THE SHARD

LONDON, UK

PRESENTATION BY:

AMARADO, ANDRIANE BELLE

BELOY, CLARYSSE
MANOG, JUSTIN ABBEY ROSE
SALIGUMBA, MONICA MARIE
 Lead Architect:
Renzo Piano Building Workshop & Adamson
Associates

Client:
Teighmore Ltd c/o Sellar Property Group

NEED TO
Project Area: 1,200,000 sq ft
KNOW
Height:1,016 ft (310 m)

Structural Engineer: WSP Cantor Seinuk

 STRUCTURE FLOORS 73-95

FLOORS 68-72

FLOORS 53-65

The Shard Tower

has about 54,000 FLOORS 34-52
cubic metric tons of
concrete and the FLOORS 31-33
steel system has a
weight of about
11,000 tons.
FLOORS 2-28

Note: There are only 72 habitable floors

 CONSTRUCTION
DID YOU
KNOW?

• The structural The Shard

system consists of Tower’s spire
was pre-
concrete cores, constructed
composite floors, due to the
and steel structural height of the
members. building and
the strength
of the high
• The core of the winds at that
tower was made by level.
slip forming.
 FAÇADE
FOUNDATIONS
COMPONENTS
• Top-Down construction
methodology waswith
Triple-glazed panels useda in
single skinconstruction.
on the outside and a
sealed double-glazed unit
• Plungedinside.
columns used to
supported core and Top-
The outer cavity is 300 mm
wide and isdown slabs.at each
ventilated
floor level. When the air in the
• Theis slab
cavity underneath
heated by the sun, itthe
rises and
core hasexists through thewith
3m thickness
vent at the top of the panel,
four layers of reinforcement
drawing cool air in at the
in each direction
bottom. to provide
stiffness.
 TOP -DOWN C ONS TRU C TION S EQU ENC E

1) Existing condition
showing Southwark
Tower piles
2) New piles and
plunge columns
installed
3) Ground slab,
excavation and
slipform in progress
4) Core built up to
L21, excavation
complete
5) Raft slab and core
walls completed
6) End of top-down
construction
sequence
 EXCAVATIONS
FAÇADE
COMPONENTS
• The ground slab was cast on
a slip membrane so that
blinding concrete did not
adhere to the
Triple-glazed panelsunderside.
with a
single skin on theofoutside
• Excavation and a of
two levels
sealed double-glazed unit
basement then took place
inside.
beneath the ground floor slab.
•The
Then, slab
outer for islevel
cavity B2 was
300 mm
cast. at each
wide and is ventilated
floor
• Thelevel. When the
slipform wasairjust
in the
until
cavity is heated by the sun, it
level 21 and the core was
rises and exists through the
supported
vent at the ontop plunge columns
of the panel,
drawing coolonly.
air in at the
• The raft bottom.
slab was installed in
a single pour.
 FAÇADE
COMPONENTS
 FLOOR The
composite
COMPONENTS
edge beams
achieved the
required
The floor framing in
performance
the Shard:
with a span
of 6m but in
The office levels
the concrete
were designed in
levels, the
steel, while the
maximum
hotel and
perimeter
residences were
column
framed in concrete. spacing was
3m.
 SPIRE
FAÇADE
COMPONENTS
COMPONENTS

The
The concrete
Triple-glazed core
panels stops
with a at shards
single
levelskin
72onand
thecontinues
outside andas
a a extend
sealed double-glazed unit past the
steel mast.
inside. top floor
plate by
Theouter
The spirecavity
has isa 300
steelmm stair
up to 18
supported
wide by central
and is ventilated steel
at each
floor m and are
mast.level.
TheWhen
stairthe air in the
extends from supported
cavity is heated by the sun, it
floor 67 to 87. It wraps The shards were by
rises and exists through the
around
vent at the central
the top of thecore
panel,and is extended beyond cantileveri
tied tocool
drawing theairstructure
in at the at the edges of the ng trusses.
floor plates as
landings on every third floor.
bottom.
“wing walls”
 FAÇADE
CONNECTIONS
COMPONENTS

