Timber Structures 3.0 AG
Address
Timber Structures 3.0 AG
Niesenstrasse 1, 3600 Thun
Tel: (+41) 058 255 15 80
info@ts3.biz
2021
The project
The four-story residential development with 15 comfortable apartments is located in Frenkendorf in Basel-Land. The sustainably constructed timber building is to date the highest building in which TS3 technology has been used. This means that the floor slabs consist of large-format cross-laminated timber panels that are connected to each other at the ends using TS3 technology. In addition to a pleasant indoor climate, this gives the building users maximum flexibility of use.
Thanks to the prefabricated components and the precise planning, the entire building could be erected within only three weeks.
The construction
The Fasanenhof is a column-and-slab construction as known from steel-concrete - simply made of cross-laminated timber planks and with round wooden columns. This allows for a faster construction time as no drying out is required. Only the staircase core was concreted. Here, however, the previously usual sequence was reversed: the wooden structure was erected first and later served as lost formwork for the liquid concrete.
The challenges
The cold temperatures during the pouring of the CLT panels required winter construction measures. For this purpose, the building was temporarily wrapped and heated. This ensured the necessary temperatures for casting and curing.
- Number of floors: 4
- Floor area: 1221.5 m2
- Glulam: 293.16 m3
- TS3 technology: 567 linear meters of joints
Architecture
Scherer Architekten
4410 Liestal
Timber Construction Engineers
Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG
3012 Bern
Construction Management
Scherer Architekten
4410 Liestal
Photographie
Nils Sandmeier
2500 Biel