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College of Falkonergården, Frederiksberg, Denmark: Structural and architecturally innovative multifunctional steel hall
The new multifunctional hall of Falkonergårdens Gymnasium and the associated foyer opened in 2015 and can be used by up to 1,000 people. The same year, it was awarded a prize by Frederiksberg Municipality as one of the city's finest buildings. In 2016, the building also received this year's “Store Arne”, awarded annually by the Danish Association of Architects for work that raises the standards of architecture in Copenhagen.
The ‘multihall’ for Falkonergården in Copenhagen has a covered steel structure. It is a structure that maximizes the use of the shape with interacting plate action and “membrane” action in the cylindrical walls. The basic structural behavior is without use of primary structural members in bending. It has an orthogonal space structure for the upper roof; it has no horizontal bracing, but is only stabilized for horizontal shear forces by a closed kidney‐shaped ring beam without bending. The structural spaceframe roof has maximized the production possibility of the use of large fully fabric‐welded trusses bolted together on site with welded plane cross members. The structural design of the roof space frame allowed erection in only two days without use of scaffolding. Very simple structural freeware has been a help in the sketch design stage.
The aim of the steel design was to find a synthesis of architecture, structural behavior, productivity and buildability. It was a very challenging job, although full understanding is only for people with X‐ray eyes! (Fig. 1 and 2).
College of Falkonergården, Frederiksberg, Denmark: Structural and architecturally innovative multifunctional steel hall
The new multifunctional hall of Falkonergårdens Gymnasium and the associated foyer opened in 2015 and can be used by up to 1,000 people. The same year, it was awarded a prize by Frederiksberg Municipality as one of the city's finest buildings. In 2016, the building also received this year's “Store Arne”, awarded annually by the Danish Association of Architects for work that raises the standards of architecture in Copenhagen.
The ‘multihall’ for Falkonergården in Copenhagen has a covered steel structure. It is a structure that maximizes the use of the shape with interacting plate action and “membrane” action in the cylindrical walls. The basic structural behavior is without use of primary structural members in bending. It has an orthogonal space structure for the upper roof; it has no horizontal bracing, but is only stabilized for horizontal shear forces by a closed kidney‐shaped ring beam without bending. The structural spaceframe roof has maximized the production possibility of the use of large fully fabric‐welded trusses bolted together on site with welded plane cross members. The structural design of the roof space frame allowed erection in only two days without use of scaffolding. Very simple structural freeware has been a help in the sketch design stage.
The aim of the steel design was to find a synthesis of architecture, structural behavior, productivity and buildability. It was a very challenging job, although full understanding is only for people with X‐ray eyes! (Fig. 1 and 2).
College of Falkonergården, Frederiksberg, Denmark: Structural and architecturally innovative multifunctional steel hall
Vanggaard, Ole (author) / Weidemann, Hans Chr. (author) / Nordestgaard, Peter Madsen (author)
ce/papers ; 3 ; 169-174
2019-09-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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