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Old Gasometer Newly Polished in Pforzheim, Germany

Old Gasometer Newly Polished in Pforzheim, Germany

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The primary structure of the façade is made up of 18 bracket and façade supports which are arranged in a grid of 10°. The stiffening of the cylinder is guaranteed by the arrangement of horizontal ring stiffeners in connection with com- pression and tensile-rigid diagonals. To be able to determine the unevenly distributed wind load as realistically as possible, the entire main structure has been modeled spatially with RFEM. 3D model with deformations in RFEM (Screenshot: Dlubal) Old Gasometer Newly Polished in Pforzheim, Germany Steel Construction for a 360° Panorama The link between the businessman Wolfgang Schweidtweiler from Pforzheim (Germany) and the pano- rama artist Asisi made it possible that the 100-year-old gasometer threat- ened by demolition can now be used in s

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