The daycare center in Gescher with a large glass front and prefabricated timber construction elements from SWISS KRONO. (Picture credits: SWISS KRONO | Photo: Jan Meier)
The highest ecological standards, a healthy indoor climate and formaldehyde-free gluing are just some of the advantages of SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB. SWISS KRONO stands for wood-based materials that have developed innovative solutions for modern timber construction.
SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB is made predominantly from Märkische pine and stands for precision, sustainability and speed. Numerous successful examples show how prefabricated timber construction elements can be used.
The five-storey townhouse in Schwerin is located in a very cramped area in Puschkinstraße. The building site presented challenges that could not be solved with the planned sand-lime brick construction method. Due to the location, the road could not be closed for months, which is why the planned sand-lime brick construction method was not implemented. Added to this was the construction noise for the local residents, which did not meet with a very positive response. The timber construction method with SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB offered a solution. The elements were prefabricated within six weeks. The trucks were then loaded in the correct order. And then driven to the assembly site in the correct order. This saved time and storage space and the assembly was completed within two weeks. Thanks to the slim walls made possible by SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB, a living space of 40 square meters was gained.
A town house in a difficult location is not the only good example of the use of SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB. In Saarland, more precisely in the district town of Merzig, a development of 20 two-storey detached houses was built. Architect Joachim Schneider designed the single-family homes with well thought-out floor plans, plenty of natural light and open kitchens as well as atriums and roof terraces. The decisive factor for the choice of SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB was the individual customization of the house by the clients. With this construction method, almost all architectural wishes can be fulfilled. Added to this is the short construction time, which in this case was two days for the finishing time. Particularly noteworthy is the direct coating of the interior walls with plaster, paint, wallpaper or tiles, which eliminates the need for additional planking with plasterboard and saves time.
The daycare center in Gescher, North Rhine-Westphalia, offers plenty of space to play and discover. Consisting of four wooden boxes, an approximately six-metre-high intermediate wing in the middle of the boxes forms the connecting element. The roof of the entrance area cantilevers out three meters and provides shelter outdoors. The group rooms, which can be seen as adjoining wooden boxes, are set back from the entrance area. A special feature are the 18-meter-long box girder elements from SWISS KRONO. A short construction time was also adhered to here. The house was completed within eight months.
The houses designed by architect Tibor Bartholomä are located in Berlin-Zehlendorf. The single-family house ensemble with its dark wooden façade and special roof shape blends harmoniously into its surroundings. The houses were built in a very short time from large-format SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB prefabricated parts. The individual houses have numerous special features that were realized with MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB in a very short time. Roofs without ridge purlins, openings in the façade and certain wall cut-outs, but also the stairs were prefabricated with this system. The clear advantage of MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB for the architect and all those involved lies in the precise planning, which is carried out by the licensee 3B TEC MagnumBoard within one and a half weeks. This minimizes the potential for errors and assembly on site takes just three days.
SWISS KRONO MAGNUMBOARD ® OSB is available in three expansion stages. As a basic stage, it serves the timber construction company as a raw board for cutting and/or joinery. As an evolution, it is used by the carpentry business for further processing. These are wall elements with tongue and groove and assembly sleepers. The final stage is the premium stage, which is supplied as a completely individually prefabricated element.
