DE20301849U1 - Facade construction, comprises panels held inside retainer elements pivotally connected to vertical supports - Google Patents

Abstract

Facade panels (20) preferably made from glass are mounted in a support structure comprising essentially vertical load-bearing supports (11) and retainer elements (10a, 10b) joined to the supports. The panels are held inside the retainer elements, which are pivotally connected to the supports. An independent claim is also included for the retainer element, which holds and is pivotally connected to a free end of an essentially rod or cable-like support, and which includes a retaining section for a facade panel.

Description

Facade structure and retaining element for use in such a

The invention relates to a facade structure formed from a plurality of essentially plate-shaped facade elements held in a supporting structure. The invention further relates to a holding element for use in such a structure.

In modern architecture, particularly in larger buildings, such as office complexes, external facades are often constructed from essentially plate-shaped facade elements held in a supporting structure. In addition to metal or natural stone panels, for example, glass pane elements are used here because of their contemporary appearance on the one hand and their advantageous properties in terms of light transmission but also a possible insulating effect on the other, from which facades are then partially or completely assembled. Such glass facades are also often used as secondary facades placed in front of a so-called primary facade of the building.

Due to the height of the building on the one hand and the entire facade area on the other, the supporting structure is of particular importance. It must not only bear the weight of the facade and hold it securely, but also absorb the forces acting on the facade area. In known facade structures, solid supporting structures are usually built for this purpose, to which the facade elements are attached. In the case of facade elements made of glass in particular, this solid supporting structure is visible through the transparent facade elements.

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and disrupts the impression of a "light" construction that would otherwise be achieved with a glass facade.

If the elements of the supporting structure are made smaller, i.e. narrower, the forces acting on the supporting structure due to the effects of force on the facade structure pose a danger to the facade, which the facade may no longer be able to cope with. In known facade structures, such forces and the resulting shear forces therefore form a system-inherent limit for the dimensioning of the supporting structure. The dangers for the facade structure become greater the larger the facade elements are. To reduce such forces, the facade elements could be made smaller and the supporting structure could be built more tightly, or the material thickness of the facade elements could be increased. However, this has the disadvantage that, on the one hand, erecting such a facade structure is more labor-intensive, and, on the other hand, a facade structure made of larger facade elements is desirable, especially for larger buildings, for aesthetic reasons. However, if the material thickness is increased, the dead weight is higher, which would have to be absorbed by a reinforced supporting structure.

Another disadvantage of known facade structures is that the facade elements themselves must be provided with devices for fastening to the supporting structure. For example, with glass facades it is common practice to drill holes in the individual glass elements at their edges through which retaining bolts or similar fastening devices can be passed to connect them to the supporting structure. However, with glass elements in particular, any post-processing, such as making fastening holes, is complicated and poses a risk for the facade element and for the cost calculation. Glass is a relatively brittle material, and making an opening by drilling, for example, is relatively laborious. In addition, such holes represent weak points in the finished glass element, which pose a risk of the glass element breaking.

Particularly in the case of glass elements or facade elements made of other, similarly brittle materials, the forces mentioned above in the facade create a risk of breakage. If the forces are transferred to such a brittle facade element by subjecting it to torsional forces, for example, there is also a risk of breakage.

Against this background, the object of the present invention is to provide a facade structure of the type mentioned at the outset, in which stresses occurring in the facade structure are minimized by structural means. In addition, a holding element for use in such a facade structure is to be specified, which also meets the aforementioned object.

To solve this problem, a facade structure is first specified which is formed from a plurality of essentially plate-shaped facade elements, in particular glass elements, held in a supporting structure, wherein the supporting structure has load-bearing supporting elements running essentially vertically along the facade and holding elements connected to the supporting elements, wherein the facade elements are mounted in the holding elements and the holding elements are articulated to the supporting elements.

