{"id":94,"date":"2012-05-25T16:39:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compositesandarchitecture.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2012-05-25T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T16:39:32","slug":"novartis-pavilions-floating-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Novartis Pavilion&#8217;s Floating Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-94-1' class='gallery gallery-94'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/novartis-1.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/novartis-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/novartis-gate.jpeg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/novartis-gate-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-2'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/1_Novartis_Campus_introsmall.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/1_Novartis_Campus_introsmall-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>The reception building for the Novartis Campus in Basel is a load-bearing construction consisting completely of glass. It has a wing-shaped roof made from glass fiber reinforced plastic.<\/p>\n<p>The building rests on an underground parking garage in the middle of an artificially created park. The design of the architect, Marco Serra, called for a high degree of transparency and what appears to be a floating roof.<\/p>\n<p>The load-bearing fa\u00e7ade, which consists solely of glass elements, makes it possible to do without any additional supporting structures between the floor and the roof. The roof is a 400 m\u00b2, wing-like shape made from glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP). The supporting function, thermal insulation and waterproofing, are present in this single, seamless element.<\/p>\n<p>The static and constructive form of the roof and fa\u00e7ade takes into account the manufacturing sequences, complex geometry and different behaviour of the materials used. The large, self-propelled swing doors fulfil numerous requirements for operation, safety, security and structural physics.<\/p>\n<p>Above text via\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebp.ch\/en\/geschaeftsbereiche\/ingenieurbau\/aktuell\/reception-building-novartis-campus-basel%20.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ernst Basler + Partner<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>who was the general planner. This also included the structural engineering and fa\u00e7ade design.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More data on the FRP roof:<\/p>\n<p>-400 square meters.<\/p>\n<p>-tapers from 62 cm in the center to 7 cm at the edges.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; 90\u00d790 cm blocks of PUR foam are the base material, each block is wrapped in layers of fiberglass reinforced plastic.<\/p>\n<p>-blocks were joined on site using a glue, before additional FRP lamination to concealed the joints was applied.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the total weight of the roof is 28 tons, all of which is supported by the glass and steel facade.<\/p>\n<p>For even more info on the construction of this, check out Detail magazine, 2008, #5, or buy the book on the building\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ideabooks.nl\/title\/23143\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reception building for the Novartis Campus in Basel is a load-bearing construction consisting completely&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}