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Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 4: Special Projects
Category 4: Special Projects
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Short description │
City Hall “Kobra”
The project fits the masterplan for the redesign of the central squares in the city centre of Ghent.
The building is the eye-catching centrepiece of the project. It will be used for several events organised
by the City of Ghent. Under the building, there is commercial space occupied by businesses such as
cafés and restaurants.
The design is strongly symmetrical with two ridges and asymmetrical front-façades.
The hall is formed with a steel structure on concrete pylons and is covered with wood and glass.
Stabilogics conducted the calculation for the complete structure through to execution. This included the
processing of the drawings for the production of steel, wood, inox and glass.
Project information
Owner
Stad Gent
Architect
Robbrecht & Daem / Van Hee
General Contractor
Besix
Engineering Office
Stabilogics
Location
Gent, Belgium
Construction Period
12/2010 to 09/2012
Stabilogics
Contact
Eddy Hermans
Address
Stationsstraat 162
3150 Haacht, Belgium
Phone
+32 16 60.99.92
Email
Website
Stabilogics is an engineering bureau with great experience in stability-calculations.
Since its foundation in 2000 we are growing and are now a team of 13 people. This makes us very
flexible and able to anticipate very fast what the best solution for requested projects is. With this team
of experts we are also able to design and calculate very big projects. We have experience all over the
world and are able to produce designs in accordance with most standards and codes: Eurocode, with
all European national annexes, British standards and others. We have always put the execution of the
building as the top priority. We work from design to execution, producing workshop-drawings of steel-
and concrete-structures. To avoid problems on the building-site we ensure that the structure can be
assembled and erected as we have designed. The strict preparation and further processing along with
the great eye for details lead to efficient and smooth execution on site.
With the help of Scia Engineer (all modules), complemented with self-written calculation-programs, our
calculations are supported with accuracy and speed.
