Place
Ancona (AN)
Client
Navy department
Period
1992
Company's Role
Structural design and construction supervision
Credits
-
DESCRIPTION
The building is composed by a 60,5 x 21 m rectangular shape and it consists of two elevation above ground and one basement floor. At the ground level is positioned the isolation system, composed by 44 elastomeric seismic isolators. The isolator is composed by natural rubber layers enriched with substances for increase the dissipative capacity and steel layers. The rubber and the metal sheets are withstands to a vulcanization process that makes the element monolithic.