt test boards and spent gas cylinders later you say something again. Namely: “Is this Vulcano black enough?” And both are pleased. About the double element made of wood and fire which remains in the Mareiner product program.

WHEN WE GO WITH OUR CUSTOMERS INTO THE IDEA WORKSHOP, WE PREFERABLY LET OURSELVES BE INSPIRED TO INDIVIDUAL BOARD SOLUTIONS. MARTIN BREITENBERGER, MAREINER HOLZ

SPELUNKE VIENNA, AUSTRIA, 2017

HONKY TONK IN ND VIENNA’S 2 DISTRICT “HELL IS A PARADISE.” CLIENTS: MONIKA WLASCHEK, WERNER HELNWEIN ARCHITECTURE: LIVING ART P H O T O G R A P H Y : S T E FA N D I E S N E R

WA L L PA N E L S

FROM MAREINER: VULCANO

“So now you want to know what a spelunca (den) is,” Goethe asked back in his day, in order to provide the answer right away: “They are dark houses in narrow, little streets; / the pretty creature takes you in for coffee and it is she, not you, who does the work.” It is certainly dark in the den in the Leopoldstadt District of Vienna and the finest coffee is also available. But in the case of the eccentric gourmets’ meeting place at the Danube Canal, the lyrical reference of the prince of poets helps us just as little as Pierers Universal-Lexikon from 1863. It defines a “Spelunke” (den) as “a dirty, unsightly place where mean people congregate.” This characterization of the incarnation of the gastronomical archetype of a den, furnished with help from Sankt Marein in Vienna’s Second District, could not be any further from the truth.

Because instead of cheap rotgut, the barkeeper ad ministers exquisite alcoholic beverages such as Berliner Brandstifter, Jin Sun, Mescal and Courvoisier to his bourgeois-bohème clientele while the galley pulls out all stops from de luxe grilled fish on a stick to the souffléd sweet apple-bread casserole called “Scheiterhaufen” (“funeral pyre”). Gluttony is the custom, indulgence is an obligation. And all of this takes place in a “most properly piecemealed” ambience (© Spelunke) of hazelnut-brown wooden flooring, leather optionally in dark green or petroleum green, copper and truly den-like dark walls made of hell-black Mareiner Vulcano: “Hard on the outside, wild on the inside!”

A DAY AT THE MAREINER HOLZ MANUFACTURING FACILITY As soon as the first light of dawn breaks, the birds begin to sing and the woodpeckers begin to hammer: We know that, because we get up just as early and start working. The first one there is Ruža. “Ruža” actually means “rose,” but in the case of Ruža, it should mean “pearl” as well. She opens up the office at a time when others are still sleeping and makes everything clean. The first thing is the coffee tray of the coffee machine. Because we not only love wood, but also the natural product of coffee. Especially in the morning!

Our production manager Alex already comes to work at six. Especially in the early morning hours he continuously moves between his desk and the many workshops, halls, houses and chambers of our extensive manufacturing facilities. Most of the time as the giant on the wheel. Because it can be done faster.

In the large planing mill Ivan, Chokri and Marco have the say. Marco (a home-grown player who studied as an apprentice to become a wood technician) inspects each board individually and places it with the right side up onto the conveyor.

Marco then brings everything to the miter saw and to Ivan the terribly nice person. The boards that have a few flaws are brought to the mending station and then afterwards, like the others, are also brushed.

Chokri makes sure that everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alright. With his double eagle eyes he watches over the machine so that the boards in it can also be properly profiled.

The big planing mill is called that way because we also have a small one. Manuel and Fritz are the master workmen there who add the finishing touches to small series, special goods and special orders.

If it went according to size, then Fritz, as a tree of a man, would have to be in the other planing mill. Manuel is the young blonde. Both have an incredible instinct for adjusting machines. No matter if it’s the planing machine or the brushing machine.

True working class, like all Mareiner manufacturers: Work with class, done proudly and masterfully. Yes, indeed!

“Now it’s going to get really loud,” warns Manuel before turning it on. Just by the way he says it you can hear that he likes it.

Peter is the man for sharp things and the neighbor of Manuel and Fritz.

