WOOD SYSTEM has been working for approximately 30 years in the laminated wood construction sector (structures, roofing and tensile structures). Its target customer ranges from public authorities to private organisations, with special focus on sports facilities, for whom the company manufactures lightweight roofing structures for tennis courts, five-a-side football pitches, basketball courts, swimm
ing pools, bocce (Italian bowls) courts and multi-purpose sports halls, with variations in the building sector, in particular for places of worship and collective meetings, civil buildings and commercial and industrial areas. Towards the middle of the nineties, with competence and confidence, the company initiated a project that enabled WOOD - STEEL connections to be simplified in compliance with regulations and the rules of building science, also aimed at distinguishing the company with respect to the vast array of companies operating in the sector. In this way, a connection system was developed which was first patented in Italy but rapidly approved at a European and then United States level. “SPACEWOOD” a spatial reticular solution comprising straight trusses in laminated wood and spherical radial and/or plate-shaped steel connection joints.
“SPACEWOOD” structures enable completely free span roofing structures to be built without the use of supports, which range from a simple sun shade gazebo with reduced dimensions to the roof of a stadium with a span of more than 250 m. This unusual product is further enhanced by the fact that, regardless of the architectural design, the wooden parts are always straight and of contained dimensions, particularly in length, enabling them to be effortlessly transported in every part of the world and easily stored and handled during construction work.
