TFBS photography, optics & hearing acoustics in Hall in Tirol

School construction, Tyrol

The Tyrolean Vocational School in Hall in Tyrol was slowly bursting at the seams thanks to the large influx of interested students over the years. In addition, there was an urgent need to modernise the school’s existing premises for the photography, optics and hearing acoustics courses.

Exterior view of the Tyrolean vocational school for photography/optics/hearing acoustics

Project information

Use: School construction
Location: Hall in Tirol
Completion: 2023
Theurl products used:
590 m³ CLTPLUS, 16 m³ glulam

Project partners

Timber construction: Höck Holzbau GmbH, Kundl
Client: Land Tirol
Architecture: Peter Mayrhofer Gilbert Sommer Volker Flamm
Structural design: tragwerkspartner zt gmbh, Innsbruck
Photographer: Günter Richard Wett

Solid timber construction and innovation characterise this winning project

The architects Peter Mayrhofer, Gilbert Sommer and Volker Flamm won the invited realisation competition held in this context with their proposal. In addition to a high level of architectural quality in terms of urban planning, functionality, design, economic and financial criteria for the conversion and extension of the Tyrolean vocational school, sustainable criteria such as a modern ventilation system, a large-scale photovoltaic system on the roof and the solid timber construction concept were also convincing.

School building with wood, interior view TFBS

Optimal learning environment

With the modernisation and expansion of the campus, around 900 students at the vocational school and around 30 students at the private HTL for optometry as well as the teaching staff now have the best conditions for teaching. The three-storey extension to the south of the school provides light-flooded classrooms thanks to its façade with large, recessed glass surfaces. Over the course of three construction phases, the new building grew steadily upwards on a reinforced concrete floor slab without a basement and steel columns on strip foundations on the ground floor, consisting of a total of around 590 m³ of CLTPLUS in the form of 242 components.

Solution approach

The numerous different thicknesses and superstructures for the CLTPLUS elements were also a special feature of the joinery. There were also slots and pockets in the CLTPLUS walls that were structurally necessary for the connections. The widest component measured three and a half metres, the longest just over 15 metres.

The challenge

The biggest challenge was the logistics, which proved to be demanding due to the location in the urban area and the lorries required for the oversized transport. Within just seven working days, nine lorries delivered all the components on time and in the right order thanks to cargo space optimisation.

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