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Category 1: Buildings
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Contact
Sébastien Cools
Address Coupure Links 55
9000 Ghent, Belgium
Website
Arch & Teco Group is an ISO 9001 certified, multidisciplinary architectural,
design, and engineering company with offices in Ghent and Brussels.
Our architecture services include architectural design, restoration and
urban planning. Our engineering services extend to structural engineering,
MEP engineering, hydraulic engineering, infrastructure, road and
sewerage design, and environmental engineering. Furthermore our
office is active in the field of sustainability (“EPB”, “BREEAM”) and facility
management and for major projects we have developed an integrated
BIM approach.
Arch & Teco Group
“De Zaat” - Temse, Belgium
SE
Owner
Nieuw Temse NV
Architect
Conix RDBM Architects
General Contractor
Cordeel NV
Engineering Office
Arch&Teco Engineering nv
Construction Period 2014 - 2015
Aleca is a
multi-storey apartment building
with one underground floor,
a basement, and 11 upper floors. Each floor is designed for 4 apartments.
The building is a concrete structure, built out of more than 90%
prefabricated floor and wall elements. The central core contains lifts and
staircases which make up the main structural element for wind stability.
The main building is founded on piles, and the underground parking floor
has been founded on a 40 cm concrete slab.
The software was used for the following studies: the detailed design of
the foundation slab; pile foundation; the overall design of the concrete
structure including walls, columns and slabs; precast balconies; and the
detailed design of concrete walls and floors. The load bearing concrete
walls have been calculated in detail, considering each wall separately over
the height of the building. The outside walls needed to be calculated over
the full height of the building because windows were not aligned and to
allow for discrepancies in the concrete where weight was shifted to lower
elements. The most important issue in the calculation model of the entire
building in terms of wind study, was the connection between different
elements. Different connection conditions showed immediate interaction
with deformation values. 3D modelling was also very useful to simulate
the deformation of the complete structure under wind loads. Concrete
reinforcement could easily be deducted out of the calculation models.
