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Category 1: Buildings
The project is situated on the ‘Kennedyplein’ in De
Haan, a coastal city in West Flanders, Belgium. The
community service building has to play an important role
in the social revival of the neighbourhood. The strong
lines and shapes of the building have to attract people
from every direction.
Allplan Engineering
This project is an engineering design with Allplan
Engineering 2012 software. The strong shapes and
different heights called for a 3D approach. With the help
of Allplan Engineering, we succeeded in lightening up
every detail of the construction, where a 2D approach
would rather leave you in the dark.
We started working with the Allplan Engineering
software in August 2011. We had four days of basic
training and with the help of the helpdesk we started
to elaborate our new projects with Allplan Engineering.
Despite our basic knowledge of the program software,
the building up of the design in 3D was not too complex.
On the contrary, the modelling process was very user
friendly and satisfying results were obtained rather
quickly.
Working Method in Allplan
The 3D model was built up with 3D-objects without
any intelligence. These objects were given all the right
architectural attributes afterwards. In this way you have
absolute freedom in the designing, but you can still
keep the right presentation and visualisation of beams,
columns, walls, etc....
We worked with the following simple colour codes
• Red: Concrete/Steel Column
• Blue: Concrete Beam
• Orange: Steel Beam
• Yellow: Masonry Wall
• Green: Concrete Wall
• Grey: Concrete plate
The floor above the ground floor is on different planes
and consists of prestressed vaults. This floor level
determines all the levels of the bearing objects such as
walls, columns and beams.
The Use of a 3D model
Working in 3D gives you a much better summary of the
project in total and it allows you to check every detail
without losing valuable time. Once the 3D model is
built, it’s a rather easy to create any view or section of
any part of the building. Instead of limiting the building
information to prevent errors, additional plans and
views were made to clarify the design. Even a 3D-pdf
was sent to the contractor; this way he loses less time
and he can start working with a complete and clear
engineering design.
Reinforced objects
The difficult shapes were no threshold for the design of
the reinforced objects. With the collision detection tool
you can always check the practicability of the reinforced
design. Allplan Engineering 2012 has shown itself to be
a powerful tool with lots of potential. We look forward
to working with the new Allplan Engineering 2013
software, especially with the new smartparts.
Community Service Building Vosseslag - De Haan, Belgium
Software: Allplan Engineering
