Old Twine Factory

F. M. Hämmerle Holding´s twine factory was built in the 1950s on the Steinebach premises in Dornbirn, where the two-story solid building was most recently used as a warehouse by neighboring companies. Since the storage space offered here no longer met current demand, the addition of a full floor was necessary.

The addition was carried out as wood beam construction, which is topped off by a flat roof. Since the existing structure was not designed to handle these additional loads, parts of the existing foundations and supports had to be reinforced. Semi-transparent polycarbonate panels were chosen to constitute the skin of the added floor. As a result of the structural intervention, the Old Twine Factory now consists of more than 10,000 sqft of additional storage space.

Location
Dornbirn, Vorarlberg
Finished
2016