Engineering and Construction

In terms of structures, in addition to ensuring the overall stability of the building, the following fundamental concerns deserve mention: find a set of structural elements, integrated in Architecture, that would ensure the transmission of loads to the foundation. The geometric complexity of the building, particularly in the north, did not make this task easy, forcing the consideration of a complicated load transfer system, through the structural use of most of the walls;

achieve a high level of detail that would allow defining the geometry of the building and its structural elements, accurately characterizing the openings and courettes intended for installations. As it is a building in exposed white concrete, many of the infrastructures are embedded in the concrete itself, forcing the rigor of detail to apply equally to these installations. Reinforced concrete designs have gained the importance of synthesis designs and as a result of successive iterations between Architects, Structural Engineers and Specialty Engineers;

the establishment of a constructive phasing and a shoring system compatible with the deadlines of the work and the Contractor's preferences. the control of surface cracking, given its importance in the durability of a building in exposed white concrete

Structure

Calculation of efforts and dimensioning

Constructive phasing and shoring

White concrete