{"id":937036,"date":"2026-10-18T00:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937036\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T00:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T00:48:12","slug":"tob-studios-timber-bike-station-in-germany-resembles-stacked-log-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/937036\/","title":{"rendered":"tob.studio\u2019s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LOG PILE GEOMETRY SHAPES TIMBER CYCLING HUB by ToB.Studio<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Designed by ToB.Studio, the Burgsinn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/bike-design\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cycling<\/a> Rest Station establishes a public service hub along the D9 cycle route in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/architecture-in-germany\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Germany<\/a>, positioned at the transition between the town and surrounding landscape. Drawing visual cues from local forestry history, the compact building reinterprets the form of stacked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/wood-and-timber-architecture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">timber<\/a> logs. Its solid volume features carved-out niches that accommodate sheltered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/street-furniture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seating<\/a> areas, entrances, and service points beneath a broad overhanging green roof.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tob.studio\u2019s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile - 1\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bike-station-4-6ace20546cddb.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"614\"\/>all images \u00a9Benjamin Bru\u0308ckner unless stated otherwise<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>rough-sawn larch cladding wraps bike station\u2019s exterior<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The station, designed by\u00a0ToB.Studio <a href=\"https:\/\/tob.studio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">architectural practice<\/a>, provides a range of amenities for cyclists, pool visitors, and local residents, including e-bike charging stations, a repair and wash area, digital information displays, and an accessible toilet and shower. The structure is built using a prefabricated timber frame according to Design for Disassembly principles, utilizing reversible mechanical connections to facilitate future maintenance and material-specific recycling. Constructed with locally sourced untreated larch cladding, wood-fiber insulation, and a membrane-free wall assembly, the building rests on a single reinforced-concrete slab that functions as the foundation, flood barrier, and finished floor surface.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tob.studio\u2019s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile - 2\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bike-station-5-6ace20546ce31.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"608\"\/>the building opens in all four directions, creating space to arrive, rest, and meet<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tob.studio\u2019s timber bike station in germany resembles stacked log pile - 3\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bike-station-2-6ace20546cc7c.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\"\/>seating areas, entrances, and niches are conceived as precise cuts into the compact timber figure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOG PILE GEOMETRY SHAPES TIMBER CYCLING HUB by ToB.Studio \u00a0 Designed by ToB.Studio, the Burgsinn Cycling Rest Station&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":937037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[27439,76,354,355,242504,49,48,356,75,204473,3869],"class_list":["post-937036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-architecture-in-germany","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-bike-design","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-street-furniture","tag-wood-and-timber-architecture-and-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=937036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/937036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=937036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=937036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=937036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}