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Structure-ID: s0000835
Created on: 06/29/00
Modified on: 02/16/04


USM Factory

Built: 1962 - 1963
Location: Münsingen, Berne, Switzerland
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Structural Type:
Truss roof
Function / usage:
Factory building

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Architect Bruno Haller
  Fritz P. Haller

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RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner U. Schärer Söhne
Architecture Bruno und Fritz Haller
Structural engineering Emch+Berger AG

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DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
building structure  steel
Dimensions
  width ca. 43.20 m
  covered area 2490 m2
  length ca. 57.60 m
  clearance 6 m

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* Ackermann, Kurt   Tragwerke in der konstruktiven Architektur, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart (Germany) , ISBN 3421029474, 1988; pp. 207-231.

 
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