Residential tower Selwerd

SAFETY, GRONINGEN, RESIDENCES, EARTHQUAKES

Location

Groningen

Size

8.350 m2

Client

Patrimonium - Groningen

Year

Under construction

A residential tower is currently under construction in the Selwerd district. Regarding the earthquakes (PGA = 0.08g) research has been done concerning the consequences for the main load-bearing structure of this high-rise development. The forces are of such size that a sollution with base isolation has been deemed the most economical. This solution has been integrated into the design and has been executed as such. We opted to implement the base isolation between the deck of the basement and the ground floor. The entire main load-bearing structure, including reinforcement and tectonic construction has been analysed and calculated by means of a NLTH analysis in Abaqus. 

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

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