The articulated connection between the retaining elements and the supporting elements compensates for tensions that occur in the facade structure by allowing movement within the facade structure at the joints formed between the supporting elements and the retaining elements. In other words, the facade structure "automatically" takes on a shape in which there is a minimum of tension, ideally no tension, in the facade structure. The supporting structure therefore only has to absorb reduced tension forces from the facade structure. The supporting structure, consisting of the supporting elements and the retaining elements, can therefore be made smaller overall, i.e. more delicate. This leads, for example, to a "lighter" visual impression when using glass elements as facade elements and thus to an improved aesthetic effect of the facade structure formed in this way. In addition,

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A facade structure according to the invention is also easier to erect because, unlike previously known facade structures, the requirements for the adjacent components of the primary building structure are considerably lower. The supporting structure normally requires enormous prestressing forces in order to be able to absorb possible loads without destructive deformations. Instead, the supporting structure according to the invention absorbs the loads acting on the facade due to the articulated connection of the holding elements with the supporting elements, avoiding dangerous deformations. The articulated connections between the supporting elements and the holding elements form polygonal lines in an essentially vertical direction, in which the holding elements form nodes between the individual polygon sections (the supporting elements). These polygonal lines are inherently movable in many ways due to the articulated connections.

In a preferred embodiment, the support elements are rod- or rope-shaped. Such rod- or rope-shaped support elements give a "light" visual impression, especially when glass elements are used, but with a suitable choice of material they can bear the weight of the facade elements. Of course, the support structure formed by the support and holding elements, to which the facade elements are to be attached, must be attached to a building, for example suspended.

According to a further development of the invention, the facade structure is characterized in that the support elements are connected to the holding elements in an articulated manner in such a way that they are movable relative to the holding elements at least in a substantially vertical plane running perpendicular to a facade plane. The facade plane is the plane in which the facade structure essentially lies. Individual facade elements can optionally run at an angle to the facade plane, provided that the main extension of the facade structure lies in the facade plane. The facade plane will usually also run essentially vertically. However, facade planes inclined to the vertical are also conceivable in principle. The articulated mobility at least in the plane mentioned means that even with such flexibility in the facade structure,

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Any tensions that occur can be largely compensated for by articulated movements between the holding elements and the supporting elements.

According to a further embodiment of the invention, the articulated connections are designed such that the support elements can be moved through an angle of between 2° and 10° relative to the holding elements articulated to them. In practice, such angles have proven to be sufficient in most cases to absorb any stresses that may occur in the facade structure. In principle, however, other angles of movement are also possible; depending on the respective application, they may even be preferable to the values given.

According to a further advantageous development of the invention, in a facade structure according to the invention, the facade elements are held in the area of their upper edge and lower edge in holding slots of the holding elements. Such a holder offers various advantages. Firstly, the facade elements no longer have to be provided with separate structures for attaching fastening means, for example, when using glass elements, it is no longer necessary to make openings in the glass elements compared to previously known facade structures, and secondly, the holding of the facade elements in slots offers a linear hold and thus an improved hold compared to a point-by-point hold using, for example, screw bolts passed through the facade element. The facade elements are simply inserted with at least a section of their upper or lower edge into a holding slot of the holding element and are held in this way. The holding element, in which the facade element sits with its lower edge in a holding slot, takes on the weight of the facade element and transfers it to the support elements connected to it. The retaining element, which surrounds the upper edge of a facade element with a retaining slot, only fulfils a position-fixing function and absorbs any tension forces that may occur at this upper edge and compensates for them by means of articulated movement relative to the supporting elements. Retaining slots also offer an advantage when erecting a facade structure according to the invention. Without the need for further fastening means, the

Facade elements can simply be inserted into the retaining slots. This makes the work easier.

In a further advantageous development of the invention, the facade structure is characterized in that the facade elements are arranged at an angle to the essentially vertical facade plane and overlap one another in such a way that an upper edge of a lower facade element is overlapped by the lower edge of a facade element arranged above it. Such a structure is particularly advantageous when using the facade structure according to the invention as a secondary facade in front of a primary facade, with at least some of the holding elements being fixed to the primary building structure. Slots can thus be formed between the "scaled" facade elements, which can either be open or closed by horizontal intermediate elements. In an open design, the slots can be included as ventilation slots in a system for air conditioning the building. If movable intermediate elements are arranged that allow the slots to be opened or closed, the air supply to a room between a primary and secondary facade can even be controlled in this way, which in turn can be used for air conditioning the building.

When using the said facade structure as a secondary facade in front of the primary facade of a building, according to a further development of the invention it is preferred that at least some of the retaining elements of the facades are fixed to the primary building structure. By fixing at least some of the retaining elements to the building structure, forces acting on the supporting structure are introduced into the primary building structure at several points, so that the supporting structure of the facade structure is relieved and can therefore be designed more delicately.

