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AvB Tower
Anna van Buerengebouw, De Lampion
Building
Completed, 2013
residential / education
steel
70.9 m / 233 ft
22
3
396
3
25,500 m² / 274,480 ft²
Proposed
Construction Start
Completed
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's façade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Façade Consultant" exclusively.
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
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Usually involved in the front end design, with a "typical" condition being that of a leadership role through either Schematic Design or Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
The Design Engineer is usually involved in the front end design, typically taking the leadership role in the Schematic Design and Design Development, and then a monitoring role through the CD and CA phases.
Other Consultant refers to other organizations which provided significant consultation services for a building project (e.g. wind consultants, environmental consultants, fire and life safety consultants, etc).
These are firms that consult on the design of a building's façade. May often be referred to as "Cladding," "Envelope," "Exterior Wall," or "Curtain Wall" Consultant, however, for consistency CTBUH uses the term "Façade Consultant" exclusively.
Material Supplier refers to organizations which supplied significant systems/materials for a building project (e.g. elevator suppliers, facade suppliers, etc).
The AvB Tower is a “hyper-hybrid” academic building and a dynamic hub, threading The Hague’s central train station to the adjacent urban envelope, accommodating students and faculty with a program of housing, retail, and dining. Surrounded by an expansive and newly constructed pedestrian square–the Anna van Buerenplein–this steel tower is foreseen as a catalyst for further redevelopment of this centrally sited urban space. The square is a point of convergence for multiple modes of transportation and a gathering space for the tower’s 396 student residents.
Clusters of office buildings and a surface parking lot were demolished to create this new residential and retail project, which is part of a larger master plan to restructure an under-utilized space in the center of the city. A newly submerged three-story parking garage serves as the plinth for the tower’s foundation, The pre-existing weight limitations of the parking garage dictated the use of structural steel, distributing its load across 11 pre-determined columns.
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