Unicredit Tower
Field of Expertise
Construction Design Geotechnical Engineering
Sector
Office Developments
Location
Bucharest
Awards
AICPS 2012
Field of Expertise
Construction Design Geotechnical Engineering
Sector
Office Developments
Location
Bucharest
Awards
AICPS 2012
Address
Architect
Westfourth ArchitectureContractor
Bog'Artclient
Bog'Art OfficesMEP Design
Miga Airvent & Cons-Eng CoThe built surface of the building is approximately 28000 sqm, of which approx. 22000 sqm in superstructure and 6000 sqm in the underground structure. The infrastructure is developed on the level of two levels, with a level height of 4.00 for basement 1 and 3.10 for basement 2. As for the superstructure, it is developed on the height of sixteen floors, ground floor and 15 floors, of which the last floor is perimeter retreat.
The foundation system was designed as a screed with a thickness of 80 cm in general and 1.80 m below the core of the building. The foundation system under the cores is designed as a screed on piles with a diameter of 1.20 m and a length of 23.00 m under the screed, and the construction infrastructure is of the rigid box type.
The resistance structure of the building is made up of reinforced concrete walls and metal frames with the role of taking over the gravitational loads.
As a peculiarity of this structure, the building has an atrium that is ‘hung’ from the main structure by a sliding grip at the bottom. The decoupling of the inclined poles was chosen, because at the action of the earthquake in the longitudinal direction, in VE direction, through the great efforts, the long buckling length of the pole (approx. 30m) – and the absence of lateral connections (because it was desired to obtain an open architectural view), would have resulted in a very large section. Thus, by decoupling the columns, the size of the section resulted from a calculation to limit the vibrations to the action of the wind.
In the conditions of the short delivery term of the building, the optimal structural solution was the one in which the metal skeleton made up of pillars and beams was completed with walls and reinforced concrete floors. By combining the two materials, both the speed of execution of the metal structure and the lower price of the reinforced concrete elements were highlighted. Also in the sense of optimizing the resistance structure, we opted for an enclosure made with secant piles and with only a row of sprays arranged at the level of the canopy beam.
According to studies conducted for several buildings, it turned out that the optimal solution from a structural point of view with minimal implications on the architecture and functionality of the building, is the mixed solution reinforced concrete – rolled steel.