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International crane information centre
New building devoted to protection of the birds in northern Germany
The Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain, a string of lagoons near Stralsund on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, is an important stopover site for migrating cranes. A new information centre is being built here, of wooden construction, which will house, among other things, a contemporary multimedia exhibition, an experience room, and meeting and seminar rooms. The topics covered in the building, which will be open to the public, include climate protection and biodiversity, and the main objective is to enhance protection of the birds.
Inros Lackner has been commissioned with the structural design of the building on behalf of Kranichschutz Deutschland GmbH (Crane Conservation Germany). The construction of the new building, a well insulated timber structure with self-protective larch wood cladding, will be resource-conserving and ecologically friendly. The opening is scheduled for 2023. The buildung is planned as a timber-frame construction, of which the flat roof will be largely covered with plants. In the exhibition area, the main girder rests on wooden columns and the walls serve to transfer vertical and horizontal loads. The structure has strip foundations beneath the walls and individual pad foundations beneath the exhibition space’s columns.
Source: www.kraniche.de
Photos: Dr. Günter Nowald