Wooden house crocodile shapes new district in Winterthur

Once upon a time, the Lokstadt area in Winterthur was the most important production site for new locomotives and trains in Switzerland. Between 2018 and 2025, a new a new urban district will be built on this site in accordance with the 2000-watt society. The site consists in part of valuable protected industrial buildings, and in part by modern new buildings. In the new construction projects, great importance is attached to sustainable building materials. Thus new buildings are being realized in timber construction. The 6- to 8-story building "Krokodil" is the first new building on the site and represents diversity. 254 owner-occupied, rental and cooperative apartments will be cooperative apartments.

The perimeter block development with an inner courtyard of 2000 m2 is designed as a skeleton building. skeleton construction. The wooden columns are a striking part of the architecture. The visible wooden structure gives the living spaces a clear structure and creates a natural feeling of space. In the case of the "Crocodile", only the basement basements and the staircases are made of reinforced concrete, the rest is built wooden elements.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the crocodile
Digitalization has long since reached the construction industry. Building Building Information Modeling (BIM) is currently the talk of the town and the industry is and the industry is convinced that it will lead to fundamental changes. So far, however, not many building construction projects have been consistently planned according to BIM methods. planning. In this method, the buildings are built up in a three-dimensional model before construction three-dimensional model before construction begins, and all components are provided with the necessary information. A digital twin is gradually created prior to construction. is created. Possible errors in the planning can thus be detected at an early stage, resulting in a smooth construction process. The "Crocodile" is planned throughout according to the methods of BIM.