24.04.2018
Timber construction is in vogue. This is evidenced by several media reports that have recently focused attention on timber buildings in general and Timbatec projects in particular. The natural building material was a topic not only because of its sustainability. But also because wood can solve urgent problems of urban living, such as noise or housing shortage.
"Noise is annoying, distracting, disturbs sleep, drives you mad noise makes people ill," is how the magazine "Hochparterre" sums up one of the central of the central annoyances of city dwellers. The architecture magazine not only lists the consequences of this acoustic environmental pollution for people, but also people, but also suggests solutions and gives good examples of buildings that have buildings that defy the phenomenon of noise.
Silent movie in the middle of the
noisy city
Among them is the new
Buchegg development at the highly frequented Bucheggplatz in Zurich, which was
Timbatec was involved in the planning. In addition to architectural measures, according to
the choice of materials also leads to less noise in the apartments in the
housing estate. The plastered facade conceals a wooden construction.
wooden construction. Thanks to the use of wood and the triple-glazed windows, the traffic
windows, traffic flows around Bucheggplatz with hardly any audible noise. A silent movie in the
in the city," is how the Magazine.
Condensed building with wood
Another project by
Timbatec was presented to its readership by the magazine "Wir Holzbauer". The
magazine published an article about the 16th Technology Day of the Swiss
Association for certified quality houses (VGQ). This event was about the
inner-city densification. As a shining example, the Trade magazine the addition of a new storey to a former office building: the
Rautihaus in Zurich-Albisrieden. It was built in 1948 and four years ago extended by
three stories of wood with 17 lofts.
German building magazine praises
the Swiss timber residential house Arborea
In addition came
Timbatec recently still in further media to honors: The "Deutsche Bauzeitschrift"
reported on the Arborea apartment building in Köniz and praised the hybrid construction
as "expressive, self-confident and ecological". And recently even
a Finnish industry portal wrote extensively about Timbatec and the TS3 technology.
You can find all media articles here.