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City, Country Pforzheim, Germany
Year since 2021
Client Baugenossenschaft Arlinger, Züblin Timber
Architect Peter W. Schmidt Architekt BDA
Services Structural Engineering

In Pforzheim, Germany, on the edge of the Arlinger district, the tallest residential building to date is being built in a timber hybrid construction. The building comprises a daycare centre and gastronomy in two neighbouring buildings in solid construction.

The ceilings of the fourteen-storey high-rise residential building are constructed using a wood-concrete composite construction of cross-laminated timber elements and reinforced concrete. These span from the inner reinforced concrete core to the outer building axes. Here, load-bearing timber columns are provided at regular intervals. In terms of fire protection and load transmission, the ground floor is being constructed in reinforced concrete. The two residential blocks will be made of reinforced concrete. All buildings stand on a continuous underground parking. The foundation will be mainly a conventional flat foundation with a single point and strip foundations. An additional pile foundation is being constructed under House 1.

High-Rise
Timber