A lamella roof (also called a Zollinger roof for its inventor, German engineer Friedrich Zollinger) is a construction type where the roof is supported by an arched network of overlapping lamellae in rhombic form. It is a type of gridshell roof.
This roof style was designed by Zollinger to satisfy urban expansion needs, where material costs made new construction cost-prohibitive, but existing buildings could not support additional stories by adding further masonry walls and high-pitched trusses. The vault system comprises short structural members interwoven across a curved surface in a diamond pattern.Tutsch, J., & Barthel, R. (2017). "Modular steel lamella roofs by Hugo Junkers A lightweight structure from the 1920s". In IABSE Conference, Vancouver 2017: Engineering the Future - Report (pp. 623–630) Lamella structures can be constructed of wood timber or lumber, concrete, or metal. Modern versions of this type of structure include glazed metal-framed systems referred to as "transparent shells".
See also Geodesic dome
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