Pfaffenthal - 07.030
Program
Complete structural and civil engineering study of a redevelopment project in Pfaffenthal N° 4, including a rainwater retention system.
Concept
The project comprises several buildings on the same site, as part of a wider redevelopment of the Pfaffenthal district in Luxemburg-City.
Redevelopment N° 4 includes the renovation of a school and the construction of the new buidling for the MECO (Mouvement Ecologique luxembourgeois), social housing units, private houses and an underground parking. The project also includes the construction of a new public square at ground level.
The MECO building is made of a wood structure and is designed as a passive building. The other constructions use traditional materials (concrete, masonry) as well as insulating masonry as a structural element. The social housing units are designed as slow energy building.
Specific features
Low energy building for social housing. Passive building for the MECO.
The MECO is built in wood and the building materials are selected according to strict ecologial criteria. For example no glue is used for the wooden facade elements and the prefabricated wooden slabs were chosen according to their glue content. The multiple transfer of forces, notably due to considerable cantilevers, are managed through a steel structure integrated in the wooden structure.
Rainwater collection before discharge in the Alzette river.
