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Royal HaskoningDHV
Markthal - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Owner
Provast
Architect
MVRDV
General Contractor
Mobilis+Martens & Van Oort (substructure) /
JP van Eesteren (superstructure)
Engineering Office
Royal HaskoningDHV
Construction Period 2010 - 2014
The Markthal in the centre of Rotterdam is a unique project in many
ways. It’s the first covered market hall in the Netherlands, enveloped in
apartments and enclosed by cable net facades at the front and back. The
top apartments form the keystone of the market hall, spanning 36 m and
carried by concrete walls. The project has a footprint of ~120 x 90 m and
stands 40 m tall. Underneath the building a 4 storey deep underground
carpark has been created. The building’s foundations are a sand layer on
top of a soft clay layer at a depth of around 30 m.
We used SCIA Engineer to investigate and engineer the complete structure
with cost optimization as the driving force for project feasibility: the
stability of the superstructure, the interaction between soil, foundations,
substructure, superstructure and the behaviour of the cable net facades.
The lowest floor of the substructure was optimized to be as thin as
possible, while retaining up to 12 m of water pressure and withstanding
settlement due to the soft clay layer. The superstructure was monolithically
integrated in order to avoid vulnerable dilatations. The cable net facades
were designed taking into account the non-linear behaviour of both
concrete structure and cables (deformation determined forces) to reduce
construction time and costs.
Contact
Marco Schuurman
Address George Hintzenweg 85
3068 AX Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Website
Royal HaskoningDHV is an independent, international engineering and
project management consultancy with over 130 years of experience. Our
professionals deliver their services in the fields of asset management,
aviation, buildings, energy, industry, infrastructure, maritime, mining,
strategy, transport, urban and rural planning, water management and
water technology.
Backed by the expertise and experience of our 7,000 colleagues all over
the world, our professionals provide their services locally to public and
private clients from 100 offices in 35 countries.
Source: Ossip van Duivenbode