Together with his brother Franz, he’s the only metalworker among all the rough-cut wood guys …

… and he’s such a friendly soul that you would not believe he’s the sharpest guy at Mareiner. He makes things that have become dull sharp again. Saw bands, planer heads, profiles. So make sure you don’t cut yourself while watching.

And this is Franz. He’s the shop fitter at Mareiner and shares his passion for metal with his brother Peter.

As of 10:30 in the morning, it is afternoon for us. Because the working day is namely half over. Lunch break is as of 10:00 a.m. Then there is a proper snack in the two break rooms (one more picturesque than the other).

After lunch, the forklift drivers Klaus and Fritz still like to solve crossword puzzles before they get on their hot rods and play with heavy loads and gravity. Fritz, by the way, is the handsome big guy and Klaus is the one who looks like a character actor from an Easy Rider remake.

Since there is not much to see right now because of the break, we want to take a look (or two) into the office after all. We are ultimately dealing with wood here, too. Just in the form of paper. In the meantime the boss has arrived. Who knows from where? Maybe fresh out of France? It wouldn’t be a wonder, since it is his favorite market. Many know him as Mr. Dietrich. Here he is simply called Hannes. That’s why Julia says right away as a greeting: “Hannes, I need you very urgently.” However, the boss can’t come yet, because he still has to call someone back. Also very urgently.

Now for those asking who Julia is: The sporty right hand of Hannes. She assists him, organizes his working day, and still also takes care of personnel and personal questions, payroll accounting and all Mareiner events.

This is Nadine. She particularly has marketing in mind and, by profession, places value on a good appearance. So that Mareiner cuts a good figure in the Internet and everywhere else.

On the right and especially always in the picture is Rupert “Bertl.” He did it the way a Styrian insurance company always suggests in their ads: He simply changed sides. Insofar as he was earlier the purchasing agent for Mareiner. Until he went into sales. Bertl is Julia’s father and a picture of calm in which an incredible power lies. As a man with maker genes, he is constantly tinkering with something new and better. The urgent phone call is done. Martin and Bertl are quicker than Julia and nab the boss. For an urgent “board” meeting.

Now Hannes has time for Julia.

Martin is the handsome guy with blonde hair. Salesman in the board branch is his third profession. Before that he was a forest ranger, then a teacher. He is therefore cut out to be someone who can explain boards to people. And he does this in several languages and always with delight. So much so that we gave our “best seller” the nickname “Smiley.” It fits him to a tee.

“You have to take a look at this,” says back office boss Alexandra with the mouse in her hand and the complete logistics in her head. She unerringly knows what goes in and out of the manufacturing facility entrance. Her two back office colleagues, who are allowed to look at Alexandra’s discovery, are Roland with the crew cut and the big watch. And quick-witted Marko, who is always good for funny gags and imaginative jokes.

Christoph does what many people would gladly love to do: To purchase things with other people’s money. Nonetheless, there are only few people who would want to trade places with him. Because Christoph doesn’t buy clothes or entertainment electronics, but wood. For Mareiner. That’s what he likes doing the most. As a cheerful person, he enjoys dealing with people. Especially when he can talk to them about wood at the same time.

Board talk in the office: As one who understands architecture, Fritz, the guy forming a perfect armrest with his bent knee, advises all spatial artists who build and count on beautiful boards. Peter is our traveling salesman. On his excursions to Upper Austria, the trained technician always takes his expert knowledge and many samples along with him.

Now the time has come at the office to keep up with the manufacturers outside and to take a coffee break as well. If the weather cooperates, then gladly outside on the show terrace, too.

Here we have Bert. Actually Engelbert. But no one calls him that, although he is a true angel (“Engel” in German). And he’s the dad of Marco at the planing mill. The happy woodchopper of the two, however, is not the junior at the planing machine, but the senior. He is namely, first of all, practically always in a good mood and, secondly, sole ruler over the chopping machine.

As sole ruler, Bert commands the chopping machine to make a chopping cut in the boards where and how he wants them. This machine, by the way, is the only one of its type in the world because we constructed it ourselves.

After a board comes under the knife, Bert takes a careful look at it. Most of the time he puts his fingers in the fresh grooves. After all, the fingers “see” quite differently than the eyes.

The whole working day Hubert is walking around the sawmill floor under the marvelous old roof truss: Barely has he fed the boards to be split or cut according to our many saw cuts when he has to unsnag the board Mikado if something gets wedged on the conveyor. And Alex stands next to the conveyor at the band saw.

