The air ventilation of a a large road tunnel and a parking garage underneath the new main train station in Berlin (former Lehrter Bahnhof) will be provided by a 60 m high vent stack with a discharge cross section of 30 m². The freestanding steel structure is built by three vertical shear walls rotated 60° to each other. Every shear wall is stiffened by steel frames and crosswise installed tension rods. The space between the frames is filled with translucent glass blocks.
Location
Berlin, Germany
Architect
gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
Client
Deutsche Bahn AG
Contractor
Müller Offenburg GmbH & Co. KG
Our Scope of Work
conceptual design, construction design, site supervision