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The following data refer to the facade substructure.
Length: approx. 25 m | Width: approx. 25 m | Height: approx. 25 m | Weight: approx. 55 t Number of nodes: 811 | Members: 1,276 | Materials: 2 | Cross-sections: 7
Among other things, the building is to be used as a presentation area and to appear for events related to the topic of gold and silver, as well as design.
isin Architekten was commissioned with the design as the winner of a competition process. The structural engineering firm Klöckner carried out the structural analysis of the facade supporting structure with RSTAB and that of the facade panels with RFEM. As part of a wind report by the company I.F.I. GmbH from Aachen, the applicable wind loads were determined using a model in a wind tunnel.
Facade Construction The facade envelops the building like a coat of gold leaf. In reality, however, the approximately 800 facade panels, each measuring 1.5 m x 1.5 m, are not made of gold leaf but of an aluminum alloy coated on both sides with Duraflon.
The steel supporting structure of the facade consists of a total of 1,276 members of steel grades S 235 and S 355. It is attached to the solid structure at 80 points. Ten circular hollow sections, d=159 mm, carry the majority of the vertical loads.
The RSTAB add-on module STEEL EC3 was used for the design. The calculation of the 3 mm thick facade panels was performed using the RFEM add-on modules RF-IMP, RF-STABIL, and RF-STEEL Surfaces.
The panels are stiffened in the field by aluminum edge profiles. These were designed in RF-ALUMINUM.
| Structural Engineering | Structural Analysis for Facade Structure Ingenieurbüro Klöckner GmbH, Nistertal, Germany |
| Construction | Facade Construction EBENER GmbH Fassaden-Profiltechnik, Bad Marienberg www.ebener.de Steel Structure SWW Stahlbau Westerwald, Heiligenrot sww-stahlbau.de |
| Architect | isin architekten, Aalen, Germany www.isin.de |
| Building contractor | Edelmetallverband Schwäbisch Gmünd |
