New building Arena, Zweisimmen

2018

The Simmental Arena, the new multifunctional hall in Zweisimmen, is largely made of Swiss wood. And it gets by without any supports inside. The roof is supported by ten 38-metre-long arch trusses.

The Simmental Arena was built to replace the old Märithalle The Challenges in Zweisimmen. It is an event and market hall in one, a place In the area of the fire brigade magazine there are only gates for markets and events of all kinds and houses the fire on almost the entire length, there are no bracing elements - a brigade magazine. big challenge in terms of earthquake bracing. The bracing is therefore carried out via the wall panels of the market hall. The large stiffening forces are directed via the roof pane of The Construction the fire brigade magazine into the wall panes of the market The basement and floor slab are made of concrete, the hall is hall. Another challenge: fire protection. The fire brigade's fuel a pure wooden construction and consists mainly of wood depot was required in advance for special fire protection from . The hall is 80 metres long, the supporting measures. In this area, the fire resistance was increased and structure of the roof consists of ten curved, up to 38 metres the walls were designed so that in the event of an explosion long glulam beams, each weighing around 10 tonnes. The no damage could occur to the primary load-bearing girders are around 2.40 metres high and over 20 centimetres components. The event hall is limited to a capacity of 2000 wide - for good reason: the hall does not need any supports persons. Therefore, it was sufficient to install simple smoke inside. The girders stretch from outer wall to outer wall and and heat exhaust ventilators in the roof. A complex smoke take up the weight of the roof; a roof, of course, which has to simulation with subsequent warm smoke tests could be carry a photovoltaic system and a lot of snow in winter. dispensed with. Timbatec was responsible for construction planning, statics, earthquake bracing and fire protection planning for the hall.

Timbatec Holzbauingenieure · Zürich · Bern · Wien www.timbatec.com Gallery of the Simmental Arena: View of the bow trusses The building is made almost exclusively of local wood and bears the Swiss Wood Designation of Origin (HSH)

Also has room in the hall: fire brigade magazine including emergency Detailed view of the large and heavy wooden bow trusses vehicles

Construction Data Architect - Construction timber 863 m³ Germann Architektur AG - Cross laminated timber panels 102 m³ 3778 Schönried - OSB-boards 5400 m² - Facade formwork 2000 m² Timber construction ARGE Holzbau Zweisimmen Kunz/Schletti Services Timbatec 3770 Zweisimmen - Preliminary project Civil engineer - Cost estimate Haldi Design AG - Construction project 3778 Schönried - Fire protection - Devis Electrical engineer - Site inspections ogiplan elektroplanung + lichtdesign - Statics / Construction 3780 - Text for tender - Execution project HLKK-Engineer - Fire protection: QS responsibility H&K Planungs AG, 3600 Thun - Fachplaner Brandschutz Holzbau Building owner Gemeinde Zweisimmen

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