Wood receives attention

Tec21 | Schweizerische Bauzeitung |19-20/2024 – Two rows of flats have been built in Winterthur, whose brick façades tell the story of the former industrial site and at the same time perpetuate it.

Zürcher Wald | Focus on the future of timber construction | July 2024 – Large quantities of Swiss timber from the municipal forest on the Plateau de Diesse were actively brought into the project and used by the client through in-house procurement.

Tec21 | Schweizerische Bauzeitung | March 22, 2024 – An interdisciplinary project team led by EM2N Architekten AG, Jäger Baumanagement AG and Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG emerged as the winner of the project competition for the «Portal UZH» at the University of Zurich out of a total of 14 participating teams.

espazium | TRACÉS | Avril 2024 – Are Switzerland's ambitious goals of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 realistic? More and more innovative proposals are emerging to answer this question. Some of them use wood for the foundations of basements.

Faktor Raum | Magazin zur Renggli-Baukultur | July 2024 – The collaboration with the overall provider Rhomberg, Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG and Timber Structures 3.0 is the basis for the success of this project. www.zelguster.ch

hbs | holzBaumarktschweiz 02/2024 | Timber construction – Educational buildings made of wood. Swiss timber from the municipal forest on the Plateau de Diesse was actively brought into the project and used by the client through in-house procurement. (Report in german)

Holzbauer spezial, issue 6/2024 – Vision of a city made of wood. Stefan Zöllig explains his commitment to the development of new processing and joining techniques. Building preferably only with wood. (Report in german)

MODULØR, Issue 3/2024 – Educational buildings made of wood. The new building project on the Plateau de Diesse impressively demonstrates the efficiency of wood when used in school construction and underlines the numerous resulting advantages. (Report in german)

Schweizer Holzrevue, Issue 4/5 2024 – Thun in the canton of Bern is home to the first apartment building in Switzerland to have a basement made entirely of wood. This revolutionary building was also deliberately built without a heating system. An inspection. (Report in german)

FIRST, Issue 2/2024 – Insights in an interview with Andreas Burgherr about the founding of the Employers' Association of Swiss Timber Construction Engineers STE-AoC. (Report in german)

Zuschnitt 92, March 2024 – Wood is the right choice of building material for wildlife bridges. Today, the wooden bridge over the A1 highway between Suhr and Hunzenschwil is impressive. (Report in german)

TEC21, 03/2024 - The total revision of the Federal Law on Public Procurement, focused on strengthening quality competition and sustainability goals. A brief outline and status quo with statements on an important law for the planning industry. (Report in german)

Weissmagazin, 01/2023 – «Wood supports me - economically, emotionally and also spiritually». Engaging with wood as a material out of deepest conviction. Heart, brain, wood - a story full of passion. (Report in german)

FIRST, Issue No. 4/2023, Building and living with wood – In Zollikerberg, two multi-family houses have been built in timber construction which, thanks to the use of TS3 technology, could be realized as an interesting and economical solution - in particular due to considerably shorter construction times. Wide-span floor slabs span unusually large areas. High-tech timber construction with innovative TS3 technology. (Report in german)

CRB Bulletin, Issue 4/23 – Stefan Zöllig is the main author of the new NPK 335 Timber Construction. In this interview, he talks about the advantages of timber constructions, the Swiss forest as a building material factory and the advantages of the new NPK Holzbau. (Report in German and French)

Der Bund, Issue 23.11.2023 – In a few years' time, futuristically stacked residential and spatial concepts will create an urban lifestyle in Bern's Wankdorfcity 3. For this pioneering development, which will set an exclamation mark in Bern's urban development, the teams from Timbatec Holzbauingenieure Schweiz AG are contributing their expertise and specialist know-how to the extensive timber construction planning, with a focus on construction areas 3 and 4. (Report in german)

Unter-Emmentaler, issue 13.10.2023 – After 2 years of construction, the new competence center for the elderly of Haslibrunnen AG in Langenthal was ready for occupancy. Timbatec AG was responsible for the exterior wall elements of the hybrid building, including the planning of the timber façade. We also supported the project as fire protection specialists for the facade construction. (Report in german)

Baukader, Issue No. 09/2023 – The A3 highway in the north of the canton of Glarus has cut through the Biberlikopf wildlife corridor for decades. This is now to change. The wildlife overpass will restore the animals' natural migration routes. Planning for this is in full swing. (Report in german)

Le Courrier, 09/2023 –The municipalities of Diesse, Lamboing and Prêles merged in 2014 to form a new entity, the Commune mixte de Plateau de Diesse. The new school of Joncs is the first public building of this size built by the new commune. It sees it as a sign of confidence in the future. Because a school is much more than just a building. It is a symbol of growth, development and commitment to education and future generations. (Report in french)

Baukader, Issue No. 09/2023 – In large timber construction projects, builders often concrete staircases when not much is visible on the construction site except the basement. Carpenters assemble the prefabricated timber components to them. Timbatec has reversed this sequence, with success.(Report in German, French and Italian)