New Building, Roof
Owner:
Gemeinde Wädenswil
Architect:
Hausmarke Architekten, Berlin
Performance:
Structural Design
Work Phases:
1-4
Total Area:
650 m² Dachfläche
Completion:
2011
Together with Berlin architects Hausmarke osd won the competition for the roofing of the bus terminal in Wädenswil am Zürichsee. The proposed 'Wolke' is a light and wafting roof. A complex computer generated structure was supposed to be supported by only few, asymmetrically arranged and prestressed pillars. In order to transmit the cloud-like shape into the structural design the profiles of the supporting structure were not adjusted according to the torque curve. The optimization of the structure regarding the statically very differently stress levels in the grillage has been realized with the inner porosity of the girders. Using a new scripting-process developed on our own the girder grillage made of steel sheets has been guttered Vierendeel-like. Eventually a completely glazed steel construction that responds to the different ligh situations during a day with varying luminosity and shadow effects has been implemented.
Bus terminal Wädenswil (photo Christoph Ruckstuhl)
Roofing bus terminal Wädenswil (photo Ralf Wörzberger)
Design (draft Hausmarke Architekten)
Plate structure (rendering osd)
Stress analysis (graphics osd)
Perspective of the supporting structure (rendering Hausmarke Architekten)
Bus terminal Wädenswil
Belly of the translucent roofing (photo Ralf Wörzberger)
Bus terminal Wädenswil – corner
© OSD