Title:
Products & Practice Spotlight: Creating the Core for a New Campus
Author(s):
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
35
Issue:
6
Appears on pages(s):
45-47
Keywords:
formwork, board form finish, columns, core walls
DOI:
Date:
6/1/2013
Abstract:
The Vienna University of Economics and Business is building a new campus. The dominant element of the campus will be the Library & Learning Center (LLC), which was designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The LLC has five cores, each with a different and complex geometry. The core walls are inclined at different angles, and the corners formed at wall intersections are rounded. MEVA developed combinations of standard and special formwork to create these features. Inclined cylindrical corner areas, for example, were formed using special Mammut 350 wall formwork panels and variations of MEVA’s Circo circular column formwork system. The project specifications called for a board form finish for the building’s cores. This was achieved by attaching wooden boards to the formwork panels.