N° 25 : Multi-storey car park over the motorway A8
for the New Trade Fair Centre, Stuttgart, Germany
South
of Baden-Württemberg's capital city of Stuttgart and near to its
international airport, the New Trade Fair Centre consists of seven new
standard halls with a floor space of 10,000 m2 each, a large sized hall
with a floor space of 25,000 m2 and a convention centre.
In addition the New Trade Fair Centre includes an underground car park
and a unique multistorey car park extending over the motorway A8 with
a gross floor space of 125,000 m2.
The multi-storey car park over the motorway is designed to be a connection
element between the New Trade Fair Centre and the surrounding landscape.
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N° 24 : Tevfik Seno Arda School, Izmit, Turkey
A seismic resistant building in steel
The
building, the cost of which amounted to 1 200 000 euros, replaced a school
demolished in the 1999 earthquake. It was completed and opened for use
in September 2006 thanks to the financial and material donations of ECCS,
ArcelorMittal, Corus, thirty-two members of Turkish Structural Steel Association,
plus eighteen companies from Turkey.
The school, composed of sixteen classrooms, four laboratories, a computer
room, a library, a conference room and an administrative area, was constructed
around a central atrium.
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N° 23: Case Study - Quai Branly Museum
Jean
Nouvel's museum extends along the quai Branly in all its complexity. This
Noah's ark with a steel skeleton of 3400 tonnes, measuring 220 metres
in length and 40 metres in width comprises four main buildings: on the
Seine side are the administrative buildings and the rustling and humming
landscape of its living façade of vegetation (created by Patrick
Blanc); on the rue de l'Université side are the restoration workshops
where ceilings are illuminated by aboriginal paintings. The media library
and museum nestle in the centre of the garden created by Gilles Clément.
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N° 22: Case Study - ING Group Headquarters, Amsterdam
The
use of steel construction was integral part of the architectural concept.
Because of the steel column structure the designers have succeeded in
realizing the space concept of the house; combining large and small scale
spaces with different functions to form a small city in the sky with transparent
walls.
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N° 21: Case Study - Swiss Re Office building
The
Swiss Re tower has been created as an environmentally responsible building
with natural economy of form, fully sympathetic with its urban context.
and forming a humanised workplace of the highest quality.
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n°20 - 50 years of steel architecture in Europe
Established
in 1955, the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork was one
of the first European institutions. The celebration of its 50th anniversary
is an opportunity to bring together for the first time a selection of
one hundred projects built over the past 50 years across Europe, presented
in the form of an exhibition inaugurated in Nice and in the present issue
of Architecture Steel Stahl Acier. These buildings and bridges built across
Europe typify steel's role as one of the driving forces behind architectural
creativity. This diversity of forms illustrates the capacity and quality
of steel, the feats it enables, and demonstrates its ability to stand
the test of time while still remaining contemporary.
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n°19 - Double-skin façades :
Sanoma House, Baltic Sea Tower, Radiolinja office building
In
Finland, where the climatic conditions are severe, special attention has
been given to using double-skin façades for extensive glazed surfaces.
In addition the objective has been to maximize the amount of natural light
in working environments. At the end of 1990´s and at the beginnig
of early 2000 several office buildings with double façades were
erected in the country.
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n°18 - Town hall, Alphen aan den Rijn
Alphen
aan den Rijn has experienced explosive growth over the past 20 years.
Due to its central location in the "Randstad" between Utrecht
and Leyden as well as to the fact that Alphen functions regionally as
an urban growth centre, the former village has now grown into a mature
town of more than 70,000 inhabitants.
One of the most important architectural considerations for the town hall
in Alphen aan den Rijn was the desire to construct an exceptional building
of high quality and which stands out from the surrounding buildings through
its appearance and stature.
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n°17 - Olympic Stadium, Istanbul
Developed
as part of Turkey's bid to host the 2004 Olympic Games, the new Istanbul
stadium which provides a seating capacity of 80 000 including 50 000 under
cover, forms the focus for a sporting city in the making. Its two roofs,
with their very different forms, provide a distinctive asymmetry, and
the lower terraces, sunk into the ground, contrast with the elevated lands,
which rise above the landscape. More than just the sporting events or
concerts, the stadium creates a whole new environment.
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n°16 - TGV Stations
With
the TGV as the main theme, the three new stations of the Mediterranean
line are unusual structures, created on green field sites. Each responds
to specific constraints and follows its own design logic: the interconnection
of rail networks for Valence; the climatic exposure for Avignon; the confrontation
with the celebrated Sainte-Victoire mountain for Aix-en-Provence. Each
in its own way engages a dialogue with the landscape and foreshadows a
future development more caring for nature.
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n°15 - House R 128
"...
a residential building erected today can be - and should be - absolutely
emission- free and capable of being powered solely by wind and/or solar
energy. The building must be fully recyclable which demands a method of
construction that allows the future separation of materials into single-
material components. This in turn entails new techniques of manufacture
and assembly. The open design allows more flexible arrangements of living
spaces."
