Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Resort Free Form timber construction

Unique timber architecture at the golf course

External photograph of the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Resort Learning Centre. Illuminated timber architecture at night, with the pool in the foreground.<br/>

Classic construction style reinterpreted

The spectacular clubhouse for the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club in South Korea was just the start. Six more extraordinary buildings followed:

the Learning Centre
the Recreation Centre
the Grand Hall underground foyer and restaurant
the three Condo A apartment buildings

We were responsible for planning all of the timber construction of all buildings, as well as production of the timber components and erection of the buildings themselves. The idea and concept for the additional buildings came from Shigeru Ban Architects. The Korean architect Kyeong Sik Yoon designed the clubhouse in collaboration with Tokyo-based Shigeru Ban Architects.

Overall view of all timber constructions

Between 2008 and 2018, we planned and constructed a total of seven extraordinary buildings at the Haesley Nine Bridges Resort in South Korea:

Clubhouse with restaurant, bar, wellness and spa area, plus a separate meeting pavilion
Learning Centre
Recreation Centre
underground Grand Hall
three Condo A apartment buildings

All the buildings are characterised by their extraordinary design features, such as their Free Form timber support structures.

General plan of the wooden buildings of Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Resort

Grand Hall

The Grand Hall, an underground space that has a strong emotional impact on visitors, boasts an impressive support structure made of 22 wooden columns. The glass roof of the Grand Hall provides an unobstructed view of the lake above, where 22 large planters containing real trees stand in a 10 cm deep pool of water. The glass roof of the Grand Hall and the lake’s water place a heavy load on the timber support structure underneath. They were the main factors behind the design of the Free Form cross-section and they define the statics of the timber support structure.

Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club, view inside the hall in the Learning Centre, with escalator in the background

Recreation & Learning Centre

Both buildings – the Recreation Centre and Learning Centre – were given overhanging and sloped timber roof constructions that sit on a pure steel or reinforced concrete structure. The unusual shape gives both roofs a unique character. As a result of the raised entrance at the back of the building and the tapered roof edges, the roof of the three-storey Recreation Centre forms an oval-shaped wave with a surface area of 580 m². The roof of the Learning Centre is also oval-shaped. The building’s structure is responsible for this curved roof, which covers almost 620 m².

Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club, full exterior shot of the Recreation Centre at night, with illuminated windows and underside of the roof

Condo A apartment buildings

Six Free Form double dormers and the many glass frontages define the look of the Condo A apartment buildings. The connections between the timber construction and the glass frontages proved to be a particularly challenging element of the planning. Our timber construction planning team drew up the detailed pre-assembly and erection plans, and generated the production data based on a 3D implementation model. The floor and ceiling elements for the three buildings were prefabricated at our factory at Erlenhof, including the assembly, cut-outs and surface treatment. Our eight-person team on site at the golf club processed and assembled the huge number of elements in the Condo A apartment buildings.

Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club, view inside a suite with sofa in the Timber House, Condo A

Eastern Swiss expertise in South Korea

The challenging planning and production phase in Switzerland was followed by the precise erection of the buildings in South Korea.

Our team, just after arriving in South Korea.

Along with planning partners Design-to-Production and SJB Kempter Fitze, Blumer Lehmann was in charge of all conceptual and timber construction planning, production and assembly.

The underground Grand Hall during construction.

With experience from other construction projects around the globe, our team was able to approach the project as a routine job.

The challenging planning and production phase in Switzerland was followed by the precise erection of the buildings in South Korea.
Our team, just after arriving in South Korea.
Along with planning partners Design-to-Production and SJB Kempter Fitze, Blumer Lehmann was in charge of all conceptual and timber construction planning, production and assembly.
The underground Grand Hall during construction.
With experience from other construction projects around the globe, our team was able to approach the project as a routine job.

The clubhouse with the treetop canopy

For our first commission at the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Resort in Yeoju-Gun in South Korea, we planned and constructed a clubhouse with a restaurant, bar and wellness and spa area. The idea and concept for the unique building came from Korean architect Kyeong Sik Yoon and Tokyo-based Shigeru Ban Architects. The meeting pavilion by the water also incorporates the architecture of the clubhouse.