Connection
Triple-glazed between
panels withthe
a
vertical,
single horizontal
skin on the outsideand
and a
diagonal
sealed bracing has
double-glazed unit
inside.
curved plates
The outer cavity is 300 mm
Connections on theat wing
wide and is ventilated each
wallslevel.
floor have flushthewelds
When air in or
the
hidden
cavity connections
is heated by the sun,init
rises and
which exists
were throughwith
dressed the
vent at the top of the panel,
filler after erection, and
drawing cool air in at the
over-coating.
bottom.
 FAÇADE
LOADS
COMPONENTS
Load from
Section concrete
5800 m² ofpanels
Triple-glazed residential
with a of the
part=1270
single 17800 m² outside
skin on the Hotel and a Shard-
Vertical 1.41
55200 m² office space
sealed double-glazed unit
and Kips
and 5600 m² inside.
retail stores Horizon
tal Loads
The outer cavity is 300 mm Diagram
This
wide andvolume contains
is ventilated at each
54000
floor level.m3
Whenconcrete
the air inas
the Load from
wellisasheated
cavity aboutby11,000-
the sun, it steel
rises andtons
12,500 exists
ofthrough the
structural parts=248
vent at the top of the panel,
steel.
drawing cool air in at the
6.9005
bottom. Kips
D E S C R I P T I O N O F L OA D S
FAÇADE
COMPONENTS
TRANSFER OF DIAGRID
LOADS
Triple-glazed panels with a
USING VIERENDEEL
single skin on the
T RU S Soutside
ES and a The beams for the steel
sealed double-glazed unit
inside.
framed floors were set
orthogonally to
Transfer
The outerstructures
cavity is 300were
mm the shards.
wideneeded in orderattoeach
and is ventilated
floor level. When the
achieve theair in the Perimeter spans:
cavity is heated by the sun, it
reduction in spacing, high
rises and exists through the
• 6m in the steel floors
Vierendeel
vent at the toptrusses were
of the panel, • 3m in the concrete
used.
drawing cool air in at the floors
bottom. • 1.5m at the top of the
spire
 FAÇADE
MULTIFRAME
COMPONENTS
ANALYSIS

TheTriple-glazed panels with

relative magnitudes a total
of the
single skin on the outside and a
sealed double-glazed
Dead loads:2.15 x unit
108 lb
inside.
Live loads: 9.60 x 107 lb
Horizontal loads:is 6.08x108
The outer cavity 300 mm lb
wide and is ventilated at each
These
floor numbers
level. When the imply that
air in thethe
structural
cavity systems
is heated by the for
sun,this
it
rises andmust
building existsresist
through the
extremely
ventexternal
high at the top of the
and panel,loads
internal
drawing
due to itscoolgrand
air inscale
at theand
bottom. FORCES AND SHEAR MOMENT AND DEFLECTION
unusual geometry.
 LATERAL SYSTEMS Building is composed of four
FAÇADE
material layers vertically
COMPONENTS
● The concrete section from
levels 41 to 69 provides mass
dampers panels
Triple-glazed to minimize
with a Hat trusses serve as buttresses, but also
vibrations
single skin onand
the stiffness
outside andtoathe give rigidity to each floor and reduces
sealed double-glazed
building. unit drifting of floor plates. It also provide
inside. lateral bracing within the building
A concrete
●The outer cavitycore
is 300running
mm
provides
wide and islateral stability
ventilated at eachand
minimizes
floor floor
level. When theplates shift.
air in the
cavity is heated by the sun, it
rises and exists through the
● Lateral stiffness is also
vent at the top of the panel,
provided
drawingby placing
cool air in atperimeter
the Prism design decreases the affected wind
columnsbottom.
throughout the area and helps wind redirect more
entire structure effectively with minimal lateral
movement