Archive of IJHRB


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Vol. - No. Vol.9 - No.3
Date Sep., 2020
Title The Structural Engineering Design And Construction Of The Tallest Building In Europe Lakhta Center,St. Petersburg. Russia
Author Ahmad Abdelrazaq1, Vladimir Travush, PhD2, Alexey Shakhvorostov, PhD3 Alexander Timofeevich3, Mikhail Desyatkin3, and Hyungil Jung4
Institutions 1Executive Vice President, Samsung C&T, Republic of Korea2Executive GP, Moscow, Russia3Partners Inforceproject, Russia4Deputy General Manager Samsung C&T, Republic of Korea
Abstract The Lakhta Center is a Multifunction Complex Development (MFCD) consisting of 1) an 86 story office tower rising 462 m above the ground to provide high-end offices for Gazprom Neft and Gazprom Group affiliates 2) a Multi-Function Building (MFB) that includes, a scientific/educational center, a sport center, a children's technopark, a planetarium, a multi-transformable hall, an exhibition center, shops, restaurants, and other public facilities 3) a Stylobate 4) "The Arch, which forms the main entrance to the tower, restaurants, and cafes 5) underground parking and 6) a wide range of large public plazas. While each of the MFCD buildings is technically challenging in its own right, the focus of the paper is to present the development and integration of the structural and foundation systems of the bowed, tapered, and twisted shape of the tower into the fabric of the tallest Tower in Europe.
Keyword Super Tall Tower, Composite Structural system, Composite floor framing design, floating raft on reinforced soil structure, Composite Outrigger Core wall Connection with externally stiffened floor diaphragm
PP. PP.283~300
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