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Structural Planning

The Museum of Industry Chemnitz is complemented by the new building of a garage- and depot-building in the 2nd stage of construction. In that way, widespread storage- and garage-areas in the city of Chemnitz are bundled.

The building will be erected on the plots of 1887 and 1887a, district Chemnitz.Owner of the properties is the city of Chemnitz, occupant is the Museum of Industry itself. The single-storey hall complex hasthe following dimensions: 48.72m x 55.10m, height 9.20m. It runs along the north side parallel to the Zwickauer Strasse and the west side is bounded by the Alfredstrasse. The east side accompanies the 1st stage of construction of the Museum of Industry; the south side accompanies the circulation area / development of the site of the Museum. Due to usage of a hillside situation towards Zwickauer Strasse, the hall is partly developed two-storey.

For the new workshop and depot-buildings there are no restrictions on part of the monument protection. Due to the encountered ground conditions, subsoil replacement took place. The constructions foundation was made by means of strip foundation and foundation bars under the external walls and steel columns as well as a supporting base plate. Within the range of the reinforced concrete columns in the basement, additional single foundations were planned. The upper edge of the excavation is approximately +1.40m. Up to this level building ground replacement took place. For safety and building physics the internal (rear) cladding-bowl was developed massif. For the execution horizontally shifted aerated concrete wall slabs (length 6.00m, height 62.5 respectively 75cm) were used. From the system dimension of the aerated concrete wall slabs the parapet- and opening dimensions were derived. The roof membrane is formed by a carrying bowl from trapezoidal steel section and a roof waterproofing from bitumen courses (upper layer topped with schist) on downward gradient insulation. In the range of the axles 2 - 4 and D - F a latticework is carrying a grid for house-technical installations on the roof area. The workshop and depot building is planned as a steel frame construction in the raster of 6.00m x 6.00m. This steel construction was established on a supporting base plate. The reinforcement was made by means of wind bracing in the cladding and by the roof-shell from trapezoidal profile. The ceiling over the basement was implemented as local concrete cover. The reinforced concrete ceiling over the workshops was set up as a pre-cast ceiling on a supporting lime-sand masonry. The external walls of the basement are implemented as reinforced concrete walls.On the slope-side a sealing of these walls took place according to DIN 18095-T5 against oppressive water (slope seeping water). The cladding consists of a construction of non-bearing trapezoidal steel sections. The internal bowl of the cladding was formed of horizontally shifted aerated concrete wall slabs. These aerated concrete wall slabs were implemented reinforced for safety-relevant reasons up to a height of 2 m over the upper edge. The external walls were not planned as bearing and/or reinforced elements. Onto the internal bowl over a sub-construction the trapezoidal profiles of the cladding were installed. The internal bowl must forward the loads of the cladding into the truss. The connection of the brickwork to the carrying construction takes place by means of armature irons.