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Category 1: Buildings
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“Rijksarchief” - Ghent, Belgium
SE
Owner
Ethias
Architect
Design: Robbrecht en Daem architecten
Implementation: Arch & Teco Architecture and
Planning bv ovv cvba
General Contractor
Interbuild NV
Engineering Office
B.CEC nv - Arch & Teco Engineering
Construction Period 2010 - 2014
This building has been designed to receive archived documents and data
owned by the National Government of Belgium. Large depots with a free
span of up to 12 m and mobile loads of 17.5 kN/m² needed to be built with
concrete walls and prestressed TT-elements. The entire building is a firm
concrete structure with 3 basement floors, a ground level and 5 upper
floors on the front end and 2 basement floors, a ground level and 2 upper
floors with a steel structure roof on the back end.
The software was used for the following studies: the detailed design of
the foundation slabs; the overall design of the concrete structure including
walls, columns, and slabs; advanced non-linear static calculation of the
steel structure for the main roof; and a detailed design of concrete walls
and columns.
The model of the entire building was an interesting work-tool as it
provided a clear view on the descent and the distribution of loads within
the concrete structure. However, using this model for detailed design was
practically impossible, as the design needed to be divided into several
parts, as the calculation of the original model easily took several hours.
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
