New gym hall with attractive folded structure

 Thursday, January 26, 2023

For the shed roof of a sports hall in Stuttgart-Riedenberg, the architects relied on truss beams made of BauBuche. The filigree roof structure on the building, which is otherwise designed as a solid construction, thus sets shapely and visually appealing accents inside and out. The municipal building also shows how energy-saving construction can be combined with architectural standards and structural sophistication.

The Filder Plain is a region to the south of Stuttgart. Since September 2018, it boosts a new gym hall serving the local primary school of Riedenberg and the Rudolf Steiner School Silberwald as well as the nearby Geschwister-Scholl Gymnasium. Outside school hours, the hall is used by the local hand ball and basketball clubs.

BauBuche for roof and walls
In addition to the lattice girders, BauBuche was also used for the cladding of the gym walls, covering an area of around 500 m². The panelling does not only serve as a mechanical and acoustic barrier, but also adds to the general bright ambience and look of the hall. Timber as a construction material is also found at the outside of the building, as the façade is clad in extra durable three-layer spruce boards.

The roof is sealed with two-layer, welded bitumen sheets. While the tilted surfaces are clad in large diamond-shaped titanium zinc panels, the south-facing areas carry photovoltaic elements and the flat roof sections are planted. The gym is flooded by daylight coming through the roof, and LED lighting elements controlled by daylight sensors cater for extra energy efficiency. A band of windows high along the wall opposite the viewing gallery also lets in daylight.

The lattice girder construction demonstrates once more the many outstanding qualities of BauBuche. Thanks to the high tensile and compressive strengths of the material, the girders could be kept slender, which helped reduce the overall height of the construction and gives the roof a striking elegant look.

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