Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
New courthouse at El Ejido
Year:2014
Research Areas
  • Civil engineering and architecture
Information
Abstract
The courthouse at El Ejido has a trapezoid floor plan (47 m x 55 / 26 m) and comprises two distinct volumes that are structurally connected at basement level and by footbridges on the upper storeys. A third trapezoid unit featuring a glazed curtain wall façade cantilevers 8 m off the main façade of the front volume. This façade is a structural diaphragm wall, constituted by nine rows of vertical precast concrete members separated by horizontal cast-in-place, self-compacting concrete chords. The location of the courthouse in a seismic area and the short number of horizontal supports for the façade make this wall potentially vulnerable. The particularly high risk during construction called for careful planning based on a detailed analysis of the interaction between the structure and the ancillary resources used to build it.
International
Si
Congress
37th IABSE Symposium - Engineering for Progress, Nature and People
960
Place
Madrid
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-3-85748-135-2
Start Date
03/09/2014
End Date
05/09/2014
From page
2295
To page
2302
Report of 37th IABSE Symposium
Participants
  • Autor: Juan Luis Bellod Thomas UPM
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de Hormigón Estructural
  • Departamento: Mecánica de Medios Continuos y Teoría de Estructuras