Luxembourg Pavilion

https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/discover/pavilions/luxembourg
 Credits
Government of Luxembourg

Architect:
Metaform - Luxembourg

Concept Structural Engineer:

AuCARRE - Luxembourg

Detail Structural Engineer: WME

Structural Project Engineer: Ivica Vicovac

Dubai Expo 2020
https://www.expo2020dubai.com/e
Dubai Expo 2020
 Dubai Expo 2020

Opportunity

Al Wasl
Plaza UAE
Mobility Pavilion

Sustainability
UAE Pavilion Architect:
Santiago Calatrava
Opportunity

We all have the power to

shape the future. Expo 2020
aims to unlock this potential in
multiple ways, such as
supporting solutions to social
problems through our Expo
Live programme and
introducing visitors to new
ideas that inspire them to act.
Mobility
When we enable smarter
movement of knowledge,
ideas and goods, a new
world of possibilities
unfolds. Expo 2020 looks
at how this has helped us
explore new frontiers, and
how humanity is making
greater leaps than ever
through digital
connectivity.
Sustainability

The need to live in

balance with the world we
inhabit has never been
more critical. Expo 2020 is
embracing alternative
sources of food, water,
and clean and renewable
energy, and encouraging
us all to reassess how we
can preserve the planet.
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Architectural Vision
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 ARCHITECTURAL VISION

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Resources Resources

Restaurant

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Architectural
Vision
Site Constraints

DMD
Codes and Software Used
Building Metrics
 Structural System

A Möbius strip has only one

side, so an ant crawling along
it would wind along both
the bottom and the top in a
single stretch.

A Möbius strip can be

Mobius Steel Structure constructed by taking a strip of
paper, giving it a half twist,
then joining the ends together.
Structural System - Load Path

Lateral Loads

Gravity Loads

Reactions

Building Cross Section

 Structural System

Foundation – 350 – 500 mm thick raft

 Structural System

First Floor at 3.75 m – 300 mm thick RC slab

 Structural System

Central Steel Structure Supported by First Floor Sloping Exhibition Space (not Ramp) - Steel Structure
Structural System

RC Entrance Bridge
 Details

Mobius Strip Nodes Mobius End Connections

 Analysis Results

Strength Utilization Ratios – max 0.67 Vertical Deflections (SIDL) – 285 mm

 Analysis Results

Vertical Deflections (SIDL) – 40 mm Horizontal Deflections (SIDL) – 21 mm

 Analysis Results -Entrance Bridge

First natural mode approximately 3.6 Hz Max Long Term Deflections 57 mm

Structural Drawings
Structural Drawings
Structural Drawings – General Arrangement
Structural Drawings – General Arrangement
Structural Drawings – Member Sizes
Structural Drawings – Steel to Concrete Connections
Structural Drawings – Steel to Steel Connections
Structural Drawings – Construction Sequence
Structural Drawings – Construction Sequence
Structural Drawings – Construction Sequence
Site - progress
Site - progress
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