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Edificio Ágora, Valencia, Spain
Elegant sculpture in flexible shoring
At the end of 2009, the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava extended The City of Arts and Science facilities with the addition of the Edificio Ágora multi-function centre. The particularly ingenious feature here is the folding glass roof with its lamellae-type construction: when closed, the building´s shape is in the form of a conquistador´s helmet and, if opened, the Edificio Ágora resembles the helmet of a general.
49 vaulted steel fins have been arranged in an elliptical ground plan and span a gigantic interior measuring 100 m long, 65 m wide and 68 m high. For assembly work of the individual working activities, a PERI UP scaffold construction was used which could be continuously adapted to suit the different requirements regarding the working platforms and access means. Thus, all working operations for the steel supporting structure, steel-glass facade through to the installation of the lighting technology could be carried out quickly and safely. With a planned construction time of only 13 months, a particularly fast solution was required.
For the assembly of the load-bearing building construction, PERI UP birdcage scaffold enclosed the individual steel ribs on all sides and the height of the scaffold increased in step with the construction progress. Cantilevered scaffold units between the individual steel ribs were assembled using UBK node diagonals and UCB brackets. Reinforced UHV ledgers were used in a number of areas to support the rising standards which meant the form of the scaffold could be optimally adapted to the complex building structure. For subsequent working activities, scaffold use was limited to the inside area: the wide cantilevers were to a large extent reduced in size so that external facade, insulation and the curtain wall construction could be installed.
PERI UP stairs provided safe access to the working areas and, through the use of UDI industrial decking, working platforms and access ways were installed throughout without leaving any gaps. Even in completely assembled scaffold sections, decks could also be subsequently removed and reinstalled without any problems - a big advantage regarding continuous adaption of the scaffold. The low weight of the individual PERI UP system components and the fact that each system part could be handled by only one person, facilitated fast and energy-saving work operations. In addition, the high rigidity of the standard connections reduced the number of both bracing levels and required diagonals. This ensured short assembly times and fast modification phases which noticeably accelerated construction
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Carlos Gil
Project Manager
“The PERI scaffold solution adapted perfectly to the complex geometry and construction progress. Through this, all operational steps could be safely carried out - this also led to substantial time savings.”
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PERI Press Release 07/2009
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