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connection point explosion drawing
base point explosion drawing
THE MAIN STRUCTURE
The tower is is composed of 165x165mm
glue-laminated beams and columns. The
joints between the cubes are made with
8 mm thick steel plates designed for this
particular structure. The use of steel was a
requirement from the calculation of shear
forces due to the wind forces on the tower.
Each steel element is holding the column,
the beam and the bracing together and
the two elements are then screwed to one
another to keep the two cubes attached.
The steel plates are placed into narrow
slits in the wood and then fixed with 12
mm dowels so that the presence of steel
is minimized.
The steel elements are also used at the
base point to maintain the structure on the
concrete point foundations.