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Multifunction lightweight monolith in Switzerland

This new multifunction hall is the heart of the sports complex in the Swiss municipality of Oensingen. It consists of a cuboidal building of around 17,500 m³, which extends to a depth of up to 3.5 m below the ground. The walls below ground are made of normal-weight concrete and are provided with exterior insulation; the floor was implemented as a steel girder construction. The remaining part of the building was executed in light-colored architectural ­Liapor lightweight concrete which, in Swiss-German linguistic usage, is also known as insulation concrete or insulated concrete.

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