According to a further development of the invention, it is preferred that the retaining elements fixed to the building construction are hingedly fixed to the primary building construction in such a way that the connection allows movement of the retaining elements relative to the building construction at least in a direction perpendicular to the facade plane of the secondary facade, in the

essentially vertical plane. An articulated fixing of the support elements in the manner described above provides even greater movement in the supporting structure, as this is not restricted by rigidly arranged support elements in the room. The support elements attached to the primary building structure can also tilt due to the articulated arrangement and thus follow a change in shape of the facade structure caused by tension forces and pass this on to neighboring support elements or support elements.

According to a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the facade structure is characterized in that two facade elements arranged in a substantially horizontal row are adjacent to one another on a holding element, preferably leaving a butt joint, with facade elements from the two rows lying one above the other also being adjacent to one another on holding elements arranged between two such horizontal rows of facade elements, preferably also leaving a butt joint. In other words, rectangular or square facade elements are held at their corners by the holding elements. A maximum of four facade elements meet at the holding elements, each facade element is held by four holding elements. In such an arrangement, the support elements are located in an area in which the facade elements are adjacent to one another, so that, for example, when glass elements are used as facade elements in the middle area of the glass elements, visibility is not impaired by the support elements.

In a further aspect of the invention, the above-mentioned object is achieved by a holding element for use in a facade structure described above with a joint bearing section for receiving and articulatedly supporting a free end of a substantially rod- or rope-shaped support element and a holding section for receiving a facade element to be held with the holding element.

The joint bearing section, on which the free end of a substantially rod- or rope-shaped support element can be articulated, enables an articulated movement of the support element relative to the holding element and leads to

a facade structure constructed with such a holding element has the advantages described above. The support element can be fixed with its free end in the joint bearing section during manufacture of the support element so that the parts mentioned are permanently connected to one another, but preferably the support element and the support element are manufactured separately and only connected to one another when the facade structure is erected. For this purpose, for example, a rod-shaped support element can have a thread on its free end with which it can be connected to a connecting pin in the joint bearing section. This connecting pin is in turn part of a joint formed in the joint bearing section.

For use in a facade structure as described above, it is advantageous for a holding element if, as provided in an advantageous development of the invention, it has two axially opposite articulated bearing sections and a holding section running between these articulated bearing sections with holders for an upper and a lower facade element. Such a holding element can be used for a facade structure with support elements running in two planes. For example, viewed from one side of the facade structure, a plane can first be formed in which a first group of support elements runs, then a plane in which the facade elements are arranged and finally another plane with support elements arranged in it. This division means that support elements that are even smaller in size, in particular rod-shaped support elements with a smaller diameter, can be used to support the loads, which leads to an attractive appearance and a corresponding aesthetic overall impression of a facade structure.

With the advantages already described above, the holders in a holding element according to the invention can be designed as holding slots.

In a possible embodiment, a holding element as described above can advantageously be characterized in that the holding element is essentially cuboid-shaped, with the front sides each having

two mutually opposite longitudinal surfaces, connections for connecting a joint in the cuboid to the support elements are arranged in such a way that the support elements connected to the joint run essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal surfaces, with two support elements opposite each other along the narrow sides of the cuboid being aligned with each other. The cuboid shape includes a cube shape. In a further development, such a holding element can also be designed in such a way that in the area between the connections, slots running parallel to the narrow edges of the cuboid and transverse to the perpendicular direction of the long side with the connections in the cuboid are arranged as holders for the facade elements. Holding slots arranged in this way enable a facade structure with overlapping facade elements as described above, with the advantages mentioned. If, as provided according to a further advantageous development of the invention, a first slot is guided into a first longitudinal side of the cuboid provided with a connection and a second slot is guided parallel to the first slot into the opposite side, an upper edge of a first facade element and a lower edge of a second facade element can be held with the holding element.

The holding element according to the invention is preferably constructed in several parts, for example from elements made of metal, such as milled or cast aluminum.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, a holding element is characterized in that an extension is formed on it, which has a fastening structure for articulatedly securing the holding element to a fastening point formed, for example, in the primary building structure. Such a holding element can, for example, be articulatedly secured to the building structure with the advantages already described above in connection with the facade structure.

Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments based on the accompanying figures.

Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of an inventive

Facade construction,

Fig. 2 shows the section marked Il in Fig. 1 in an enlarged

Depiction,

Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a section of a

inventive facade structure,

Fig. 4 in exploded view a holding element from a

facade structure according to the invention with further elements connected to it,

Fig. 5 shows schematically and sketchily the structure of a holding element of a

Joint section of a holding element,

Fig. 5a shows a schematic sectional view of a section

along the line A-A in Fig. 5,

Fig. 5b shows a perspective view of an alternative

Design of a bearing block for a joint bearing section of a holding element according to Fig. 5,

Fig. 6 in schematic sectioned side view a holding element with

alternatively designed spherical bearing sections and retaining slots formed in the holding section,

Fig. 7 shows a variant of the holding section according to Fig. 6 in schematic

Side view and

Fig. 7a also shows a schematic view of the variant shown in Fig. 7

in sectioned front view.

In the figures, identical elements are provided with identical reference symbols or corresponding elements are provided with corresponding reference symbols.

Fig. 1 shows a sectional side view of an embodiment of a facade structure 1 according to the invention. In the embodiment shown, the facade structure 1 is designed as a secondary facade that is located in front of a primary facade 2 of a building. Both facades 1 and 2 are attached to the primary building structure, which is not described in more detail. The facade structure 1 is made up of a supporting structure, which is made up of supporting elements 11 and holding elements 10a, 10b connected to the supporting elements 11. Facade elements 20 are inserted into the holding elements 10a, 10b of the supporting structure. The facade elements 20 are arranged in a direction that runs obliquely to the direction specified by the supporting elements 11 and overlap one another. A distance S is formed between the upper edge of a facade element and the lower edge of an adjacent facade element. The facade elements 20 are glass pane elements in the embodiment shown. The support elements 11 are rod-shaped and made of metal, for example steel.

The retaining elements designated 10a are fixed to the primary building structure in a manner to be described in more detail below, while the retaining elements 10b are only connected to the adjacent supporting elements 11.

In Fig. 2, the section marked II in Fig. 1 is shown in an enlarged view. Here, too, facade elements 20 in the form of glass panes and a holding element 10a fixed to the primary building structure can be seen. The holding element 10a has a central holding section 101 and two joint bearing sections 102 located on the edge. In each of the joint bearing sections 102, two joint blocks 103 are arranged in a manner that can be seen particularly well in Fig. 5a. These bearing blocks 103 are articulated on a bolt 104 that runs transversely through the holding element 10a. In each of the bearing blocks 103, screw threads 105 are provided.

into which the free ends of the rod-shaped support elements 11 are screwed.

The bearing blocks 103 have sufficient play in the body of the holding element 10a so that the support elements 11 screwed to the bearing blocks can move relative to the holding element 10a by an angle of preferably 2° to 10°. Slots 106 are formed in the holding section 101 of the holding element 10a, in which the facade elements 20 are inserted with their upper and lower edges. The slots 106 run at an angle to the facade plane, which enables the overlapping arrangement of the facade elements 20 as shown in Fig. 1. The holding element 10a is connected to the primary building structure by means of a bolt 118 with an extension 112, which can be seen more clearly in Fig. 4 and in which a bearing opening 113 is formed in the form of an elongated hole. The connection between the bolt 118 and the bearing opening 113 is designed to be articulated, so that the holding element 10a can be rotated at least to a certain extent about the axis of rotation formed by the bolt 118.

Furthermore, in Fig. 2, a guide element designated 12 can be seen, which on the one hand is fastened to a support element 11 and on the other hand additionally guides the facade element 20 shown at the bottom in Fig. 2 laterally or stabilizes it in position.

Finally, Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a section of a facade structure according to the invention.

As described above with reference to Fig. 2, the holding elements 10b that are not fixed to the primary building construction also have joint bearing sections 102 formed next to a holding section 101, in which the support elements 11 are connected in an articulated manner to the holding element 10b. Due to the articulated connection between the holding elements 10a, 10b and the support elements 11, the facade structure 1 according to the invention can compensate for stresses that occur in the facade structure 1 by moving the holding elements 10a, 10b relative to the support elements 11 and thus the facade elements 20 held by the holding elements 10a, 10b. These stresses are not or only partially compensated for.

only to a lesser extent transferred to the supporting structure formed by holding elements 10a, 10b and load-bearing elements 11, but compensated by slight deformation of the facade structure 1. The articulated attachment of the holding elements 10a to the primary building structure increases the freedom of movement of the facade structure 1, but still enables the forces acting on the facade structure 1 to be transferred to the primary building structure. When erecting the facade structure 1, no prestressing forces need to be applied in order to fix the facade elements 20 in the holding elements 10a, 10b. Instead, slight differences in distance, such as those that arise within the scope of the usual tolerances, lead to a movement of the load-bearing elements 11 in the holding structure relative to the holding elements 10a, 10b and thus to a compensation.

