Airship hangar
in Mülheim
The 26-metre-high Mülheim airship hangar was built primarily from circular raw materials. The new airship hangar in Mülheim was designed to replace the previous airship hangar. With a gross floor area of more than 3,400 m², it offers space for 1,500 persons.
Airship hangar
at a glance
Half-timbered arches
in the airship hangar
The 26 metre high hall was realised with trussed arches made of BSH with a span of 42 metres. The knots are held together by wooden dowels, so no steel is used here either. The roof shell consists of X-LAM panels, encased in an aluminium façade.
The gates are spectacular custom-made products. Each gate wing has an area of 400 m² and a dead weight of 72 tonnes. These are moved by four electric motors with 80 hp engine power.
The gates are spectacular custom-made products. Each gate wing has an area of 400 m² and a dead weight of 72 tonnes. These are moved by four electric motors with 80 hp engine power.
| Building project | Airship hangar Mülheim |
|---|---|
| Construction | Truss arches made of glulam |
| Construction time | 2022 |
| Gross floor area | 3.400 m2 |
| Volume of the wooden components | 1.560 m³ |
| Stored CO2 | 1.189 tCO2 |
| Avoided CO2 in the construction | 1.427 tCO2 |
| Regrowth speed in german forests | 47 minutes |
| Building owner | Westdeutsche Luftwerbung – Theodor Wüllenkemper GmbH Co & KG, Mülheim an der Ruhr, www.wdl-gruppe.de |
| Project management | IB Römling, Essen, www.ibroemling.de |
| Architecture (implementation planning and construction management) | Gronau plan GbR, Wegberg, www.gronau-bau.de |
| Architecture (design and approval planning) | Symk Fischer Architekten GbR, Mülheim an der Ruhr, www.s-f-architekten.de |
| Structural engineering | Ripkens Wiesenkämper Beratende Ingenieure, www.rw-ingenieure.de |
| Werkplanung, Abbund und Montage | DERIX-Group |
Circular
from start to finish
Great importance was attached to circularity in the realisation of the airship hall. The entire support structure is made of German wood, a renewable and recyclable raw material. The junctions were realised as timber connections. The old foundations, which were broken on site, were used as the substructure for the hall floor. The hall floor itself consists of used large-format concrete slabs.
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