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New warehouse construction for Hortima

Hausen, CH

The new Hortima industrial and storage hall with a striking wooden façade in the general view.

New warehouse constructed from timber

On a trading estate in Hausen in the canton of Aargau, a new three-storey warehouse for plant specialist Hortima blends seamlessly into its environment and yet still makes an impression. Two core specifications shaped the form and character of the building: a column-free design and the greatest possible warehousing space on the basement level. The service delivered by Blumer-Lehmann AG included planning, producing and implementing the timber construction as well as coordinating other individual works such as the windows and facade.

The warehouse and infrastructure area are located on the ground floor. A striking feature here is the building’s open space three-hinged frame with its overhanging facade and sloped gable roof. Large-scale panels of Douglas fir were used for the building’s longitudinal facades and are visible from inside the warehouse. OSB panels were used to clad the walls and ceilings in the offices, meeting rooms and staff lounge.

Portrait Lukas Osterwalder Division Manager Modular Construction Blumer Lehmann

Lukas Osterwalder

Division Manager Timber and Modular Construction | DE | AT | LU
Member of the Executive Board

+41 71 388 58 20
lukas.osterwalder@blumer-lehmann.com
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Project details

Client:
Hortima AG
Architecture:
Fischer Architekten AG
Project type:
Commercial and industrial
Construction type:
Wood element construction
Services:
Timber construction
Construction:
2020
Locality:
Hausen
Country:
Switzerland

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The windows and shading systems at the rear of the Hortima warehouse blend harmoniously into the façade.

The vertically laid wooden façade panels offer protection from wind and rain.

Personnel entrance to the Hortima warehouse with window above in the wooden façade.

The new construction of the industrial hall essentially consists of three building materials: concrete, wood, metal.

Column-free warehouse in lightweight construction as a timber structure

The new building in timber construction fulfils the two central requirements: column-free warehouse and the possibility of placing high-bay racks over the entire storage area.

The new Hortima warehouse with wooden façade and car park

The new building in timber construction adapts to the commercial buildings of the surroundings.

Interior of the industrial hall with interior finishing in wood and concrete floor

The interior of the warehouse also consists of timber left as raw as possible.

The large-area wooden facade panels of the warehouse in detail view.

The façade made of wooden panels provides natural ventilation of the warehouse.

Stülpschalung der Holzfassade in Detailansicht

The wooden façade with conventional cladding corresponds to the traditional construction in the area.