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Residential Building “Preyersche Höfe” - Vienna, Austria
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Porr Design & Engineering GmbH
Contact
Hans Humpel
Address Absberggasse 47
1100 Wien, Austria
Email
Porr Design & Engineering GmbH was founded in 2012 as a 100% part
of the Porr Construction Company in Vienna. The firm’s portfolio includes
general planning, project management, architecture, 3D-visualisation,
static analysis, building services, sustainability – DGNB/ÖGNI-
certification, construction preparation and site supervision. The majority of
the projects carried out have been in Central Europe, but some have also
been in South-Eastern Europe as well as in the Middle East.
Owner
ÖSW - Österreichisches Siedlungswerk
Architect
BWM Architekten und Partner ZT GmbH,
Albert Wimmer ZT GmbH
General Contractor
Porr Bau GmbH
Engineering Office
Porr Design & Engineering GmbH
Construction Period 09/2016 - 09/2017
The project “Wohnhausanlage Preyersche Höfe” is located in the grounds
of the former Children’s Hospital in Vienna, and will offer more public
housing and living space in Vienna’s 10th district. The project consists of
seven different buildings ranging from 5 to 10 floors, which are connected
by a common underground parking floor. The whole building design was
carried out bearing in mind the properties of reinforced concrete structures.
The main reason for using SCIA Engineer was its great capabilities for
3D simulation of earthquake actions according to EC8. In addition, its
user-friendly interface helped to convert the architectural plans (*.dwg)
into a consistent analytical model. The 3D analytical models were used
to determine the total load reactions for beams, columns, slabs and
walls in the preliminary structural design stage; as well as examining the
resistance behaviour against several worst case scenarios.
The goal of the project was to create an accurate predesign in order
to optimise the initial designs, reaching an economic solution. The
3D-analysis permitted an easy understanding of load transmission along
the buildings, distinguishing the critical areas and optimising them. After
this positive experience and an excellent BIM-SCIA Engineer interaction,
data exchange for upcoming projects will be performed using BIM-tools
integrated in SCIA Engineer.
