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151 Category 4: Special Projects 4 Owner Apsys Architect Agence Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés General Contractor GTM Hallé Engineering Office EDEIS Design Office Schroeder & Associés Construction Period 12/2014 - 10/2017 The building FIRST is a part of the MUSE project in Metz. The FIRST will be used as an apartment and office building, in the new MUSE dynamic district located close to the main train station. It’s a four floor concrete building supported by six tree steel columns. As the building faces the famous Museum “Centre Pompidou”, the architect wanted a strong architectural concept for the FIRST to face the Museum. The building size is about 25 x 15 m and the steel trees are about 14 metres high. The model geometry was imported from a DXF file provided by the client. Then the beams, hinges, support and loads were introduced. 3D export to DXF and PDF was used for transmit sketches of the results, such as column displacement and reactions. For the analysis of the behaviour of the structure we used the deformed structure results. In fact, by using a relatively big scale factor, this tool shows how the structure deflects and helps to target the critical points The critical part of this project was the main node of the three branches. To solve this issue, 2D elements were used to analyse all the displacements and constraints. This was done with rigid cross links to connect the 1D column element to the 2D stiffeners and shell elements. The very large document possibilities allowed us to produce the calculation sheet and the transmission of information between the project parties. MUSE Apartment and Office Building - Metz, France Schroeder & Associés Contact Faiza Benyahia Address 8, rue des Girondins 1626 Luxembourg, Luxembourg Website www.schroeder.lu The engineering office Schroeder & Associés, founded in 1961, operates in four fundamental departments: building and structural engineering, road system, networks, urban and landscape design. Relying on its more than 50 years of experience and 288 employees, as well as on foreign specialised partners, the office offers its services, experience and know-how to its customers. The challenge consists in providing activities answering the demands of the customers and increasing their satisfaction by completing the missions in an effective way.