LISI | Put a Roof on it
2013/04/27 | newsletter, photogalleries,

Last week, we officially reached the highest point of LISI. Well, that’s if you do not consider the photovoltaic elements. In other words, we placed the roof modules on the cores. For the first time, we were able to walk ‘inside’ LISI and get a real feel for the dimensions and proportions. Topping out, or “Richtfest” as we Austrians call it, is celebrated when the core building structure is completed. Tradition has it, that a coniferous tree, decorated with ribbons from the construction site, is placed on the roof. Obviously, Team LISI took that tradition very serious.



Close-Up of a helmet lying on top of technical drawingshttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/01_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Macro picture of a piece of wood being cut by a circular sawhttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/02_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Thomas cutting wood with a jigsawhttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/03_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Finished roof frames are being filled with insulationhttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/04_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Thomas being satisfied with his work. He's smiling at the roof modulehttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/05_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Lots of roof and floor modules are being transferred from hall one to hall twohttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/06_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Sebastian stabilizing a beam being lifted by a cranehttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/07_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Roof modules are being lifted from a truck using a hall cranehttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/08_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

A close-up photo of the hall crane with a planket reading 'max 10 tonnes'.https://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/09_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Johannes holding a roof module. What a strong guy.https://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/10_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

The controls of the cranehttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/11_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Sigrid standing on the roof, smiling down on the decathletes belowhttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/12_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

The team is finished and poses for the camerahttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/13_roof-358x240.jpg 358w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Johannes holding up a small model of the house. In the background, the real househttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/14_roof-359x240.jpg 359w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Lifting a tree onto the roof for a topping-out ceremonyhttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/15_roof-359x240.jpg 359w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

Three decathletes posing for the camera holding up a LISI logo. All are smilinghttps://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/16_roof-160x240.jpg 160w, https://www.solardecathlon.at/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/16_roof-666x1000.jpg 666w" sizes="(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px" />

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