Wooden basements
19. Jan 2023
Andreas Burgherr gave a lecture on 19.01.2023 at the Baumusterzentrale in Zurich on basements in timber construction. Here you can find the recording of the event and various documents and information on basements in timber construction.
Concrete, steel and wood are three of the important building materials that can also perform structural tasks. Due to their quantitative share in buildings, they are of outstanding importance in the calculation of the CO₂ balance and in the achievement of sustainability goals.
Construction projects in timber construction perform particularly well in terms of CO₂ balance. TS3 has planned and implemented the first multi-family house with a wooden basement and floor slab in Thun 2021. This is based on a specially developed system that eliminates the need for concrete in the basement. The cross-laminated timber panels prepared in the factory are glued and sealed to form large areas at the construction site.
Insights into the Baumusterzentrale from 19.01.2023
On the basis of three examples, resource-saving projects from the fields of architectural planning, engineering and system development will be presented and discussed at the event.
In the case of the high-rise residential building on Freihofstrasse in Zurich by pool Architekten, the engineers from Schnetzer Puskas developed a load-bearing structure that was as filigree and material-saving as possible, with short spans enabling very thin ceilings. The material of choice: concrete.
In the Herbstweg project, the architectural firm Graser Troxler reduced the classic master builder work to a minimum. Only the basement, firewall and superimposed concrete of the sheet metal composite floors are made of in-situ concrete. For the residential floors, they have chosen a construction of steel beams and columns that is unusual for residential construction and, thanks to the detachable connections, are suitable for later reuse.
Here you can access the recording of the presentation.