Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) Architects has been tasked with designing the world’s tallest residential timber building. The project, with the working title Rocket&Tigerli, revives an industrial neighborhood outside Zürich, Switzerland and creates a lively local environment through buildings with unparalleled natural light conditions.

This project marks a new era for wood construction, a newly-developed technology that is crucial for the 100-meter-tall tower. Swiss Construction and real estate service provider Implenia have collaborated with the Technical University of Zurichand and Swiss engineers WaltGalmarini to innovate a system that replaces concrete elements in bearing structures with wood. This results in weight reduction and more efficient energy use.

The architecture of Rocket&Tigerli will celebrate this new construction system, where elements of the bearing structure are visible to the users, to make them feel like a part of the structure itself. The project is exceptional in its tactile approach. Deep reds and yellows are implemented in the façade to reflect the historical surroundings. Previous industrial fixtures of the area such as railroads, workshops and factories will remain intact as a framework around this truly unique building.

The mixed-use development will encompass private and student housing, restaurants, retail, a hotel, spa facilities and a sky-bar. This wide array of functions will bring renewed pedestrian life to the buildings and its surrounding green spaces, establishing the wooden tower as a world-class landmark. The project has been done in collaboration with local architects Cometti Truffer Hodel Architects for Ina Invest and Implenia.”

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Schmidt Hammer Lassen (SHL) Architects has been tasked with designing the world’s tallest residential timber building. The project, with the working title Rocket&Tigerli, revives an industrial neighborhood outside Zürich, Switzerland and creates a lively local environment through buildings with unparalleled natural light conditions.

This project marks a new era for wood construction, a newly-developed technology that is crucial for the 100-meter-tall tower. Swiss Construction and real estate service provider Implenia have collaborated with the Technical University of Zurichand and Swiss engineers WaltGalmarini to innovate a system that replaces concrete elements in bearing structures with wood. This results in weight reduction and more efficient energy use.

The architecture of Rocket&Tigerli will celebrate this new construction system, where elements of the bearing structure are visible to the users, to make them feel like a part of the structure itself. The project is exceptional in its tactile approach. Deep reds and yellows are implemented in the façade to reflect the historical surroundings. Previous industrial fixtures of the area such as railroads, workshops and factories will remain intact as a framework around this truly unique building.

The mixed-use development will encompass private and student housing, restaurants, retail, a hotel, spa facilities and a sky-bar. This wide array of functions will bring renewed pedestrian life to the buildings and its surrounding green spaces, establishing the wooden tower as a world-class landmark. The project has been done in collaboration with local architects Cometti Truffer Hodel Architects for Ina Invest and Implenia.”

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Test Tower Rottweil is an Elevator Innovation Center standing at 246 meters ( 807 ft) that was completed in 2017 for the purpose of testing the technology of the future. Owned by T K Elevator who has an elevator research campus in close proximity, the tower was built to test the company’s MULTI elevator system, which uses magnets instead of cables. Three out of the twelve shafts within the tower are dedicated to this innovative technology. With the MULTI elevator system, several elevator cars can move at the same time: whereby the transport capacity can be increased by up to 50 percent and the space requirements in buildings can be significantly reduced. With a diameter of 21 meters, engineers can test elevators in the tower at speeds of up to 18 m/s. Test Tower Rottweil – referred in media also as Tower of Light or Twisting Tower – has become an icon for the small town of Rottweil and tourists who visit can go up to Germany’s highest observation deck at the top.

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