This is a study done on an existing Modernist residential tower in Buenos Aires. The tower was designed by local architecture firm Mario Roberto Alvarez, construction date is unknown.
The structure is logical and well expressed by the circular outrigger columns along the side elevation, the internal pairs of square columns and central core walls.
Left: Front (road) Elevation, Right: Side Elevation
Left: Typical floor plan dimensions, Right: Detail view of the outrigger column-to-slab connection
The structure was modelling in Rhino 3D + Grasshopper + Salamander and then exported as finite elements for analysis. The main purpose of the exercise was to see how the overall structure deflected once constructed and to check local deflections of an individual slab given the column spacing. The results are shown below.
