Nauen

EDEKA Supermarket

Germany

In Nauen, in the state of Brandenburg, EDEKA has built a supermarket of the future that shows the way for CO2 -saving construction and operation of this essential local supply infrastructure. Ulf-U. Plath, managing director of EDEKA Minden-Hannover, emphasizes the company’s commitment to lived sustainability.

The building designed by ZRS Architekten Ingenieure is an impressive demonstration of wooden construction and the determined use of materials with a low CO2 signature. Solar carports on the parking lot and a solar power plant on the roof of the market ensure that the energy supply is also sustainable.

The building is a classic structural shed about 85 m long, 50 m wide and 8.5 m high, with a gross floor area of almost 5,000 m². The walls are built as wooden frameworks with wood-fibre insulation. The primary roof supports are trusses made of beech laminated veneer timber, which cross the width of the building in three spans of 16.44 m each, supported at the walls and on two intermediate posts. The secondary roof structure is formed by Kielsteg elements with an element height of 48.5 cm, laid from one truss to the next: the trusses are at different heights, so that the Kielsteg roof sections have a pitch of 10°, with an effective horizontal span of 12.7 m each. The resulting roof is a series of clean uninterrupted planes forming a visually important part of the whole.

Outside and inside, wood is the dominant visible material. The composition of wooden surfaces of the building envelope and the interior is impressive, not in any way tedious. The utilities are surface-mounted for practical reasons, which also suits the no-nonsense aesthetic. Thanks to new technologies and sustainable materials, the EDEKA Future Market shows how ecological business can succeed.

Copy right_Thomas Meinicke/EDEKA Minden-Hannover, bloomimages GmbH, ZRS Architekten Ingenieure

Flexibility

the roof construction creates the conditions for variable room structures. 

Perception

The visible underside of the Kielsteg roof is a significant element in the interior design.

Practice

We have had good experiences with KIELSTEG in the planning process.