Precast cornices fastened to load-bearing thermal insulation elements
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
Figure: Schöck Bauteile
The precast cornices of the new Parkhotel building in Heilbronn, Germany, were fastened to load-bearing heat insulation elements for cantilevered components. No scaffolding was required for completing the building shell within an exceedingly short period. The complete version of this article appeared in the BetonBauteile Jahrbuch 2021 available from Bauverlag’s Profil bookstore.
Right in the heart of the city of Heilbronn, adjacent to the Stadtpark, a luxury 4-star plus hotel was built featuring an innovative concrete façade. The design developed by Berthold Architekten BDA, who also took responsibility for the detailed design stage, follows a sophisticated approach for continuing the development of the existing buildings forming part of the Harmonie City Hall with the Theodor Heuss Auditorium while citing the formal language of the 1960s.
The 10-story hotel building comprises 173 rooms; it rises in a central setback position from a single-story, fully glazed volume...
