Concrete Water Tower / Giuseppe Occhipinti
Water Tower after Addition
Giuseppe Occhipinti, an Italian structural engineer and the co-founder of Engineering Seismic Consulting (ESC), has shared his seismic water tower design with us. While ESC amends structural problems for projects on a variety of scales, the firm also develops conceptual projects. Their latest conceptual project is a reuse for a typical tall water tank to aid urban needs. The seismic addition not only adds a functional entity but also adds an aesthetic touch to the tower.
More images and more about the tower after the break.
Water Tower Before Addition
The mushroom-shaped concrete water tower incorporates a vertical concrete pipe that absorbs seismic horizontal actions. The new addition is connected to the existing concrete and the steel floors, so that the external vertical structure can be reduced to simple compression.
Tower Section
After different studies of retrofitting these seismic components, the addition saves a considerable amount of money in its construction. At the top of the water tower is a viewing walkway that shows an uninterrupted view of the landscape.
Oh look! It’s Foster’s Gherkin… lol
foster didn’t invent this pattern, although i have to admit that the gherkin is impressive.
This is a different project and i like it too
demigherkin
Looks nice!
The core of the project is not the pattern, it is only a possible solution. However thank you
4:26 PM Aug 25th
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4:37 PM Aug 25th
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8:26 PM Aug 25th
Concrete Water Tower / Giuseppe Occhipinti: Water Tower after AdditionGiuseppe Occhipinti, an Italian structural e… http://bit.ly/8YOyyr
8:32 PM Aug 25th
混凝土水塔 http://is.gd/eDR6o 这是个不错的设计，但是作用过于单一了。
8:37 PM Aug 25th
大早上的我也看到了。RT @wangshiqi 混凝土水塔 http://is.gd/eDR6o 这是个不错的设计，但是作用过于单一了。
1:25 AM Aug 26th
RT @wangshiqi: 混凝土水塔 http://is.gd/eDR6o 这是个不错的设计，但是作用过于单一了。
2:55 AM Aug 26th
Interesting Concrete Water Tower 'Cover Up' / Giuseppe Occhipinti | ArchDaily http://t.co/uoKidZL via @archdaily
5:03 AM Aug 27th
Awesome idea of turning infrastructure into beauty
http://www.archdaily.com/74653/concrete-water-tower-giuseppe-occhipinti/