MFH Riburgstrasse, Basel

The project
The Riburg housing cooperative has been revitalizing Basel's Hirzbrunnen district since 1945 and is one of the largest property owners there. It offers 390 attractive cooperative apartments at fair conditions. Many buildings are in urgent need of renovation, and renovation is not always a viable option. In two new replacement buildings planned by Burckhardt+Partner, 59 apartments will be created instead of the previous 36. Sustainable development is central to the housing cooperative. The use of wood as a building material is the logical consequence. And: timber construction is not more expensive than comparable buildings with other building materials. The timber construction allows a modular construction method.

The construction
The interior and exterior walls are built in timber frame construction. Since the timber engineering services were not provided by Timbatec, the floor slabs are constructed with horizontal glulam as a timber-concrete composite slab.

The challenge
Timbatec considered all installations in the works planning. Using the industry software Cadwork, we drew all timber components as a 3D model and supplemented this with information for production and processing. In this way, all components, including, for example, the hatchways, were produced in the factory ready for use.