{"id":20457,"date":"2024-09-06T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=20457"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:17:16","slug":"big-progress-the-massive-timber-build-on-the-luxembourg-runway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/big-progress-the-massive-timber-build-on-the-luxembourg-runway\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG Progress! The Massive Timber Build on the Luxembourg Runway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of Europe’s largest hybrid timber buildings is progressing rapidly, with design giant Bjarke Ingels Group<\/a> (BIG) revealing that the Luxembourg Airport’s Skypark Business Centre (SBC) is almost fully enclosed and on track to open in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is according to Kai-Uwe Bergmann, a partner at BIG, which revealed that “one of Europe’s largest mass timber hybrid buildings (at 78,000 m2 under construction) will include office space, conference centre, retail as well as a Moxy Hotel servicing LUX Airport.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially revealed in 2018<\/a>, BIG collaborated with Metaform on the enormous project, which was beset with delays (due to the pandemic), which saw the original 2021\/22 construction timeline pushed out to late 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Skypark Business Centre will be a reference for environmentally friendly and sustainable buildings that help us align our economic and ecological goals,” said Ren\u00e9 Steinhaus, the airport’s former CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earlier this year, Swiss-based SIGA shared various images of the massive building under construction. (Photo Credit: SIGA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wood Central understands that the building consists of two long and slim volumes (17 metres in width) stacked and rotated 180 degrees: “The seven-storey structure is comprised of all wood in its upper structures, bridges and slabs and consists of two stacked zigzagging bars,” BIG said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 13,000 square metres of cross-laminated timber boards, supplied by Binder Holz, were used on the project, while Luxembourg-based Steffen Holzbau fabricated and installed the timber on-site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The project’s sheer size was impressive: the building is 365 m long, 52 m wide and 30 m tall,” according to Markus Maas, master carpenter and structural engineer for Steffen Holzbau, who spoke to Swiss-based SIGA about the project<\/a>. “We also had to erect four bridges 45 metres long, 12 metres high and 16 meters wide, measuring 18 metres high,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“An additional challenge was to weatherproof the timber structure for around three months,” Mr Maas said, adding that the damp surfaces were problematic because they could not be glued:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We had to dry the areas affected with a cloth before we could apply Wetguard to glue the screws into place. The roof’s surface was glued on-site, as preassembling the membrane in a factory would not make sense.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The timber construction of Skypark Business Center at Luxembourg Airport City is steadily progressing. The seven-storey business center is comprised of all wood in its upper structures, bridges and slabs and consists of two stacked zig-zagging bars. \ud83d\udcf8 Corentin Haubruge pic.twitter.com\/hA0hd1mbYE<\/a><\/p>— BIG (@BIG_Architects) July 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>