31 Category 1: Buildings 1 Contact Sébastien Cools Address Coupure Links 55 9000 Ghent, Belgium Website www.arch-teco.eu 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.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTgyMDE=