VERTICAL EXTENSION OF INNER-CITY CAR PARK

The project comprises the new construction of a lightweight timber shell on an existing inner-city car park with minimal intervention in the existing structure. This enables a new use of the top car park level as a commercial building. The urban context and the challenging statics predestine this construction task for an innovative lightweight timber construction. State-of-the-art computer-based design and manufacturing processes make the high-performance cross-laminated timber shell possible. The technology for this construction was developed in collaboration with the institutes ICD and ITKE at the University of Stuttgart. The segmented timber shell spans across the split-level car park, creating three staggered, independent levels. The structure of the hexagonal timber honeycombs can be clearly seen inside, as the underside of the load-bearing timber construction is left untreated.