Editors Choice
MSCP CHALMERS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
Multi-storey car park, Gothenburg, Sweden
Architects: Tengbom Arkitekter
URBAN SURROUNDINGS ENHANCED WITH
PERFORATED METAL
The facade of the
multi-storey car park
at Chalmers Technical
University shows how
perforated metal can work
in perfect harmony with
modern architecture.
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
2000 m2 of perforated sheets in corten and aluminium,
manufactured and supplied by RMIG, have been
used to create a facade that gives the car park a
contemporary and aesthetic look, fitting in with the
surrounding brick buildings. The design of the facade
gives the users of the car park a safe environment as
well as a degree of privacy.
Raw material: Aluminium and corten
Pattern: R30U60, R50U60
Thickness: 3.0 mm
Finishing operation: Bending
Surface treatment: Powder coating
[email protected]
www.rmig.com
01925 839610
Schöck Natural Frequency Calculator
for 2.3 metre balconies
T
he third phase of the Rathbone Market project in
Canning Town, East London, awarded Development of
the Year (schemes of over 200 homes) at The Sunday
Times British Homes Awards in 2017, is a £160m mixed-use
development. It has created 652 new homes and on the upper
levels many apartments have a double aspect – with balconies
that have an unusually demanding 2.3 metre cantilever.
Schöck Isokorb structural thermal breaks are incorporated to
meet the many demands of these large free cantilever steel
balconies.
However, large balconies can be prone to vibration when was comfortably above the recommended limit.
people move about on them heavily and as discomfort varies
from one individual to another, no precise limit can be depending on the structure, published data indicates limit
frequencies of between 4 Hz and 7.5 Hz. By adopting a limit
imposed that guarantees satisfaction for everyone. frequency of 7.5 Hz for steel balconies, it not only eliminates
the possibility of undesirable vibration, cost-efficient design is
The sensible approach is to design structures with a
natural frequency sufficiently beyond potential excitation also achieved.
frequencies. To assess this, Schöck has employed its latest Contact Schöck on 01865 290 890 or visit the website at
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applied, the Natural Frequency of the balcony constructions
full range of downloadable software.
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