Dec 14, 2009
Hilti plant | ATP Architects and Engineers
Photos © Thomas Jantscher
The design by ATP Architects and Engineers for a production and logistics building for Hilti has proven to be a great success. Alongside the recognition given to the project under the auspices of the Energy Globe Award Vorarlberg it has now been warmly praised in the context of the European Architecture Prize 2009 Energy + Architecture which means that the building has now received two awards in the field of sustainable building in the short time since its opening in october 2009.
Photos © Thomas Jantscher
The enlargement of the Hilti plant in Thüringen, a production facility for components for high quality drilling and fixing equipment was completed in summer 2009. With around 18,000 square metres of floor space, the new building contains production and logistics areas and a fully automated palette and container store as well as peripherally organised support areas and offices.
Photos © Thomas Jantscher
Right at the start of design work Hilti made clear its requirement that the building had to be built in line with the requirements for sustainable buildings as set out in the company’s internal guidelines for new and refurbished buildings. “Together with Hilti a catalogue of requirements was drawn up”, explained ATP project leader and architect Matthias Wehrle. “We wanted to limit our impact on both the environment and our neighbours. Hence we chose only building materials which could clearly demonstrate their recyclability.” In addition to this, the use of fossil and electrical energy was minimised and the replacement of these with renewable energy promoted. The key was to minimise reliance on any form of additional energy for heating and cooling. “A basic principle of the design is the secondary use of energy already required for the production process”, explained Wehrle. “In winter, heat is generated from both extract air from the production process and an airborne/geothermal heat exchanger and in summer groundwater is used for cooling”. The result is an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of around 213,000 kg and annual energy savings in the region of 350,000 kWh. As a result of the extreme suitability of concrete as a thermally active building element conventional energy generating systems are simply not required in the assembly and production areas. The social sustainability of the project is seen in the creation of both internal and external communal spaces. Light surfaces, optimum daylight and an extremely comfortable internal envi- ronment create a very pleasant working environment.
Photos © Thomas Jantscher
Project Information:
Client: Hilti AG
Address: Werkstrasse 16, A-6712 Thüringen
Architecture and Integrated Design:
ATP Architects and Engineers, Innsbruck,
Heiliggeiststr. 16, A-6010 Innsbruck
Construction start: 04/2008
Completion: 06/2009
Opening: 27. 10. 2009
Gross Built Volume: 182,000m3
Gross Built Area: 18,600m2
ATP Project Team:
Process-leading Architect: Matthias Wehrle
Architecture: Bernd Eck, Hermann Etzelstorfer, Viktoria Rofner, Caroline Steixner
Structural Engineering: Martin Abentung, Telat Demir, Alois Salzburger
Mechanical Engineering: Johann Knoll, Doris Nötzoldt, Andreas Riedmann
Electrical Engineering: Wolfgang Göbl, Christian Auer, Michael Schwab
Tender Process and Documentation: Hannes Fritsche, Christian Küffler
Site Supervision: Peter Klein, Eric Brandner, Christian Schwarz
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