Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Iberdrola Tower by Cesar Pelli
Iberdrola Tower will be the tallest building in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain).
The famous architect Cesar Pelli, also made Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.
Iberdrola Tower will have 41 floors and it will be 165 meters tall.
Construction Started in 2007 and it will be finish in 2011.
In the photos we can see the construction process in this phase:
The reinforced concrete structure, like in other skyscrapers, it is made by a concrete core where there will be the lifts and which also helps on the stability of the structure.
The concrete floors are made with a climbing or sliding formwork (example of an sliding formwork), which is sustained in the central core. In the Iberdrola Tower case they make 1 floor on 1 week and it slides up to continue building.
In most skyscraper the facade starts when the structure is not finished, because if not, the construction will delay a lot of time. Here we can see how the facade have been started and the structure haven´t been finished. In the photos we can see the sustentation of the facade glass to the slab.
If you have any cuestion of the construction, you can ask on my blog or in my personal email. I´m not participating in this building construction but if i can, I will help on your doubts.
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La Torre Iberdrola con sus 165 metros y 41 plantas, será el edificio más alto de Bilbao (Superando a la Torre BBVA de 97 metros) y de toda la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca.
Su famoso Arquitecto es César Pelli el cual tiene una gran experiencia en la construcción de rascacielos como por ejemplo las Torres Petronas de 452 metros en Kuala Lumpur.
La construcción comenzó en 2007 y esta prevista su finalización en 2011.
En las fotos se puede apreciar el proceso de construcción en esta fase de la obra:
La estructura de hormigón armado, como en la mayoría de los rascacielos, esta realizada mediante un núcleo central que le da estabilidad a la estructura y en el cual se alojarán los futuros ascensores, un total de 21 en la Torre Iberdrola.
Para realizar la estructura del rascacielos se utiliza un encofrado trepante (ejemplo de encofrado trepante), el cual se sostiene en el núcleo central, y conforme se realizan los forjados y los muros del núcleo trepa hacia arriba para continuar con la siguiente planta. En el caso de la Torre Iberdrola se realiza una planta por semana.
Respecto a la fachada, como en la mayoría de los rascacielos, ésta comienza mientras se está realizando la estructura, ya que si no la obra tendría una duración mucho mayor. En estas fotos podemos ver como se ha empezado a colocar la fachada en una de las plantas y tambien se puede apreciar el sistema de anclaje de los paneles de vidrio a los forjados.
Si tenéis alguna pregunta sobre la construcción, o si participáis en la construcción de la Torre podéis hacer un comentario en el blog o escribirme a mi email personal. Yo no estoy participando en la construcción de este edificio, pero puede que alguna de las dudas sobre el proceso de construcción pueda resolveros.
También os recomiendo el blog:
Ya que suele adelantarnos siempre las noticias sobre las construcciones en el Gran Bilbao y entre ellas nos habla cómo no, de la Torre Iberdrola (web oficial).
Friday, June 5, 2009
Architecture in Bilbao
It´s a lucky to have born in Bilbao, and can contemplate this big architecture in the city.
Isozaki towers (Isozaki Atea), by Arata Isozaki
Iberdrola Tower (Under construction), by Cesar Pelli
Library of the University of Deusto, by Rafael Moneo
My first time shooting with a digital SLR camera, Canon Eos 450d 18-55mm.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Stonecutters Bridge
Stonecutters Bridge is the second longest cable-stayed bridge on the world, after the Sutong Bridge, also in China.
The bridge spans 1.596meters (5236feet) long and the main span has 1.018 meters (3.635 feet).
Stonecutters Bridge connects Nam Wan Kok, Tsing Yi Island and Stonecutters Island, crossing the Ramble Channel in Hong Kong.
The desing concept for the bridge was procured by Highways Department in Hong Kong, and a international competition winning the next group: Halcrow Group, Flint & Neill Partnership, Dissing+Weitling and Shangai Municipal Engineering Design Institute.
As sub-consultant: Ove Arup & Partners and Cowi A/S.
Constructors: Maeda - Hitachi - Yokogawa - Hsin Chong Joint Venture (JV)
Construction started on 27 April 2004 and is spected to be completed in 2009.
In the next video we can see how has been constructed the Stonecutters Bridge.
Stonecutters Bridge Construction 1/5
Stonecutters Bridge Construction 2/5
Stonecutters Bridge Construction 3/5
Stonecutters Bridge Construction 4/5
Stonecutters Bridge Construction 5/5
You can see more photos about the building of the bridge on the main goverment website.
From: youtube, wikipedia and bridge main website.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Burj Dubai - UAE
The Tower Architect Adrian Smith, worked with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) until 2006. His works includes several major Skyscrapers.
The architecture and engineering firm SOM is in charge of the project.
Turner Construction Company are the construction managers.
