wob³walls
Wall systems
Exhibition architecture
Spatial experiences
Developed 30 years ago by employees of the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg initially for their own exhibition designs and optimized over the years, wob³walls can now be found in over 100 exhibition venues and museums across Europe and around the world.
As a non-profit subsidiary, wob³walls gGmbH now produces and distributes the modular partition wall system and manufactures and installs the popular walls with its proven team of metalworkers, carpenters, and painters.
Wob³walls enjoy an excellent reputation in the museum world, as they can be used to create a wide variety of wall configurations, individual exhibition designs, and flexible architectures. Room-in-room constructions, wall niches, and lintels, the installation of display cases, and the attachment of screens or loudspeakers are all possible. The walk-in wall units can serve as storage space for technical equipment or inspection access. Exhibition venues and galleries appreciate the advantages of the modular system components due to their easy handling, low weight, and space requirements for storage, which reduces assembly and disassembly times and ultimately costs. We respond to questions from our customers—mostly museums, galleries, and exhibition venues—about standard walls by asking about their wishes and individual needs and working together to develop a customized product.
© Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg / photo: Marek Kruszewski
© Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg / photo: Marek Kruszewski
© Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen / photo Markus Tretter
Aargauer Kunsthaus / photo: Ullmann Photography
© Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen / photo Markus Tretter
For good reasons.
Modular
wob³walls are a modular system for creating variable wall structures.
Aesthetic
wob³walls offer homogeneous structures, joint-free connections between components, and shadow gaps on the floor.
Multi-variant
wob3walls enable the installation of showcases, media technology, passageways, doors and inspection openings.
Time saving
wob³walls significantly reduce assembly and disassembly times by allowing wall sections to be repositioned entirely.
Light-weight
The individual modules of wob3walls have a low
tare weight.
Wieldy
wob3walls can be handled by only two persons, even large wall elements.
Easy to use
After initial instruction or initial installation by our technical team, wob3walls can be further modified and assembled by your own personnel.
Space saving
wob3walls require only little space as the individual modules can be dismantled for storage.
Sustainable
wob3walls help to save costs in the long run and reduce material requirements as all elements are reusable.
Tried and tested
wob3walls have proven their value internationally in over a hundred museums and galleries.
Highly in demand. Worldwide.
Aachen
Ludwig Forum Aachen
Aarau (CH)
Aargauer Kunsthaus
Aarhus (DK)
ARoS Kunstmuseum
Baden-Baden
Museum Frieder Burda
Basel (CH)
Basel Art Gallery
Berlin
Galerie Capitain Petzel
Galerie Esther Schipper
Bern (CH)
Zentrum Paul Klee
Braunschweig
Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum
Düsseldorf
K20, K21 Kunstsammlung NRW
Zeppelin Museum
“The Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen would like to thank the team at wob³walls gGmbH for the new, flexible, and sustainable partition wall system. Not only is the partition wall system outstanding, but so is the entire process support: the assistance provided during the selection process, from ordering to delivery and initial installation, was exceptional.”
MAMCO
““wob3walls was recommended to us several times as a museum – and rightly so. For the first time, we decided to have a series of large-format walls prefabricated in a factory that was undergoing renovation.
The company provided us with extremely professional and patient support. We would particularly like to highlight the one-day training course, during which we installed three walls together in just one day.
We were impressed by the result: the quality of the surfaces and details was so high that we decided not to paint the walls. We can recommend wob3walls without reservation.”
Helsinki (FIN)
Kiasma
Hongkong (CHN)
City University of Hong Kong School of Creative Media
Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medien
Leipzig
Museum der bildenden Künste
Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum
München
Pinakothek der Moderne
Münchenstein (CH)
Schaulager der Laurenz-Stiftung
Nürnberg
Neues Museum Nürnberg – Kunst und Design
Oslo (N)
Munch Museum
Saarbrücken
Saarlandmuseum – Moderne Galerie
Salzburg (A)
Museum der Moderne
St. Louis (USA)
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Tallinn (EST)
Eesti Kunstimuuseum
Wolfsburg
Autostadt
Zürich (CH)
Kunsthaus Zürich
Museum Rietberg
Threembasic elements. Many variations.
