By the day the 2014 State Garden Show began, the structure of a building with a spectacular facade had been completed in the German town of Schwäbisch Gmünd. The project of the local association for noble metals is supposed to emphasize the reputation of the "gold and silver" town.

The house is intended to be used as a place for presentations and events which are associated with matters of gold and silver, as well as design.

ISIN Architekten, award winner of a competition procedure, was commissioned with the design. The German engineering office Klöckner carried out the structural calculation of the facade's supporting structure using RSTAB. They used RFEM for the facade cassettes. In the course of a wind report from IFI GmbH in Aachen, Germany, the wind loads to be applied were determined on a model in the wind tunnel.

Structural Analysis for Facade Structure
Ingenieurbüro Klöckner GmbH, Nistertal, Germany

3D model (© Klöckner GmbH)