Two multifamily residentials in Zollikerberg

In order to be able to build ecologically and economically sustainable today and in the future, architects and planners must, in addition to the construction, pay particular attention to the choice of building materials and use them as sensibly as possible. More and more experts are turning to wood: short to no drying times, smaller foundations and room comfort are just some of the advantages offered by this natural, renewable raw material. Thanks to TS3 technology, new possibilities are now opening up once more.

TS3 – New Dimensions in Timber Construction

The two multifamily residentials in Zollikerberg feature beam-free, wooden skeleton structures with slim, point-supported panels, which required THEURL to prefabricate the TS3 connections using joint casting for the first time. As a licensed partner, TEAMTHEURL was trained in advance by Timber Structures 3.0 AG in how to manufacture TS3 joints, thus paving the way for completely new possibilities in timber construction for our customers, both aesthetically and structurally. 
In the case of the kick-off project in Switzerland, some 461 m³ of CLTPLUS were delivered in total – 255 m³ of which were bonded directly with TS3 joints, as and when needed, on the construction site, the rest were sent without beams as raw panels for further processing to our partner Balteschwiler AG in Laufenburg. A total of nine trucks left the THEURL factory fully loaded with 5-layer 200 mm ceilings in industrial visible quality. A total of 520 metres of TS3 joints were manufactured for this project alone. Another plus point: Due to the low thermal conductivity of wood, no complex cantilever connections were required for the CLT ceilings running from the apartment to the loggia – this means that thermal bridges will only play a minor role with this technology in future.