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2016-01-13

Maze in Genk, Belgium

The temporary structure of a steel maze was created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the C‑Mine arts center in Genk (Belgium), which is located at the former coal mine of Winterslag.

It took almost one month to install the steel structure at the arts center on an area of 15,069.5 ft2.

Construction

The maze has a length of almost 2/3 of a mile and measures 123 x 123 ft.

You enter and leave the maze through a single opening in the shape of a canopy cut in the steel plates.

The plates, made of S235 steel, have a length of 5 ft as well as a width of 16.5 ft and a thickness of .2 in. They were cut using laser technology, then chamfered and painted so that visitors can interact with the structure.

Structural Analysis

Particular attention was paid to the design of the deformations, the stresses and the stability under the effects of wind, as well as to plate buckling.

Special technical solutions were developed for the welds, the ground fixation, and the horizontal stiffening under the influence of the wind loads, as well as for the local plate buckling.



Project Specifications

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