Roof Construction, Baader Bank

Location

Unterschleißheim, Germany

Architect

Architekturbüro Baader
Gräfelfing, Germany

Data

Overall Project Time:
October – December 2011

Execution Period:
8 Months

Scope of work

• 37 m x 14 m steel and glass roof structure .
• Divided into a fixed area of 15.5 m x 22.5 m and an opening area of 15.5 m x 15.5 m) featuring square glass fields in a 1.50 m x 1.50 m grid pattern with primary hollow girders and secondary girders as T-profiles.

Innovations / Challenges

• The construction is divided into fixed and moveable glass roofs, the latter consisting of two halves each operated by an electric drive system.
• On opening, the two halves run over the steel substructure and the lateral fixed roof areas.
• The sliding roof frame structure is provided with rollers.
• The roof structure loads are absorbed by sharp-edged rectangular profile rafters welded together to form girders.