Rossetti + Wyss Architekten AG

Workshop AWEL Andelfingen

Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann

WORKSHOP AWEL ANDELFINGEN

Rossetti+wyss Architects

ARCHITECTS
Rossetti+wyss Architects

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Mark Aurel Wyss

MANUFACTURERS
Contec Ag, Erne Holzbau, Gate Construction

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS
Lüchinger+meyer Bauingenieure Ag

PHOTOGRAPHS
Jürg Zimmermann

AREA
480 M²

YEAR
2015

LOCATION
Andelfingen District, Switzerland

CATEGORY
Workshop

"The workshop is a statement of reduction of means, creating a sculptured body made of piled up load-bearing elements. Everything that is necessary is there, with nothing superfluous added.

Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann
Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann

The only wooden structure relates to the oldest buildings in Switzerland and is AAA sustainable. The timber used regrows in Switzerland in 18 minutes". Mark Aurel Wyss, Rossetti+Wyss architects, Zurich, Switzerland

The Canton of Zurich wanted to add a new building to its waterways engineering operations center to house vehicles and machines and to serve as a workshop for carrying out detail work.

The concept for the building draws on traditional agricultural construction while at the same time, so to speak, realizing a childhood dream: stacking up and layering simple wooden blocks to build an elementary structure.

Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann
Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann

Each element has its own structural effect, protecting the space and forming part of the whole.

The workshop is made up of 36 solid wood elements. Everything that is necessary is there, with nothing superfluous added.

The solid timber support structure is visible both inside and out. Restraint is the creative byword here. But the simplicity is anything but ordinary.

Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann
Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann

The workshop draws on the principles of log construction – taking it to new and undreamt-of dimensions. The timber used regrows in Switzerland in 18 minutes.

The wooden elements can be interconnected on the building site in only two days, so that what are for the most part soft components come together to form a stable structure.

Workshop AWEL Andelfingen
© Jürg Zimmermann


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