This Supertall Skyscraper construction started on September 21, 2004 and spected to be completed on September 2009.
21 July 2007: Surpasses Taipei 101 whose heigth of 509,2 meters (1.671 ft)
17 January 2009: topped out at 818 meters ( 2.684 ft), with 160 floors.
Construction of Burj Dubai 1/6
Construction of Burj Dubai 2/6
Construction of Burj Dubai 3/6
Construction of Burj Dubai 4/6
Construction of Burj Dubai 5/6
Construction of Burj Dubai 6/6
Burj Dubai on April 2009
Burj Dubai on Google Maps
This is my second post about the Burj Dubai. (My first post contains more videos about the Burj Dubai)
More information here
Monday, April 20, 2009
Some demolitions
1) Two Skyscrapers demolitions
Demolition of the Agfa building, a small skyscraper in Munich
Demolition of the second tallest building ever exploited
2) A Stadium demolition
3) We must be carful with the demolitions...
Demolition without explosives
Demolition with explosives
4) ¿How strong are the structures?
On the 6th position...
On the 5th position...1/2
On the 5th position... 2/2
On the 4th position...
On the 3rd position...
On the 2nd position... 1/2 Huaquén Bridge (Chile)
On the 2nd position... 2/2 Huaquén Bridge (Chile)
On the 1st position...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Hoover Dam Bridge
Hoover Dam Bypass, officially called Mike O´Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge, its one of the most spectacular concrete arch bridge. The bridge links the states of Arizona and Nevada across the Colorado river.
The total length of the bridge is 579 meters (1900 feet) and the road it´s 256 meters (840 feet) above the river. When complete, the 323 meter arch will be the forth longest concrete arch in the world.
The master design is by HDR Engineering, T.Y. Lin International desings the bridge and Sverdrup Civil Inc is designing the approaches.
Construction started on 2006 and it will be finished on 2010.
Next video, composed of 5 videos, explains the construction of the Hoover Dam bridge.
Building Hoover Dam Bridge 1/5
Building Hoover Dam Bridge 2/5
Building Hoover Dam Bridge 3/5
Building Hoover Dam Bridge 4/5
Building Hoover Dam Bridge 5/5
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
HSB Turning Torso
HSB Turning Torso is the tallest building in Scandinavia, having 54 floors and being 190 metres tall (623 feet). It´s located in the city of Malmö in Sweden.It´s the first skyscraper made by the spanish world renowned architect and engineer, Santiago Calatrava. The design is based on a white marble sculpture by Calatrava called Twisting Torso which represents a twisting human being. When Johnny Örbäck, former CEO of the Turning Torso contractor and Board Chairman of the Malmö branch of the co-operative housing association HSB, saw the sculpture in 1999, he contacted Calatrava to ask him to design a building using the same concept.
The skyscraper has got 147 luxury apartments and office spaces.
Its construction started in the summer of 2001 by Swedish NCC constructors and it was inagurated on the 27th April 2005.
In the next video we can see how the workers built floor number 36 in just one week.
Turning Torso - Building the 36th floor. 1/5
Turning Torso - Building the 36th floor. 2/5
Turning Torso - Building the 36th floor. 3/5
Turning Torso - Building the 36th floor. 4/5
Turning Torso - Building the 36th floor. 5/5
From: wikipedia and youtube
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport is located on two artificial islands in the middle of Osaka Bay in Japan. It´s the first airport located on an man-made island.
The construction:
In 1987 the construction began.
In 1989 the sea wall of the first Island was completed.
In 1990 the 3km long bridge was finished.
Between 1991 and 1994 the Terminal was built. It was designed by the world renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, the same architect who designed the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
On the 19th April 2001, the airport was one of then ten structures which were given the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
In the next video we can learn a lot of aspects concerning the building of the Kansai International Airport, like how to resolve the gradual sinking of the island, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of locating an airport in the middle of the sea.
Kansai International Airport 1/5
Kansai International Airport 2/5
Kansai International Airport 3/5
Kansai International Airport 4/5
Kansai International Airport 5/5
Kansai International Airport in the Google Earth
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From: wikipedia and youtube
The construction:
In 1987 the construction began.
In 1989 the sea wall of the first Island was completed.
In 1990 the 3km long bridge was finished.
Between 1991 and 1994 the Terminal was built. It was designed by the world renowned Italian architect Renzo Piano, the same architect who designed the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
On the 19th April 2001, the airport was one of then ten structures which were given the "Civil Engineering Monument of the Millennium" award by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
In the next video we can learn a lot of aspects concerning the building of the Kansai International Airport, like how to resolve the gradual sinking of the island, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of locating an airport in the middle of the sea.
