Planning is the key to success

18.06.2020

The Riburg housing cooperative in Basel relies on wood for its new replacement buildings. Thanks to modular construction, ecological and cost-effective apartments can be created. The basis for this is early and integral planning. The wooden buildings are currently growing in height.

Since 1945, the Riburg housing cooperative has revitalized the Hirzbrunnen Hirzbrunnen neighborhood since 1945 and is one of the largest landowners there. It offers 390 attractive cooperative apartments at fair conditions. Many buildings are in urgent need of renewal, and renovation is not always the not always expedient. In two new replacement buildings, planned by Burckhardt+Partner will create 59 apartments instead of the previous 36.

Timber construction: the ecological and economical solution
Sustainable development is of central importance for 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. Thanks to the modular construction method that a wooden building the newly constructed buildings can offer rents that are compatible with cooperative rents can be offered in the newly built buildings.

Planning is the be-all and end-all
Timbatec plans the timber buildings down to the last detail in the so-called factory planning. detail. Using the industry software Cadwork, we draw all the wooden building components as a 3-D model and supplement this with information for production and processing. processing. This creates a production model. This is used by the Stamm Bau AG uses this model for machine control and at the same time for the smooth assembly of the wooden components. This meticulous planning is the basis for modern timber construction.

Stamm Bau AG manufactures the elements to the millimeter and transport them to the construction site. The high degree of prefabrication is the great advantage of timber construction compared to other building materials. Thanks to prefabrication in the workshop, the 59 apartments are growing in height in just a few weeks. Already will be occupied by the new members of the cooperative in November. Since a wooden building is clean and dry, it is pleasant to live in from day one.

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