06.03.2024

Lörrach plans Germany’s first timber-built commercial area

A climate-neutral and sustainable commercial area is taking shape on the site of the Lauffenmühle, a former textiles factory.

There is more than enough wood available in the town of Lörrach and its proximity to the Black Forest. The idea was born to build a climate-neutral industrial estate in timber construction on the Lauffenmühle site. To date, there have only been individual commercial buildings constructed from wood in Germany, but no industrial estate with a comparable concept. Parts of the historic factory buildings on the site with their natural stone façades are to be integrated into the new utilisation structure.