Structural Design of Palazzo dell’Edilizia of Alessandria

The case study concerns the structural project of the “Palazzo dell’Edilizia of Alessandria”, a multi-functional building that will host the activities of a public company managing building industry and construction workers issues. The early architectural concept design has been carried out by the well-known Architect Daniel Libeskind. LGA Engineering team by means of BIM approach developed the structural design in a Level Of Detail corresponding to a Definitive Project. The building is organized into four above ground stories that house classrooms, offices, conference halls and multi-purpose spaces. Under structural point of view the main body is made of a central rigid concrete core and surrounding steel frames. The most iconic component of whole complex is the 50 m high tower made of steel frames interconnected each other and with the other main elements of the building. During project development, the main structural challenges to deal with has been the design of long span beams, cantilever slabs and beams, out of plane structural elements and their mutual connection, and above all the managing of the complex geometry and the height of the tower steel frame.