ACTIVITY 1

BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 5

PRE-CAST AND CAST-IN-PLACE SYTEM

MACARAIG,PAMELA A.
AR- 404
PRE-CAST SYSTEM
Project: Ospedale Giovanni XXIII Chapel
Location: Bergamo, Italy
Precaster: Styl-Comp
Architect/Designer: Traversi + Traversi,
Aymeric Zublena, Stefano Arienti

The Ospedale Giovanni XXIII Chapel

features graphic panels designed to invoke
the Garden of Eden. (Photo © Styl-Comp-
Camillo Bonfanti)
The panels required a special mix design,
detailed curing and washing processes, and
extreme care during handling and shipping to
ensure the pattern and joints remained perfectly
intact. This included dedicated stripping and
handling frames and special protection after
installation until the roof was completed. In
total, 64 panels were poured, including 32
Graphic Concrete panels. The company also
manufactured the slim velarium outside façade
panels.

REFERENCE:
https://precast.org/2015/07/around-the-
world-with-precast-concrete/
CAST-IN-PLACE
SYSTEM
Pirelli Tower
Client: Pirelli Group.
Location: Piazza Duca d’Aosta, 5, 7A – Milano.
Architect: Gio Ponti. 
Project/Consultancy: Pier Luigi Nervi, Alberto
Rosselli, Arturo Danusso, Egidio Dell’Orto,
studio Giuseppe Valtolina, Antonio Fornaroli.
Program: Offices
Site Area: 24,000 sq.m
Building Dimensions: Length 70.4 m, Width
18.5 m, Height 127 m.
Construction details: The chief structural
characteristic is the concentration of the floor
weight on few load-bearing structures, so that
the resistant surface necessary to support vertical
loads, gathered in a few pillars, gives the pillars
themselves the necessary rigidity to withstand
the massive horizontal forces.
Construction system: Polygonal floor plan,
similar in shape to a diamond (due to trapezoid-
shaped sections inscribed in a rectangular layout
with the shorter sides ending in a cusp), on a
grid of reinforced concrete pillars and a curtain
facade; brick-concrete floor; flat roof terrace.
The volume of the building rises up to 127 feet
from the ground and at the time of its
construction was one of the tallest skyscrapers in
Europe.
Project: 1956
Start of works: 1956
End of works: 1960

REFERENCES:
http://www.arcvision.org/pirelli-tower/?
lang=en
FLAT SLAB
APARTMENTS
TOKYO, JAPAN
 Architects: Koh Kitayama +
architecture WORKSHOP
 Area: 2635 m²
 Year: 2006
 Photographs: Daici Ano
They are structurally unified by the
connecting balconies, and so horizontal
forces are directly taken by structural walls
running in two directions. In this system,
steel posts take vertical loads from the flat
slabs, which are independent from the
structural walls.

REFERENCES:
https://www.archdaily.com/266997/g-flat-
architecture-workshop/gflt_050_.jpg?
next_project=no
RIBBED SLAB
Saint Louis Art Museum
2013
St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Client
Saint Louis Art Museum

Architect
David Chipperfield Architects
London

Associate Architect
HOK

Project Manager
The Rise Group

Landscape Architect
Michel Desvigne

Associate Landscape Architect

Hammel, Green and Abrahamson

Structural Engineer
Magnusson Klemencic Associates

MEP Engineer
Arup

Associate MEP Engineer

William Tao & Associates

Facade Consultant
Front REFERENCES:
https://www.pinterest.ph/sicilia1301/ribbed-
Cost Consultant slab/
Davis Langdon
https://www.dezeen.com/2013/02/28/saint-
Building Area louis-art-museum-east-building-by-david-
200,000 sf chipperfield/
https://www.world-
architects.com/en/architecture-
news/reviews/saint-louis-art-museum
WAFFLE SLAB
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
 Architect: Denys Lasdun
 Year: 1976
 Photographs: flickr user
chumpolo, flickr user aguichard, flickr
user garryknight, flickr user
goynang, Philip Vile , flickr user
alanstanton
 Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated
Panels
 Start: 1963
 Completed :1976
 Architecture : Urban Landscape,

REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_slab#Ex
amples
https://www.archdaily.com/772979/ad-
classics-royal-national-theatre-denys-lasdun
LIFT SLAB
Clemson University Core Campus Precinct
Designed as New Multi-faceted Complex
ARCHITECT Stevens & Wilkinson
Project Details in Brief:
• Overall Square Footage: 286,000 Gross Square
Feet (GSF)
• Dining: 81,000 GSF
• Housing: 184,000 GSF
• Academics: 21,000 GSF
• Occupancy Date: 2016 Fall Semester
• LEED (Silver certification details to be
announced and provided upon confirmation)

REFERENCES:
https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-
gallery/clemson-university-core-campus-
precinct-designed-as-new-multi-faceted-
complex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_slab_constr
uction
PRE-STRESSED
SYSTEM
Multiple T-section girder bridge
General Information
Beginning 20 April 1949
of works:
Completion 1 February 1951
:
Status: in use

Project Type
Structure: Multiple T-section girder
bridge
Function / Road bridge
usage:
Material: Prestressed concrete
bridge
Construction Precast girders with cast-
method: in-situ slab
Location
Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphi
a
County, Pennsylvania, US
A
Coordinate 40° 1' 58.54" N    75° 11'
s: 16.54" W
 Architect Harder Haas Partner AG
Building type Silo
Building status existing [completed]
Facade material Concrete
Architectural style Brutalism

REFERENCES:
https://structurae.net/en/structures/walnut-
lane-memorial-bridge
https://www.scribd.com/docExamples-of-
Structures-Prestressed-Concrete

SLIP FORM
Name Kornhaus Swissmill
Alternative name Silo 57
Address Sihlquai
Borough Industriequartier
City Zürich
State Zürich
Country  Switzerland
Height (architectural) 118.00 m
Construction start May 2013
Construction end 2016
REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_forming
https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1213498/
kornhaus-swissmill-zuerich-switzerland