Fig. 4 shows an exploded view of a holding element 10a equipped for attachment to the primary facade 2. As can be seen, the holding element 10a consists of a base element with two articulated bearing sections 102 and a web 107 connecting them. Slots 106 are formed in the web 107 and serve as holding slots for attaching the facade elements 20. Side parts 108 are screwed to the web 107 by means of screw bolts 109. Finally, a fastening cover 110 is placed on the web 107 by means of bolts 111 and projects beyond the side parts 108. Support elements 11 are shown connected to the articulated bearing sections 102. The holding element 10a has an extension 112 on one of the articulated bearing sections 102, in which a bearing opening 113 in the form of an elongated hole is introduced. With this extension 112 and the bearing opening 113 arranged thereon, the holding element 10a can be fastened to a bearing connection L, which is rigidly connected to the primary building structure, with a bearing bolt 118. A bearing sleeve 119 is placed on the bolt.

In Fig. 5, a holding element 10 is shown in a schematic, perspective view, which can be designed either as a holding element 10a with an extension or as a holding element 10b without an extension. In the bearing section 102, two opposing bearing blocks 103 are articulated by means of a bearing bolt 104. In Fig. 5a, this is shown again in a sectional view taken along the section line A-A in Fig. 5. In the bearing blocks 103,

Internal screw threads 105 are provided into which the free ends of support elements 11 can be screwed. There is sufficient play between the bearing blocks 103 and the body of the holding element 10 so that the bearing blocks 103 can move by approximately 2° to approximately 10° relative to the holding element 10.

An alternative design of a joint bearing section 102 is shown in Fig. 5b. There, a single bearing block 103 is shown, into which a support element 11 can be screwed from above and below, and which is articulated by a bolt 104. Such a bearing block only allows a limited relative movement between the support elements 11 and the holding element 10, since here both support elements 11 are always displaced equally relative to the holding element 10. In a facade structure 1, different holding elements 10 with either separate bearing blocks 103 in the joint bearing section 102 or a continuous bearing block 103 can be used. For example, the holding elements 10b can have a bearing block 103 according to Fig. 5b, the holding elements 10a can have two separate bearing blocks 103 according to Fig. 5a.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic view of an alternative design of the joint bearing sections 102 of a holding element 10. Here, pivoting anchors 115 arranged in an articulated manner are provided for securing the ends of the support elements 11 in bearing openings 114. These can be tilted relative to the body of the holding element 10 by a maximum angle of 2° to approximately 10°, depending on the application. Also shown in Fig. 6 are the holding slots 106 which are led obliquely into the holding element 10 at an angle α relative to the facade plane, with one holding slot 106 in each case being led into the holding element 10 from above or from below in the figure and these holding slots running parallel to one another.

In Figs. 7 and 7a, a variant of the embodiment of the joint bearing section 102 shown in Fig. 6 is shown, in which the rotary anchors 115 are not arranged in two separate bearing openings 114, but in a common bearing opening 117 designed as an elongated hole.

With the described retaining elements, a facade structure as described above can be constructed with the advantages mentioned above due to the articulated bearing sections 102.

The embodiments shown are for description purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention described in the following patent claims. Thus, modifications of the embodiments shown are conceivable, which also fall within the scope of the claims. In particular, it is clear to a person skilled in the art that the holding elements can be divided into two separate elements in terms of their function, namely a joint element for connecting support elements and a pure holding element, which is arranged on the support or joint elements without an articulated connection and only serves to hold the facade elements.

