Glazed atrium roof shopping center Cotroceni Park, Bucharest

摘要

For the new shopping center in Bucharest, Rumania an Israeli consortium has developedrna plan. The glazed atrium covering has a plan of a semi-circle with 53 m radius. This covering had to havernmaximum height fitting within the Rumanian regulations, an attractive interior design and a efficiencyrnin material usage. Within these constraints the design was developed in collaboration with the architectrnand structural engineer. The engineering had to comply with the local regulations concerning earthquakernloadings, which led to a shell structure of trusses and purlins, fixed to form a rigidly connected ensemblernthat could freely move during earthquake loadings without damaging the vulnerable glass covering.rnOctatube International was the consortium leader and contractor for the atrium covering as well as for thern42 m large IMAX sphere on the same project. The steel structure of the atrium covering was partly madernin two factories in the Netherlands and partly made in a factory in Israel. The assembly after shipmentrnwas done by a Dutch subcontractor.