Casa Grande del Pueblo

Height: 131 m (30 stories)
Magnitude: 29,492 square meters
Use: Governmental
Construction: Empresa Constructora Tauro S.A.
Location: La Paz - Bolivia: La Paz - Bolivia
It is one of the tallest buildings in the country with a height of 130 meters. It is the building of the executive branch, located on Potosi street corner Bolivar, interconnected with the historic Government Palace in Murillo square, in the city of La Paz - Bolivia.

 

One of its main structural characteristics is that it has an auditorium with an approximate seating capacity of 1,100 people, which contemplates an 11-meter cantilever overlooking Potosí Street.

 

The structural problem is that the cantilever causes a significant overturning moment on the building which, under normal conditions, would tilt the building. Therefore, it was necessary to design a self-balancing internal system to compensate for this overturning moment. Thus, the real structural solution is not in the cantilever itself, but inside the building. It is interesting to note that both the cantilever and the internal self-balancing system were designed in post-tensioned concrete.

 

The Casa Grande del Pueblo has 29 floors and a heliport. It has 29,492 square meters of floor area. Several floors, including the auditorium, have a service load of 1,000 kg/m2. The average floor-to-floor height is 4.5 meters. As the main government building, its design has a very high seismic-resistant capacity.

Our work consisted of the structural calculation and design, as well as the supervision of the rough work, which was in charge of our PhD. MSc. engineer Mario Galindo Queralt.

  • Fecha: 2018 – La Paz, Bolivia

3D model of the Casa Grande del Pueblo.
Building designed, calculated, optimized and supervised by Galindo Ingeniería.

3D model of the Casa Grande del Pueblo.
Building designed, calculated, optimized and supervised by Galindo Ingeniería.

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