New Innovation Centre for the University of Padua
Faculty of Engineering based at the Padua trade fair
Location:
Padua
Architecture:
Studio Settanta7, Turin
Dimensions:
cross laminated timber: 2,540 m³, glued laminated timber: 1,030 m³
The next generations of engineers will acquire their knowledge in a modern wooden building.
One focal point of the university’s concept was, among other things, spaces for collaborative learning and the promotion of exchange between students and teachers. The institution offers a total capacity for 3,000 students.
For its sustainable overall concept, the Innovation Hub is certified according to the #LEED protocol and achieves the energy class #nZEB (nearly zero-energy buildings).
We were responsible for the planning, prefabrication, transportation, and assembly of the wooden elements. Glulam beams, walls, and ceilings made of cross-laminated timber (CLT) now form the structure of the building. The CLT walls were partially executed with continuous elements over two floors: ground floor and first floor, as well as second floor and third floor. The walls of the first two floors consist of 220 mm thick 7-layer CLT panels, while the walls of the remaining two floors are made of 180 mm thick 7-layer CLT panels. The roof slab was made from prefabricated “cassette” panels, and the roof covering consists of two different 3-layer CLT panels. In total, we processed 2,540 m³ of CLT and 1,030 m³ of glulam.
Thanks to the high degree of prefabrication of the wooden building elements, we successfully completed the assembly of the four floors in just four months.
