TriAngle Tower: Constructieve analyse, personenliften en windhinder op voetgangersniveau

TriAngle Tower: Constructieve analyse, personenliften en windhinder op voetgangersniveau

Van der Kooij, R.

Vambersky, J.N.J.A. (mentor)
Te Boveldt, A. (mentor)
Van der Linden, A.C. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Design and Construction

2008-02-28

The TriAngle Tower is an office building, which is architecturally designed by Sramota en Naaien Architecten BV & SV interieurgroep BV and planned to be built at the Plaspoelpolder in Rijswijk. The TriAngle Tower has a total area of 40.000 square meters and a maximum height of 144 meters. Therefore it will become the highest building of the Plaspoelpolder and an important landmark. This master thesis is divided into three subjects: Problem definition 1. the constructive analysis: The TriAngle Tower is a large building, which consist of multiple and different building segments. It is not known, whether it is possible to built the TriAngle Tower as one constructive section. 2. the system of elevators: It is not known whether the system of elevators, which is designed in the architectural design meets the formulated demands. 3. the inconvenience of wind on the pedestrian level: Because of the shape and the height of the TriAngle Tower, there will probably be inconvenience of wind on the pedestrian level. In this part of the master thesis is explored where and how the inconvenience is leading. Research and results 1. For the main bearing structure of the TriAngle Tower two alternatives were designed. Both designs were explored concerning the deformations caused by the dead load, the wind load and the changes of temperature inside the building. By the exploration of the deformation of the main bearing structure, is determined which alternative contains the least problems. 2. The designed system of elevators is explored, where after multiple alternatives were made. Because of the different demands for the different users of the TriAngle Tower different alternatives meet the formulated demands. 3. The inconvenience of wind on the pedestrian level is studied in a wind tunnel. This was done by making a scaled model, which was placed in front of the wind tunnel. Then the wind speed an wind flow were measured to determine the problem areas.

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