Lamella roof is a vaulted roof made up of single prefabricated standard segments of

timber or steel, that span large spaces that consists of a pattern that is crisscrossed on arches
that skew with respect to the sides of the space it is covering. At the beginning, it was made out
of short wooden members of lamellae hinged together by bolts to form a network of
interlocking members that form the pattern. Lamella roof Construction is based on the use of
lamella wood for roofing design started by Fritz Zollinger and was patented by Hugo Junkers
around 1924 and 1925. This roofing design was made famous until the 1940s. although due to
the second World War and its consequences to the world, only a few structures with lamella
roofing still exist.
Lamella roofing was earlier known to be called “Zollinger Roof” from the person who
started the design, Fritz Zollinger. The first design was made out of two-meter timber planks
joint by a single bolt. Later on, the designs of lamella roofing varied out to not only timber, but
the use of steel and iron as well. Through time, there were numerous corporations doing
lamella roofs and none of them were as successfully distributed as the design used by Junker’s
construction. Through time US manufacturers have joint together to develop a design where
lamella roofs have more reinforcement via an addition to beams throughout the structure.
Many ways were developed in order to strengthen the binds of the segments and shown below
are some of the ways the lamella roofs were assembled.
By Zollinger By Jucho

By Huennebeck By Junkers
 The great thing about lamella roofing design is that it is very
inexpensive compared to other roofing designs with such a unique
layout. Almost any material that can withhold weight can be used, as
well as your local wood, and that
the segments that are standardly
used are easily mass-produced
due to its short size and
measurement.
The image shown is one of the structures built from 1923-
1926, a farm in Germany called Gut Garkau, as a roof for the
barn designed by architect Hugo Håring. As you can see, the
segments are placed in a pattern where it crisscrosses or is
said to be a rhomboidal pattern in side. It is attached
together by bolts and seen in the photo of the model, it was
derived from Zollinger’s design as a single bolt was used to
attach the segments.