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New timber facade for the Coop Super Center

Uzwil, CH

Full bird’s-eye view of the Coop Super Center in Uzwil with pre-greyed timber facade.

Conversion with a new timber facade gives the shopping centre a fresh look

Built in 1999 with a floor space of around 2,600 m2, the four-storey Coop Super Center had reached an age where radical upgrading and modernisation was required. We were tasked with the planning, production and erection of the facade. This also involved constructing a new substructure as well as insulating and cladding the facade.

In addition to a new shop concept and restaurant, the renovation also included upgrading the building shell and its projecting roof. Given the deep commitment to sustainability on the part of Coop as the client, the building was certified to Minergie standard and given a timber facade. The new facade cladding in pre-greyed Douglas fir was installed vertically and gives the Coop shopping centre a fresh, modern appearance. The 3,500 m2 of timber were already preassembled by us into finished facade elements as part of the production process, which enabled implementation on the construction site to run smoothly. This allowed the shopping centre to remain open throughout the entire conversion phase and the four stages of renovation work. 

Portrait Markus Rutz Division Manager Timber Construction Excellence Blumer Lehmann

Markus Rutz

Division Manager Timber and Modular Construction | CH
Member of the Executive Board

+41 71 388 58 40
markus.rutz@blumer-lehmann.com
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Project details

Client:
Coop Direktion Immobilien, Gossau
Architecture:
Flur Architekten AG
Project type:
Commercial and industrial
Construction type:
Wood element construction
Services:
Timber construction
Construction:
2020
Locality:
Uzwil
Country:
Switzerland
Main entrance of the Coop Super Center in Uzwil with pre-greyed timber facade, forecourt and surrounding area.

The modern look of the shopping centre with its new timber facade has a friendly and welcoming feel.

Close-up of the simple pre-greyed timber facade on the Coop Super Center in Uzwil.

A total of 3,500 m2 of Douglas fir was processed at our factory.

Escalators and shops in the entrance area at the Coop Super Center in Uzwil with light wood flooring.

The entire infrastructure of the Coop Super Center in Uzwil – both inside and out – was renovated.

Side view of the renovated Coop Super Center in Uzwil with pre-greyed timber facade.

ull new cladding: replacing the building shell was part of the renovation process. The Coop Super Center was given a facade made from Swiss Douglas fir wood.

Coop Super Center in Uzwil from the side; with pre-greyed timber facade and projecting roof over the restaurant terrace.

Also included in the modernisation concept, the Coop restaurant was given a covered terrace.

Side view of the Coop Super Center in Uzwil with pre-greyed timber facade and planting.

The timber facade made with pre-greyed Douglas fir is part of the overall renovation concept to Minergie standard.

Entrance area in the Coop Super Center with light wood flooring and sales area with flowers.

The renovation was completed in four stages to allow the shopping centre, with a Coop and other shops, to stay open during the reconstruction.