Our wob3walls system consists of three basic elements:
- Basic ladders made of aluminum profiles
- Crossbars made of aluminum profiles for force-fit connection of the ladders
- höhenverstellbare Füße
wob³walls kcan be produced as desired up to 6 meters high and free-standing from 40 cm depth. Depths of 17 cm and more can be realized as supporting walls in front of permanently installed interior and exterior walls.
We work with certified suppliers for the materials we use and can guarantee sustainable products that are climate-friendly and resource-efficient—with fire safety certificates available on request.
For statics, construction and staging, we gladly elaborate the concepts with you.
Assembly. Made easy.
The basic ladders and crossbars are driven into each other with a rubber mallet, and this way they are dismantled. This will not restrain the recyclability.
The interior construction is planked on all sides with a facing layer (we recommend a 13 mm blockboard with MDF face veneer). The blockboards are screwed onto the planed wooden strips, which are attached to all outer sides of the aluminium construction.
The joints between the individual panels are then covered with a special fabric tape, filled with filler, and sanded.
The surface can then be individually coated or covered with a high-quality emulsion paint or other paints or materials (e.g., fabrics).
The conversion. Our Wall Movers help.
In order to reduce the costs of architectural alterations for temporary exhibitions many times over, we have developed devices for moving our movable wall systems.
Wall Mover – Manual shifting system
With two pairs of wall movers, partition walls with shadow gaps can be easily moved up to a length of 10 meters, meaning that the wall does not need to be dismantled during renovation work. This not only saves time, but also reduces the cost of woodwork and painting.
The devices are welded constructions made from laser-cut steel parts with heavy-duty and support rollers.
Wall Mover Air – Pneumatic displacement system
Alternatively, the partition walls can be equipped with pneumatic sliding systems. To do this, such a system is permanently mounted on every second aluminum ladder of the wall’s internal construction. One unit consists of two connected rubber swivel casters that can be extended and retracted using a compressed air-powered bellows cylinder. When extended, the wall can be moved easily. Once the wall has been positioned in its final position, the compressed air is released from the rubber bellows so that the castors disappear invisibly inside the wall.
Wall Roller – For small walls
Small wall units can be easily repositioned with lifting castors.
Team
Managing Director:
Otmar Böhmer
Office Management:
Monika Zimmermann
+49 (0) 5361 2669 910
zimmermann@wob3walls.de
Workshop Manager:
Tino Heidemann
+49 (0) 5361 2669 911
heidemann@wob3walls.de
Museum technician, carpenter:
Nick Rudolph
Museum technician:
Abdul Rahimi
Service
Whether for scenography, exhibition architecture, or technical installations, wob³walls can be used to create unique and effective displays.
From the initial inquiry to the finished wall, we guide you through the entire process.
Personalized advice
Right from the first customer inquiry, we provide you with personal advice on formats, dimensions, and desired wall types. We show you which solutions are technically feasible and make sense in terms of design—tailored entirely to your requirements.
In-house production
We do not manufacture our systems according to standard dimensions, but always tailor them precisely to your specifications and requirements. Quality and precision are our top priorities.
Transport & Logistics
We organize transport for you: We obtain quotes from our transport company and ensure smooth, on-time delivery of the walls to the desired location. Nationally and internationally.
Setup & Training
On request, we offer professional training for your technical staff by our workshop manager. Alternatively, our experienced team of technicians can take care of the installation directly at your premises.
Maintenance & Expansion
We are also there for you after installation: if necessary, we can carry out repairs, replace individual elements, and flexibly add to existing wall systems according to your requirements.
Wide range of possible uses
Room-in-room constructions, wall niches & lintels, installation of display cases, screens, speakers, and other technology, integration of storage space or inspection passages through walk-in wall structures.
Sustainability & Cost Savings
wob³walls stands for a future-oriented, sustainable exhibition system.
The reusability of the materials saves you costs, resources, and time—especially in the case of frequent conversions or changing exhibitions.
A contribution to sustainability that also pays off economically.