Torre Anboto Dorrea, a 119-meter-tall residential skyscraper located in the center of Bilbao, Spain, was designed by the team of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Luis Vidal + Arquitectos, with structural engineering by SOCOTEC.
General information
Date: 2018 - in Development
Collaborators: Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners y Luis Vidal + Arquitectos
Location: Bilbao, España
Photo property: Luis Vidal + Arquitectos
The building will consist of five basement levels and a tower with 32 floors, for a total of 166 cooperative apartments. The first three floors of the tower will be dedicated to commercial amenities, and the third floor will include community amenities.
Wind loading has been a challenge for this project due to the building's height. SOCOTEC, with its expertise in complex structural engineering, was essential in ensuring the stability and safety of Torre Anboto Dorrea in adverse conditions.
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STRUCTURAL CHALLENGE
reinforced concrete
The tower's structure is designed in reinforced concrete (RC). The concrete strength of the supports varies depending on the tower's height, being 30 MPa, 40 MPa, and 50 MPa. The slabs of the upper floors of the residential tower and the tertiary commercial basement are flat RC slabs. The foundation is supported directly on the rocky substrate. And the lateral stability of the building is provided by the inner RC vertical circulation core and the RC walls.
SOCOTEC, with its team of structural engineering specialists, used CFD aerodynamic simulations to evaluate the tower's behavior in extreme wind conditions. In addition, it underwent a wind tunnel study to determine the precise global wind loads on the structure.
The tower's structure is designed in reinforced concrete (RC). The concrete strength of the supports varies depending on the tower's height, being 30 MPa, 40 MPa, and 50 MPa. The slabs of the upper floors of the residential tower and the tertiary commercial basement are flat RC slabs. The foundation is supported directly on the rocky substrate. And the lateral stability of the building is provided by the inner RC vertical circulation core and the RC walls.
SOCOTEC, with its team of structural engineering specialists, used CFD aerodynamic simulations to evaluate the tower's behavior in extreme wind conditions. In addition, it underwent a wind tunnel study to determine the precise global wind loads on the structure.
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