Pino Blanc

SAFETY, GRONINGEN, HIGH-RISE, EARTHQUAKES, RESIDENCES

Location

Groningen

Size

8.000 m2

Client

Geveke Bouw en Ontwikkeling

Year

2018

Along the Hereweg, near the A7 motorway a 12-storey residential tower, with a 2-storey parking garage has been realised. With regard to the earthquakes, research has been done on its effects on the main load-bearing structures of the residential tower and the parking garage. The earthquake load confrom the NPR9998; dec 2015, is of such size, that they couldn't be readily integrated in the current design. By opting for a solution with base isolation, a sollution was found in which forces could be reduced in the current design. This sollution has been integrated into the design and implemented as such. In this case we chose to integrate the base isolation above the parking garage and under the residential storeys. 
 

We made a short video of an earthquake simulation of this building.

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