In Vienna, in the neighborhood of Seestadt Aspern, the construction of the tallest wooden tower in the world, the HoHo Tower, has begun, which will have 24 floors and will measure an enviable height of 84 meters. It will be completed in autumn 2018.
The tallest wooden tower block in the world will stand in a Viennese neighborhood Seestadt Aspern, which is one of the largest urban development areas in Europe. A neighborhood that extends to 240 hectares of land, is designed according to high ecological standards.
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For the tallest wooden high-rise in the world HoHo Tower, in which they will be offices, the hotel, restaurant and wellness, allocated 65 million euros of funds, which three quarters the entire building will be made of wood (except for the concrete structure in the middle and the elevator). They will be in these ways, according to the architects' predictions saved 2,800 tons of carbon dioxide emissions compared to a high-rise building made of concrete. This is as much as if you drove a car 40 kilometers every day for the next 1,300 years. The biggest challenges in building such a tall wooden building are, above all statics, fire protection and higher costs from conventional concrete construction.
Gallery - the world's tallest wooden high-rise in Vienna
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