STRUCTURAL CONCEPT
The gross area of each floor is 410 square meters and the maximum height is 30 meters. The building is equipped with 3 basement floors, which alongside with the bracing core are made from reinforced concrete. The vertical and horizontal structural elements are XLAM panels of 5 and 7 layers with some additional Glulam members. The spacing of the columns of the structure is governed by the 290 cm x 500 cm XLAM panels, which are supported by 6 points each. Connection of the XLAM floor members were solved with glued multilayer joint cover, whereas connection to the reinforced concrete bracing core is achieved by various kinds of steel members and screwed joints. An impressive detail is that due to the potential of prefabricated XLAM panels, construction of the above-ground structure – including the bracing core – took only 70 days in total.