fischer heavy-duty anchors give power plant a new face

The new hotspot houses a 5-storey store of the furniture company Kare in the base of the building. The tower also houses several agencies and loft offices for advertising, fashion and development. On a total area of almost 10,000 m², the furniture company presents modern living environments. There is also a restaurant, a roof terrace and an underground garage. Art exhibitions, seminars and events are also held on the premises. During the renovation and refurbishment of the industrial monument, the owner “Kerscher Immobilien Holding GmbH” and the Munich-based architectural firm “Stenger2 Architekten und Partner” placed great importance on preserving its industrial charm.

Kare furniture house also designed its interiors according to this principle. For this purpose, it left numerous “heritage pieces” such as old ceramic insulators, thick cables, load cranes and gratings, where outdoor air was previously sucked in for cooling. The furniture house skilfully combined the memory of the times of the power plant in operation with modernisation measures and the exhibited interior and design trends.

Ownership:

Kerscher Holding Immobilien GmbH, Gräfelfing

Architect/planner:

Stenger2 Architects and Partners, Munich

Structural planning:

Hans-Jürgen Aster, Engineering Office for Statics, Munich

Executing company Facade:

Dach + Wandsysteme Montage GmbH, Lichtenau, Germany

Test statics:

Suess-Staller-Schmitt Ingenieure GmbH, Gräfelfing, Germany

UK facade:

Systea Pohl GmbH, Henstedt-Ulzburg, Germany

Industrial chic and modernity at the same time also describe the new facade with stretch metal panels that shimmer in copper. The large-format panels were attached to the “Alkapo” substructure of the profile system expert Systea. This construction was securely and firmly attached to the existing brickwork using Fischer heavy-duty anchors. “Numerous tensile tests were necessary on the construction site to bridge the plasterwork and due to the unknown masonry – also during construction,” recalls Michael Stuis, a technical sales representative at fischer. The engineer was instrumental in accompanying the facade installation. “This fast and comprehensive service as well as the good price-performance ratio, including approvals and regulation of plaster bridging, were also what convinced the client of the fischer solutions,” adds Stuis.

At a total of 5,000 fastening points, the facade builders fixed the substructure to the brickwork with fish heavy-duty anchors. This was the high-performance mortar FIS V 300 T with numerous system approvals for cracked concrete, masonry and many other applications. When the 2K injection mortar is pressed out, the separately stored components resin and hardener mix in the static mixer.

This simultaneously activates the operating principle: Quick cure after injection for secure hold and fast construction progress. The FIS H K anchor sleeves in sizes 16 x 130 K and the FIS An anchor rods in A4 and size M 10 x 150 were used as accessories that were optimally matched to the FIS V and the application. The advantages of the FIS H K lie in the additional safety on unknown construction surfaces. Thanks to the sieve sleeve, the mortar stays in the intended place in the building material.

For the installation, the facade builders placed the FIS H K in the drill hole and filled it from the ground with the FIS V. When setting the FIS An anchor rods, the mortar was then pressed through the lattice structure of the sleeve and optimally adapted to the anchoring ground. This means that the load on the facade structure is now reliably absorbed via positive locking. This adds an architectural highlight to Drygalski-Allee. The architecture skilfully combines a graceful exterior effect with ensuring the safety of pedestrians and traffic as well as the environmentally friendly construction of the curtained rear-ventilated facade.

fischer heavy-duty anchors give power plant a new face

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