[Translate to Englisch:] University Of Birmingham Teaching Building

Birmingham (GB)

University of Birmingham Teaching Building

The new lecture building on the campus of the University of Birmingham entered service in 2020. The lecture theatre with a spectacular, diamond-shaped, timber roof construction is the centrepiece of the building.

WIEHAG is responsible for the -bearing system of the impressive university building. Engineering expertise, flexibility and attention to detail were required for the implementation of the project.

Task

A sustainable university building with architectural highlights

The new building at the University of Birmingham contains various lecture halls, seminar rooms and a café. It is freely accessible to all students, staff and lecturers. The heart of this building is the lecture hall, which has a hexagonal floor plan and a special roof construction in timber and cross-laminated timber. The top priority was to develop the details in such a way that all connections were hidden and only the timber surface remained visible.

Implementation

WIEHAG demonstrates engineering expertise

The large timber parallel beams are attached to steel girders by means of a special rod dowel connection at the support. The specially developed steel part allows the bearing forces from the roof structure to be transmitted to the on-site steel girders without torsion. The diagonal bars are mounted between the large girders and fixed with screws. The cross laminated timber panel mounted above this stiffens the entire roof structure. The roof construction took 12 weeks to assemble.