The project
The living areas have protected loggias alternating across the corner to the sun and to the mountains. The resulting cantilevers had to be designed without supports and in a way that was flawless in terms of building physics. No supporting structure was allowed to be visible either; the entire construction had to be integrated flush with the walls and ceilings, while the thermal insulation still had to be sufficiently thick.
The construction method
The solution consisted of walls of timber frame construction reinforced by integrated trusses and trusses. For the low knee walls in the attic, box girders with laminated veneer lumber planking were chosen. For the ceilings, a wood-concrete composite system of board-stack elements with superimposed concrete was specified. The sound insulation concept was designed in such a way that the supporting structure was decoupled from all rooms by means of facing shells and suspended ceilings.
Construction Data
- 3 MFH with 4 1/2 floors each
- Ridge height 13
- 7 m
- 1 MFH with 3 1/2 floors
- ridge height 11 m
- Area in ground plan 11 x 15
- 7 m
Construction costs
- BKP 1-9: 8.5 Mio.
- BKP 2: 1.9 Mio.
Services of Timbatec
- Statics: bracing/overall stability
- Calculations wood-concrete-composite
- Details/detailed solutions
- Accompaniment and consulting contractor/architect
- Work and construction site inspections
Execution
Künzi + Knutti AG
3715 Adelboden
Timber Construction Engineers
Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG, Thun
3600 Thun
Client
Beaten GmbH
3803 Beatenberg
Architect
Fahrni Heinz, Architect
3612 Steffisburg
Civil Engineer
Beat Dahinden, Engineering Office for Structural and Civil Engineering
3700 Spiez