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The formal relationship between base and tower slabs: the transition floor

No. 10 (2012-07-01)
  • Edison Henao Carvajal
    1Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Manizales, Colombia. ehenaoc@unal.edu.co Doctor en Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, España.
  • Isabel Llanos Chaparro
    2Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Manizales, Colombia illanosc@unal.edu.co Candidata a Doctora en Proyectos Arquitectónicos, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, España.
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq10.2012.09

Abstract

This paper is part of the research project Torre-plataforma, Colombia, años cincuenta y sesenta (Base and tower, Colombia, 1950s and 1960s), the advances of which have previously been published in this journal. This part of the research deals with the alternative possibilities for building transition floors in the Colombian cases of this building type. Cases are presented that follow the system established by Lever House -a transition floor between base and tower slabs left open completely-, others that use the transition floor to articulate the structures of the building’s parts, and singular cases that are completely different.

Keywords: base and tower, transition floors, architectural creation, connectivity in heterogeneous buildings, architectural project, modern architecture