Publications

Selected Research Work of the ILEK

In the second part of the article “Lightweight construction with concrete”, the focus is on lightweight structural construction. Prof. Lucio Blandini and his colleagues discuss design and manufacturing approaches at the ILEK for the development of resource-efficient, sustainable concrete structures

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Resource Conservation Must be Controlled in a Binding Manner

When it comes to the consumption of global resources, the construction sector is at the top of the list. In a multi-page article, our sustainability experts Vanessa Propach and Stefanie Weidner address this problem in detail and call for the overdue introduction of a binding building resource passport

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Refurbishment, Reuse of Components and Gradient Concrete

Large quantities of greenhouse gases are released during the construction, operation and demolition of buildings. Especially when concrete is used as a building material.

In their article, Stefanie Weidner and Roland Bechmann show how these emissions can be reduced with the techniques and tools available today

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Gradient Concrete for the Construction of the Future

The building industry faces the challenge of adapting planning methods, material extraction, building material and component production as well as construction processes in such a way that the necessary reductions in CO₂ emissions, material consumption, etc. can be achieved

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Resource Efficiency through Digitalisation

In a brochure published by the VDI, our colleagues Agatha Braun, Dominga Garufi and Stefanie Weidner explain why the course for the most efficient use of natural resources is set at the very beginning of the planning process – and how the planning process can be optimised with the help of BIM

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How to Build for More Climate Protection

Our board member Roland Bechmann and Stefanie Weidner, office manager of Werner Sobek Copenhagen, answer these questions in Volume 1 “Sustainable Building with Concrete” of the current DBV issue

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Greenhouse Gas Budgets for the Building Industry - the Viennese Special Way

In a very descriptive article, our colleague Dr. Frederic Waimer, office manager of Werner Sobek Vienna, reports on the greenhouse gas budget and its consequences for the building industry. His focus here is on Austria and in particular the capital of our neighbouring country

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Resource Minimisation in the Urban Context

Although the resources that can be used by humanity are in fact limited, their consumption continues to increase every year. One of the main drivers of resource consumption is construction.

In a recent study published in Mauerwerk, single-family houses, multi-family houses and 20- and 40-storey high-rise residential buildings are analysed in terms of their resource consumption under certain parameters

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S-Bahn Crossing in the New Stuttgart Station

The S-Bahn crossing in Stuttgart’s new underground railway station spans a lower existing tunnel that runs at right angles to the new tracks. The bridge structure rests on bored pile walls, with chalice supports with shell roofs forming the upper end. Due to the enormous load-bearing capacity of the structure and its limited accessibility during operation, the planners had to introduce various technical innovations to make the project feasible.

A detailed documentation of this demanding project has now been published in the magazine “Bautechnik”

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Documentation on the World's First Adaptive High-Rise Building Now Available Online

D1244 is an experimental platform of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 1244. The 36.5 m high building is the first adaptive high-rise building in the world. Our company was responsible for the structural and general planning of this exciting project. The magazine “Bautechnik” has now published a detailed documentation of the project, in which our CEO Lucio Blandini and our company founder Werner Sobek were involved, among others

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Ribbon in the Green – The Rosenau Cycle Path Bridge in Fulda

The construction of a new bike path bridge in the Auenpark of the city of Fulda is the centerpiece of a new walking and biking concept. The bridge creates a direct connection between the surrounding districts and the city center of Fulda and bundles the Hessian long-distance cycle paths R1, R2 and R3. A wooden bridge built 25 years ago in the immediate vicinity can now be converted into a pedestrian-only bridge. This allows for better separation of traffic flows and increases traffic safety. The design envisioned a wide span, elegantly recessed ribbon that blends into the floodplain landscape with slight arches

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Phase 0: How Planners Can Reduce the CO₂ Emissions of Their Buildings from the Very Beginning

The CTBUH (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) is a global initiative dealing with all aspects of high-rise construction. In the latest issue of the CTBUH Journal, our colleagues Roland Bechmann and Stefanie Weidner published an article that is worth reading and which we make available for download here: “Reducing the Carbon Emissions of High-Rise Buildings Structures from the Very Beginning“

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Dreaming of Utopias

“Architecture has many forms, but it is always forward-looking” – says Prof. Werner Sobek in the current editorial of the Italian architecture magazine “The Plan”, issue 8. Under the title “Dare to dream of utopias”, he comments on the built environment of the future and the important role architects and engineers play in it

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The new Main Station Stuttgart

As part of the Stuttgart-Ulm railway project, the existing Stuttgart terminus station is being converted into an underground through station. The main design element of the new platform hall are the so-called goblet supports

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Active Hospital – Modernization Strategy for a Climate-Neutral Hospital Area

The “Waldkliniken” in Eisenberg, Thuringia, are the first hospital to aim to make their existing buildings and the planned new buildings climate-neutral in the near future through the addition of renewable energies and intelligent consumption control, thus meeting the Active House standard developed by Werner Sobek for an entire hospital site.

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