List of reference symbols:

1 Facade construction

2 Primary facade

10 holding element 10a holding element 10b holding element

11 Supporting element

12 Guide element 20 Facade element

101 Holding section

102 Spherical bearing section

103 Bearing block

104 bolts

105 threads

106 Slot

107 Bridge

108 Side panel

109 bolts

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110 Mounting cover

111 bolts

112 Extension

113 Warehouse opening

114 Bearing opening

115 swivel anchor

116 elastic element

117 Warehouse opening

118 bolts

119 Bearing sleeve α angle

S Distance

L Bearing connection

Claims (17)

1. Facade structure formed from a plurality of essentially plate-shaped facade elements ( 20 ), in particular glass elements, held in a supporting structure, wherein the supporting structure has load-bearing supporting elements ( 11 ) running essentially vertically along the facade and holding elements (10, . 10a, 10b) connected to the supporting elements ( 11 ), wherein the facade elements ( 20 ) are mounted in the holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) and the holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) are articulated to the supporting elements ( 11 ). 2. Facade structure according to claim 1, characterized by rod- or rope-shaped supporting elements ( 11 ). 3. Facade structure according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the support elements ( 11 ) are connected to the holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) in an articulated manner such that they are movable relative to the holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) at least in a substantially vertical plane running perpendicular to a facade plane. 4. Facade structure according to claim 3, characterized in that the support elements ( 11 ) can be moved through an angle of between 2° and 10° relative to the holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) articulated thereto. 5. Facade structure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the facade elements ( 20 ) are held in the region of their upper edge and lower edge in holding slots ( 106 ) of the holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ). 6. Facade structure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the facade elements ( 20 ) are arranged at an angle (α) to the substantially vertically extending facade plane and overlap one another in such a way that in each case an upper edge of a lower facade element ( 20 ) is overlapped by the lower edge of a facade element ( 20 ) arranged above it. 7. Facade structure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is a secondary facade placed in front of a primary facade ( 2 ) of a building and that at least some of the holding elements ( 10a ) are fixed to the primary building construction. 8. Facade structure according to claim 7, characterized in that the holding elements ( 10a ) fixed to the primary building structure are hingedly attached thereto in such a way that the connection enables a movement of the holding elements ( 10b ) relative to the primary building structure at least in a plane perpendicular to the facade plane of the secondary facade and extending substantially vertically. 9. Facade structure according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on a holding element ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) two facade elements ( 20 ) arranged in a substantially horizontal row are preferably adjacent to one another while leaving a butt joint, wherein at holding elements ( 10 , 10a , 10b ) arranged between two such horizontal rows of facade elements ( 20 ) facade elements ( 20 ) from the two rows lying one above the other are also preferably adjacent to one another while leaving a butt joint. 10. Holding element for use in a facade structure ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims with a joint bearing section ( 102 ) for receiving and articulatedly supporting a free end of a substantially rod- or rope-shaped support element ( 11 ) and a holding section ( 101 ) for receiving a facade element ( 20 ) to be held with the holding element ( 10 , 10a , 10b ). 11. Holding element according to claim 10, characterized in that it has two axially opposite articulated bearing sections ( 102 ) and a holding section ( 101 ) extending between these articulated bearing sections ( 102 ) with holders for an upper and a lower facade element ( 20 ). 12. Holding element according to claim 11, characterized in that the holders are designed as holding slots ( 106 ). 13. Holding element according to one of claims 11 or 12, characterized in that it is essentially cuboid-shaped, wherein in the region of the end faces on two mutually opposite longitudinal surfaces connections for connecting a joint located in the cuboid to the support elements ( 11 ) are arranged such that the support elements ( 11 ) connected to the joint run essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal surfaces, wherein two support elements ( 11 ) opposite one another along the narrow sides of the cuboid are aligned with one another. 14. Holding element according to claim 13, characterized in that in the area between the connections, slots ( 106 ) running parallel to the narrow edges of the cuboid and transverse to the vertical direction of the long side with the connections in the cuboid are arranged as holders for the facade elements ( 20 ). 15. Holding element according to claim 14, characterized in that a first slot ( 106 ) is guided into a first longitudinal side of the cuboid provided with a connection and a second slot ( 106 ) is guided parallel to the first slot ( 106 ) into the opposite side. 16. Holding element according to one of claims 10 to 15, characterized in that it is constructed in several parts. 17. Holding element according to one of claims 10 to 16, characterized in that an extension ( 112 ) is formed on it, which has a fastening structure ( 113 ) for the articulated fixing of the holding element ( 10a ) to a fastening point (L) formed, for example, in the primary building construction.