For the construction of a new elementary school and high school building in Laupheim, Germany, the city of Laupheim organized an architectural competition, which was won by the Herrmann + Bosch Architekten studio from Stuttgart.

The German engineering office of Rohmer GmbH, a long-term customer of Dlubal Software, was in charge of the structural planning.

The reinforced concrete structure was entered as a 3D model in RFEM to take into account the spatial co‑action of the stiffening wall and floor surfaces. This way, the building's stability could be sufficiently ensured.

One of the special challenges of this project was that some of the stiffening shear walls could not be built to reach the foundation. In addition, due to the inappropriate soil, a pile foundation was required.

The reinforced concrete surfaces and members were additionally designed in the RF‑CONCRETE add‑on module.

Ingenieurbüro Rohmer GmbH, Laupheim, Germany
www.statics-rohmer.com

Entire model of the school building in RFEM (© Rohmer)