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BPR Building |
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Asunción, Paraguay |
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Structural typology |
Industrial Structures |
Date |
Januar, 2014 |
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The BPR building is a printing plant which measures 12.65m high and is composed of two levels above grade. The ground floor is located at the level +0.00, the first floor is located at the level +3.00 and is intended for industrial use and the roof level is not accessible.
The building has a shape of a parallelogram on plan, with sides of 45m and 35m. It is supported by a shallow foundation and it must be pointed out that the ground floor is made of a concrete slab lightened with bricks.
Finally, it must be highlighted that the façades and the roof are made of a three-dimensional brick framed structu
re with steel joints and they are supported by the beams of the roof level and by tree-shaped columns.