2020
The Project
In Deisswil near Bern, more than 250 employees once produced cardboard for the whole of Switzerland before those responsible shut down the machines in 2010.
Today, a new quarter is being built with 173 apartments for around 300 residents as well as 25,000m² of office and commercial space.
The venerable factory buildings are still of good quality.
They were therefore not demolished, but refurbished and converted, and extended by two stories with a wooden extension. In this way, a new, diverse neighborhood was created. For more information, visit www.bernapark.ch.
The Construction
The listed factory buildings consist largely of reinforced concrete structures with large window fronts. For the extension, wood is used almost exclusively: all walls and floor slabs are made of prefabricated wooden elements.
The Challenges
The elevation always had to adapt to the winding factory buildings. Consequently, the derivation of the acting forces is not quite trivial. The structural engineers defined points where the forces of the extension could be introduced. Different load-bearing directions of the floor elements with sometimes large spans were the result. Stuberholz called in Timbatec for the development of the demanding structural analysis concept and for quality assurance.
- 173 Apartments
Construction costs
- BKP 1-9: approx. 55 million Swiss francs
- BKP 214: 7 million Swiss francs
Prestations de Timbatec
- SIA Phase 32 Construction project
- SIA Phase 51 Implementation project
- SIA Phase 52 Design
Architecture
GHZ Architekten AG,
3123 Belp
Building Owner
Berna Industrie- und Dienstleistungspark AG,
3066 Stettlen
Timber Construction Engineers
Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG,
3012 Bern
Timber Construction
Stuber & Cie AG,
3054 Schüpfen
Civil Engineer
ingenta ag,
3006 Bern
General Contractor
Implenia Schweiz AG,
3000 Bern
Photography
Nils Sandmeier, 2501 Biel
Espazium, Stadt aus Holz, Issue No. 6/2020 - In the former cardboard factory in Deisswil near Bern, a new quarter with 173 rental apartments is being built. The timber construction engineers from Timbatec Bern were responsible for the statics of the extension. (Report in german)
Immobilien und Energie, Issue No. 3/20 - What do you need to keep in mind during the transition from old to new? In the east of the capital city of Bern, a private investor demonstrates how a former industrial site becomes the matrix of a dense and multi-purpose settlement location. (Report in german)
mikado - On the site of the former cardboard factory in Deisswil, a new showcase quarter is being built. Two new floors will be added in woodframe construction extended and converted into apartments. Please read the article from mikado-onlien.de. (Report German)
Switzerland:
Thun Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Niesenstrasse 1, 3600 Thun
Tel: +41 58 255 15 10
Zürich Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Ausstellungsstrasse 36, 8005 Zürich
Tel: +41 58 255 15 20
Delémont Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Avenue de la Gare 49, 2800 Delémont
+41 58 255 15 40
Bern Branch
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers Switzerland Ltd.
Falkenplatz 1, 3012 Bern
Tel: +41 58 255 15 30
Austria:
Headquarters Vienna (A)
Timbatec Timber Construction Engineers GmbH
Im Werd 6/31a, 1020 Wien
Tel: +43 720 2733 01
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