Kansai International Airport 1/5
Kansai International Airport 2/5
Kansai International Airport 3/5
Kansai International Airport 4/5
Kansai International Airport 5/5
Kansai International Airport in the Google Earth
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From: wikipedia and youtube
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Taipei 101
Taipei 101 as its name says is in Taipei in the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan) and has 101 floors above ground and 5 underground floors. The Taipei 101 was the tallest skyskraper in the world, until the 21th July 2007 when the Burj Dubai overtook that title. It was designed by C.Y. Lee & Partners.The construction started in 1998 and it was opened to the public on the 31st December 2008.
A engineering interesting aspect:
Taipei 101 has a tuned mass damper (also kown as active mass damper AMD or armonic absorber) of 660 metric tons suspended from floor 92 to floor 88. The particularity of this AMD is that anyone can see it, because it´s shown to the people. This AMD was designed by Thornton-Tomasetti Inc and Evergreen Consulting Engineering.
Videos:
Now we can see a video composed of 5 parts, showing the construction of the skyscraper. Then, I have put another video showing us the tunned mass dumper in action and finally 2 videos about the wind that hits the top of the Taipei 101.
I hope you´ll enjoy it.
The construction of Taipei 101
Taipei 101 1/5
Taipei 101 2/5
Taipei 101 3/5
Taipei 101 4/5
Taipei 101 5/5
Video of Taipei101´s tuned mass damper in action
Curiosity: How much wind can there be on top of Taipei 101?
Wind on top of Taipei 101 1/2
Wind on top of Taipei 101 2/2
From: wikipedia and youtube
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Ting Kau Bridge
The Ting Kau Bridge (Chinese: 汀九橋) is a 1177 meters (3861,55 ft) long cable-stayed bridge in Hong Kong, China. The bridge connects North-west New Territories with Hong Kong Island, crossing the Rambler Channel.It was designed and constructed by a joint venture composed by:
- Cubiertas y Mzov (22%), Entrecanales y Tavora (22%), now both part of Acciona, from Spain.
- Ed Züblin AG (22%), from Germany.
- Downer and Co (Downer EDI) (22%), from Australia.
- Paul Y (12%), from Hong Kong.
The construction began in 1994 and it was finished in 1998.
The video, composed of 5 parts, it´s really interesting because it explains the building of the bridge step by step.
Construction of Ting Kau Bridge & Approach Viaduct 1/5
Construction of Ting Kau Bridge & Approach Viaduct 2/5
Construction of Ting Kau Bridge & Approach Viaduct 3/5
Construction of Ting Kau Bridge & Approach Viaduct 4/5
Construction of Ting Kau Bridge & Approach Viaduct 5/5
From: wikipedia and youtube
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Daruma-otoshi demolition technology
The Daruma-otoshi demolition system was invented by the Japanese construction company, Kajima Corporation.
This technology to demolish skyscrapers consists in replacing the support columns with gigant computer controlled hydraulic jacks. Then, the first floor is demolished and the debris is taken out. Next, the entire building is lowered down with the hydraulic jacks and the demolition of the second floor begins...till the end when the last floor is demolished.
The method is called daruma-otoshi, because of an old Japanese game called that way. It consists of hitting a Daruma doll (composed of 5 pieces one on top of each other) using a small hummer, from bottom to top, avoiding the pieces from falling during the whole game. The Daruma-otoshi japanese video game is available here.
Video: Daruma-otoshi demolition method used in floors 17 and 20 of buildings in Tokyo, Japan.
Advantages:
- City center buildings can be demolished without interrupting the traffic.
- Too much space is not needed to collect debris, because it is taken out all the time.
- The recycling process is more effective: 99% of steel and concrete and 92% of the interior materials.
- No need for explosives.
- The demolition is better controlled and safer.
- Less noise is produced.
- It's 20% faster.
Disadvantages:
- I suppose that it must be more expensive.
From: youtube, wikipedia
This technology to demolish skyscrapers consists in replacing the support columns with gigant computer controlled hydraulic jacks. Then, the first floor is demolished and the debris is taken out. Next, the entire building is lowered down with the hydraulic jacks and the demolition of the second floor begins...till the end when the last floor is demolished.
The method is called daruma-otoshi, because of an old Japanese game called that way. It consists of hitting a Daruma doll (composed of 5 pieces one on top of each other) using a small hummer, from bottom to top, avoiding the pieces from falling during the whole game. The Daruma-otoshi japanese video game is available here.
Video: Daruma-otoshi demolition method used in floors 17 and 20 of buildings in Tokyo, Japan.
Advantages:
- City center buildings can be demolished without interrupting the traffic.
- Too much space is not needed to collect debris, because it is taken out all the time.
- The recycling process is more effective: 99% of steel and concrete and 92% of the interior materials.
- No need for explosives.
- The demolition is better controlled and safer.
- Less noise is produced.
- It's 20% faster.
Disadvantages:
- I suppose that it must be more expensive.
From: youtube, wikipedia
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