La Tele reports on the work of Timbatec in the Mummenschanz room

The Mummenschanz Hall was originally designed for Expo 02. designed. The wooden building of the internationally very successful Swiss theater company was located on the Bieler Arteplage of the national exhibition. After the end of Expo 02, the wooden building, which seats 470 people, was dismantled and and rebuilt in Villars-sur-Glâne near Fribourg. There the has since been part of the Espace Nuithonie cultural center, which also includes a further hall which also houses another hall, a rehearsal room and an exhibition room. exhibition room.

Renewal of the wooden support structure
Last year, those responsible in Villars-sur-Glâne discovered discovered deficiencies in the wooden support structure. Timbatec was therefore commissioned in the summer of 2017 was commissioned to analyze the condition of the structure in the Mummenschanz Hall. This revealed that the glulam columns and beams were in a very poor condition and their were in a very poor condition and their stability was no longer guaranteed. was no longer guaranteed. For safety reasons, the hall was immediately closed closed.

Timbatec made various proposals to the building owner, to renovate the structure. A decision was made in favor of the variant in which the the wooden columns with bolts and the trusses with a sub-stressing. with a substructure. This solution is elegant and light and integrates well with the existing architecture, explained Timbatec engineer Johann Maître explained in the report of local television of the local television station La Tele.

The renovation work is currently underway and is expected to be completed by completed by September. In addition, in the course of the renovation of the technical equipment will be optimized and the stage will be lowered. lowered. The reopening of the Mummenschanz Hall is planned for January 2019. planned.

Click here for the report from La Tele (in French).