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Limmat Tower, Baufeld E - Dietikon, Switzerland
AP
Owner
Halter Entwicklungen
Architect
hbf huggenbergerfries,
Architekten AG ETH SIA BSA
General Contractor
Priora Generalunternehmer AG
Engineering Office
SYNAXIS AG Zürich
Construction Period 2013 - 2019
The valley of the river Limmat (Limmattal) has a new skyscraper. By the
end of January 2015 the Limmat Tower reached its final height of 80 m,
ready to become the focal landmark of Dietikon or even the whole area.
The Limmat Tower is a massive skeleton construction. The bearing
structure was built out of concrete columns placed along the facade and
in the centre. The inner core and the flat slabs are also made of concrete.
The 28 storey building stands on combined pile cap foundation. Two
things were very unusual in this project: no perpendicular corners and
very challenging details, with couplers in the core walls.
After modelling the whole building, the detail drawings were derived very
efficiently, one storey after the other, in accordance with office and Swiss
drawing standards. The model was further used in collaboration with
the architect (3D PDF) and to extract quantities for tendering. The 3D
reinforcement was drawn as easily as sketching it in 2D and the bending
schedules were derived automatically. Karl-Heinz Hamel was the leading
designer on the projects and concludes: “We can’t imagine working
without 3D on our projects. We model even simple projects in 3D because
it definitely saves time.”
Contact
Thomas Lüthi,
Carlo Bianci (CEO, PM)
Address Thurgauerstrasse 56
8050 Zürich, Switzerland
Website
“Synaxis” is Greek and means: connecting/combining. This is the central
aspect of our daily planning and detailing work with and for our customers
and partners. Our company’s history dates back to 1928 and after various
name and owner changes, three partner offices were established in 1998,
in Zürich, Altdorf and Lausanne. In 2007 the group-name ‘Synaxis’ was
established. We provide planning, detailing and management services for
erecting buildings and infrastructure constructions and expert knowledge
in how to maintain them.
Synaxis AG Zürich
