Sustainable industrial hall at Embraport

Construction of the new production building for Kyburz Switzerland AG began in August 2023. The two-storey building has a gross floor area of 13,522 m² and consolidates the company’s previous three locations. It includes logistics and storage areas, a workshop, technical rooms, a showroom, a museum, production and development spaces, a receiving and dispatch area, a recycling zone, meeting rooms, offices, training rooms, research labs, a gallery, a terrace, and a test track for small electric vehicles. The heart of the building is the production hall, surrounded by offices and workshops. All rooms, including the offices, are accessible via ramps, allowing access by Kyburz electric vehicles or bicycles.

Staged timber erection
Our project team carried out the timber structure erection in stages. This allowed seamless coordination of on-site construction with the element production in Blumer Lehmann’s workshop. It also enabled efficient use of the limited installation areas on site. The hall meets Minergie-ECO and SNBS Gold standards for sustainable building. From a bird’s-eye view, the building resembles a crocodile. It connects the Embraport logistics area with the residential zone along Stationsstrasse and simultaneously acts as a noise barrier.

Facade design
The open façade is clad with 24 x 240 mm spruce boards. The N2-grade boards were processed raw-sawn with gang saw cuts in our sawmill, pressure-treated in dark brown, and visibly fixed with a 10 mm gap between each board.