School Building Sutz-Lattrigen, Switzerland
School Building in Sutz-Lattrigen Additional Second Floor Cantilevering over the Renovated Ground Floor (© Indermühle Bauingenieure)
Floor-to-Ceiling Trusses with Steel Chords Integrated in the Timber-Concrete Composite Floors (© Indermühle Bauingenieure)
Two Story Truss Structure RFEM Model (© Indermühle Bauingenieure)
Customer Project
| Client |
Municipality of Sutz-Lattrigen, Switzerland
|
| Architect |
Bauzeit Architekten, Biel, Switzerland www.bauzeit.com Lanz Architekten, Sutz-Lattrigen, Switzerland www.lanzarchitekten.ch |
| Timber Engineering |
Indermühle Bauingenieure, Thun, Switzerland
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| Civil Engineering of Reinforced Concrete |
Emch + Berger AG, Bern, Switzerland
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| Timber Construction Company |
Wenger Holzbau AG, Steffisburg, Switzerland
|
Model Data of Primary Two-Story Structure
The school building addition in Sutz-Lattrigen was built on the existing foundation floor. This foundation was not designed to withstand a second story. Therefore, the loads from the first floor and the additional second story had to be designed as concentrated loads. In order to reduce weight but also for educational and sustainability reasons, timber was used in the construction of the new building.
Indermühle Bauingenieure from the Swiss town of Thun was responsible for the timber engineering during the project phase including from the preliminary project to the supervision of the final design. The firm also completed the 3D project planning on behalf of the timber construction company. RFEM was utilized for the structural analysis.
Structure
The additional floor consists of floor-to-ceiling trusses in the longitudinal and transverse directions. The truss diagonals are glued-laminated timber while the chords are steel. The chords are integrated in the timber-concrete composite floors.
The diagonals are connected with dowels and internal steel plates. The second floor cantilevers 10ft in the longitudinal direction and 13 ft in the transverse direction over the first floor.
The visible timber structure as well as the glazed exterior and interior walls create an intimate, open atmosphere.
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Programs Used for Structural Analysis
RFEM
Main Program
Main Program
Structural engineering software for finite element analysis (FEA) of planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells, members (beams), solids and contact elements
Price of First License
3,540.00 USD
3,540.00 USD
RFEM
Steel and Aluminum Structures
Add-on Module
Design of steel members according to the Swiss standard SIA 263
Price of First License
1,480.00 USD
1,480.00 USD
RFEM
Steel and Aluminum Structures
Add-on Module
Fatigue design of members and sets of members according to EN 1993-1-9
Price of First License
1,120.00 USD
1,120.00 USD
RFEM
Timber Structures
Add-on Module
Timber design according to Eurocode 5, SIA 265 and/or DIN 1052
Price of First License
1,120.00 USD
1,120.00 USD
