Panels & Furniture Asia January/February 2023

PRODUCT HIGHLIGHT
Making waves with
new wooden wall
cladding solution
Wood is now at the heart of current decoration
trends for its aesthetics and durability. Riding
on this trend is Bard 107 Texture, the latest
interior wall cladding solution by wood
processing company Ducerf.
cladding range, offering various
design possibilities with its textured
surface that is inspired by the
undulation of waves. Wooden interior
wall claddings can create an interplay
of light and shadow, and depending
on the orientation of the sun, the
atmosphere of a room changes
throughout the day. To achieve this,
the relief texture on Bard 107 catches
light and enhances the room it is
installed in, creating a tactile and
aesthetic effect. This allows users to
be creative in the way they install Bard
107, whether by delimiting a space
without partitioning it or by adding
a natural decorative touch to walls,
headboards, frames or ceilings.
MEETING CONSTRUCTION
REQUIREMENTS
Ducerf uses solid oak or hightemperature
treated (THT) ash and
poplar to produce Bard 107. According
to Thibault Chastagnier, manager
of Ducerf’s second transformation
division, the wood used “has to resist
bad weather, insects, fungi”, and other
factors capable of decaying wood:
“We have developed the hardwood
cladding with naturally durable
species and species such as ash or
poplar that we have enhanced with
THT. As these woods are less stressed
inside a building, they are perfectly
suited for these new uses.”
Wood cladding is now increasingly
being used in interiors even though it is
typically reserved for exterior facades.
This trend, observed by wood supplier
and processing company Ducerf, is
driven by an increasing number of
architects who are looking to integrate
wooden wall cladding on an interior
wall, ceiling or staircase.
products has increased significantly,
multiplying by four. We realised that,
little by little, customers who were used
to using our cladding outdoors thought
that they could use it indoors. Through
this, we intuited that specifiers wanted
to create something unique,” said
Carole Debize, marketing manager for
the Ducerf Group.
With THT, treated hardwoods can
not only offer an expanded range
of colours, but the treatment also
improves the dimensional stability
of the wood in wet environments.
Debize explained that a heattreated
poplar will take on a much
darker and warmer colour, like “a
chocolate shade”. Used indoors,
the poplar wood will not grey as it
might outdoors, and used in wet
environments like bathrooms, the
high-temperature treatment will
boost the reliability of the hardwood
cladding in a long term.
“Since the beginning of the year, the
number of requests for interior design
To answer this demand, Ducerf has
developed the Bard 107 Texture oak
As for meeting fire-resistance
requirements of housing regulations,
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