Alex doesn’t play Mikado with Hubert, but rather wood Lego by neatly stacking the freshly cut boards. With scantling between each layer so that the wood can continue to breathe.

Incidentally, the air in the band saw mill is great, with a woody aroma and a pinch of resin. And always fresh, because the saw is open on all sides. Because sometimes it’s 35° C or more in the summer and in the winter you have to dress warmly.

We are no longer a sawmill, but we still have our indestructible Canali band saw from the year 1977.

Hubert also does them up very nicely. Again and again he daubs the saw blades with diesel from a small oil can, which is ripe for a labor museum, so that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get hot.

Moni is practically always in good spirits when she scoots on her scooter from her base camp in the packing area to the band saw or into the planing mill …

No wonder, in the packing area Moni and Pantelimon have Christmas everyday when they make beautiful packages with beautiful boards for beautiful building sites and nice people … Perhaps that’s why Moni’s favorite working shoes are as red as St. Nick’s coat.

This is our drying chamber. Actually quite large for a chamber. Our three forklift drivers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Stipo, Fritz and Klaus â&#x20AC;&#x201C; stack the rough, fresh boards inside. And those that have just come from steaming. Then the door is closed and the oven is turned on. And then we have to wait.

Dry enough? Production planner Franz wants to know that from the measuring device. So that he can plan the charge right away.

The boards come to Sepp in the workshop for beauty care. And to Erwin. For most of his life, Sepp was a joiner. And he is still a tinkerer. He is someone who figures out again and again how it could be done a little bit better, simpler, more beautiful, more practical. Exactly the right companion for Erwin. As wood cosmetologists, they mend boards with wild knot cracks and give the most diverse beauty treatments like oiling and glazing.

Only their feeling for tempo and temperature decides how deeply the burn goes under the pores.

And only their eyes decide how beautiful the surfaces become: so that the charred surfaces really look impressive, they have to select the best boards with a lively wood grain. Otherwise the burn pattern doesn’t look the same.

Nothing at all works here on the fly: a half hour each of Erwin’s and Sepp’s work is invested into every square meter of Vulcano.

Where there’s a lot of wood, fire is always a hot topic. That’s why Sepp and Erwin simply move their work out into the courtyard when we need a batch of Vulcano panels. It looks a little bit Russian, but it’s safer. A dozen gas cylinders are needed to produce enough heat to make the larch boards catch fire immediately when Sepp and Erwin slide them very slowly under the burner.

Voilà: The sample chamber. A small gallery of prototypes that we make for architects, clients and ourselves. Something new comes out of it again and again, naturally.

And here is Fritz, who doesn’t make gimmicks, but rather perfect samples when he’s not doing crossword puzzles with Klaus in the break or balancing stacks of boards over the plant grounds with the forklift.

We don’t throw anything away: At our plant there are cuttings, but no waste. We as wood people are ironclad about that, because the tree, as a living organism, simply deserves that. The shavings and the sawdust that accumulate wherever wood is planed and cut are suctioned into two large silos in our briquette tower and from there into the briquetting plant.

Florea stands there and puts the wood briquettes, which were pressed under high pressure, into handy paper bags with a carrying handle. Each briquette has more energy value than a log of beech wood. It’s very meditative work that becomes more and more contemplative in the late afternoon when the machines are shut down towards the end of the working day and less and less material is suctioned into the silos.

People from Mürztal Valley are generally those who like to make things themselves. In other words, the born do-it-yourselfers. As such persons, they naturally need wood again and again for their many building sites. To make sure they get something good, we have our wood market, which not only features wood in all varieties, but also our colleague Manuela, who provides expert answers to all craftpersons’ questions. So, everything’s loaded, Norbert from the wood market thinks. He catches his breath once more before hitting the road. At full throttle and full board of course.

Whatever is too big for briquetting goes directly into the dollhouse-sized Kelag heating plant on our manufacturing premises, which really heats up Sankt Marein residents in the cold season.

Speaking of quitting time: Friday is cleaning day. No one goes home without having broom-cleaned their workplace. The reward is a Friday quitting time beer together. Now and then at the expense of production manager Alex or the office staff. As a thank-you. For all the good work.

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