Residential Building S12 – Parma
Project and design of a concrete structure
Architect
Jo Coenen
Location
Parma, Italy
Year
2012
Client
Impresa Pizzarotti
Services
- Structural Design
- Construction Drawings
- Site Supervision
Jo Coenen
Parma, Italy
2012
Impresa Pizzarotti
This building is characterized by its triangular shape in plan and it has alternate holes in the floors to accommodate common leisure areas. The first structural solution was conceived in the early morning in a pub in the center of Maastricht together Jo.
The structural solution is based on concrete solid slabs, circular pillars extended for the entire height and a core for stairs and centered with the triangular plan. The terminal tip of the plane triangle is made of a concrete slab and post-tensioning cables: this was done in order to avoid dangerous deformations of this element considering its remarkable slenderness. Dynamic characterization tests were done by accelerometer measurements in order to verify the correspondence of the dynamic behavior of the structure which was assumed in the design phase. The excellent matching results have shown the correctness of the implementation.