Werner Sobek
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n°14 - The Eden Project
The
Eden project in Cornwall, UK, is the largest plant enclosure in the world,
recreating tropical and warm temperate habitats. The primary design objective
was to create the correct environment for growth using minimum water and
energy. The key issues were also orientation, natural lighting and heating,
and maximum recycling of water. The space frame form of the domes minimised
the size and number of structural elements. The required high transparency
of the envelope was achieved using ETFE (Ethylene Tetra Fluoro Ethylene)
foil, capable of covering wide spans supported by the most minimal of
structures.
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n°13 - Office building, Phoenixstraat 60, Delft
The
vision was to construct a modern, functional building for an architectural
office fitting it to the existing townscape and at the same time developing
new cost effective techniques to reduce maintenance and energy costs.
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n°12 - Lucerne Cultural and Convention Centre
The
Lucerne Cultural & Convention Centre - an important national and international
venue for the arts - is situatedon the lakeside of the Vierwaldstattersee,
and at the source of the river Reuss. Nearby is Santiago Calatrava's railway
station. The Cultural and Convention Centre is part of the alpine landscape.
which forms a back- drop to the medieval city of Lucerne and Sweizerhofquai.
A range of different materials is used in achieving the architectural
form of the complex. Steel in the roof structure is the key element of
the building.
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n°11 - Service stations Houten, Orival, Hietalahi
Service
stations are specific often independant structures, serving customers
traveling by car. As a structural materal, steel makes it possible to
adapt these structures to different surroundings from city centres to
open countryside. The wide range of steel products makes it possible to
develop new kinds of environments as illustated by Houten, Orivalaera
and Helsinki-Hietalahi sevice stations.
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n°10 - The Reichstag, Berlin
The
design for the renovation of berlin Reichtag, the historic German parliament
building by Wallot from 1894, was the subject of an international competition
won by Sir Norman Foster. The winning scheme introduced radical changes,
following the new masterplan for the city prepared by Axel Schultes, to
retain as much of Wallot's original building as possible. The principal
feature of Foster's revisited scheme was the replacement of the original
dome, largely cosmetic and badly damaged, by a huge transparent hemisphere,
with a central reflector directing natural lightinto the building.
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n°9 - Terminal 2F, Roissy
The
fifth terminal at Charles-de-Gaulle international airport, Paris, Roissy
2F marks a new generation of this type of building reflecting changes
in airline operation and increasing numbers of passengers. Steel has proved
itself well suited to the design challenge, resulting in a building which
is more holistic, more transparent, and in a sense less important than
the space it encloses.
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n°8 - Terminal 3
The
Station terminal - now called Terminal 3 - is the building complex connecting
the Kastrup railway station on the new Øresund line with the existing
airport terminals, thus creating a new pivot for most international and
domestic journeys.
The architectural concept for Terminal 3 is based upon the fact that the
building will be the central element in the future airport structure.
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n°7 - Dogan printing centre
A
light structure with a tower welcomes visitors to the Turkish capital
on their way from the Esenboga airport to the city. The huge printing
house, standing in its lawned surroundings, and stratified by horizontal
bands, is beautifully illuminated at night. The vertical glass cylinder
completes the complex, which, as an example of lightweight and fast construction,
is one of the pioneers of a new architectural era in Turkey.
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n°6 - Turku academy of art
Turku,
the former capital of Finland, has succeeded well in transforming an industrial
environment with several time layers into new, vibrant town space. The
conversion of the old rope factory and a shipbuilding shed of steel construction
into an art centre has contributed to a high-quality urban environment.
The modern architectural design, technology and steel construction have
combined to create an imaginative connection between the new development
and the historical townscape.
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n°5 - The Guggenheim museum, Bilbao
A
stunning building, already celebrated throughout the world, and whose
extravagant free forms are supported on 4,500 tonnes of steel frames,
complex in their form but very simple in the limited range of elements.
From the physical model and sophisticated computer modelling the design
and construction were realised: information technology helping to shape
the architecture.
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n°4 - RFB building
The
design concept was based on a multi-layer approach:
main building, glass, suspended walls and sun shade elements
additional space within and outside the building.
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n°3 - TAZ Berlin
A
house for a newspaper.
Clarity of expression, comprehensibility of process, a principle of democracy.
Created with the construction material - steel.
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n°2 - L'Oréal factory, Paris
This
is one of L'Oréal's largest manufacturing facilities for cosmetic
and hair care products. This site consists of three production units,
control laboratories, administration and social facilities.
The client wanted a development which would encourage productivity in
a good working environment, and wich would promote the firm's image.
The complex also had to blend sensitively into the site and at the same
time provide a green central area, screened from its surroundings.
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n°1 - Brussimo house
Brussimmo
house, currently occupied by EFTA (the European Free Trade Association),
is situated at the corner of the rue Belliard and the rue de Trèves
in the heart of the business district of Brussels.
It is quite different from the surrounding buildings, which are mainly
of reinforced concrete frame construction, with solid façades of
concrete, stone or aluminium.
The steel framework and external glass skin give the building an immediate
impression of transparency and lightness.
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