Kuben is a 6-story residential building with 43 apartments, a garage, a service area, parking spaces on the first floor, and a ground floor with storage rooms and technical rooms.
We modeled and detailed the project in Tekla Structures. The model was created with the help of built-in and proprietary components, plugins, and programs using Tekla API.
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All static calculations were performed in a FEM-Design program in which the whole geometry and physical properties of elements and materials were directly imported from Tekla using our own interface application.
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In Tekla, we modeled, detailed, and drew all reinforced elements: walls, slabs, columns, whole steel construction, and all connections.
Constravia was responsible for the main calculations and engineering of the prefabricated elements, foundations, and steel construction.
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We faced several challenges during the project:
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- Because Kuben is in the city center and was built in the area of a demolished building, we had to consider existing installations and foundations of neighboring buildings when designing the foundations.Â
- The balconies placed on the steel structure also required an additional truss structure. Some of them are three stories high and were delivered as integrated elements, which accelerated the assembly.
- To get more space in the business area, we removed a few columns and designed larger beams.
- There were also some special connections between the steel and the precast to transfer all the forces from the steel structure.
- We have made about 750 drawings.
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