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2019-09-14

Customer Project: Office and Administrative Building FC Campus in Karlsruhe, Germany

The FC Campus ("Cube A" and "Cube B"), located directly on the A5 exit Karlsruhe-Nord, consists of two adjacent structural cubes at a slight offset which leave a lasting impression due to their unique facade design.

The reflective blue windows are the project highlight not only visually but also technologically: The FC Campus is the world's first office building with operable liquid crystal windows where translucency can be adjusted electronically.

Each respective internal core, the interior walls, and the exterior reinforced concrete walls integrated in the facade all contribute to the structure lateral stiffness. The seismic design was performed in the Dlubal software programs RFEM + RF-DYNAM Pro according to the multi-modal response spectrum analysis while considering several mode shapes. RFEM allowed for the seismic consideration with the complex geometry of the supporting reinforced concrete exterior walls. This was especially important with regard to the seismic design and the reduction of the torsional effect of the two cubes.

Client:
FC-Verwaltung GmbH | www.fc-gruppe.de

Architect:
3deluxe interior / architecture design systems ds GmbH | www.3deluxe.de/architecture

Structural Engineer:
künstlin ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG | www.kuenstlin-ingenieure.de

Visualisations, photos and model:
© by 3deluxe
© by künstlin ingenieure

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