In line with its commitment to highly eco-efficient aviation, VoltAero, in collaboration with the Syndicat Mixte des Aéroports La Rochelle, has placed sustainable development at the heart of the design of its new premises. The project, which goes beyond the requirements of RT 2012, favors the use of wood and incorporates rainwater harvesting systems and photovoltaic panels.
Project Presentation
Meanwhile, the tertiary areas are built with a mixed timber-concrete structure, consisting of concrete walls, timber floors, and a timber frame. The logistics area, adjacent to the tertiary area, is based on a glulam structure. The glulam beams with a height of 1 m (~ 3.3 ft) and a span of over 12 m (~ 39 ft) rest on a concrete wall on one side and on timber posts on the other side.
Technical Details
As the entire project was divided into three blocks, the expansion joints were designed and analyzed using RFEM 6 to check the structural displacements.
The engineering office LCA Construction Bois carried out the dimensioning and Eurocode 5 design checks of the various structures using the Timber Design add-on.
As the project is located in Seismic Zone 3, a multimodal spectral analysis was also performed. This type of analysis is facilitated by the fact that combined structures can be considered and modeled in RFEM 6, allowing to take into account the stiffness of different materials.
It was also possible to retrieve the load reductions and transfer them to the shell lot.
| Location | La Sauzaie 17620 Saint-Agnant France |
| Client | Syndicat Mixte des Aéroports La Rochelle, Ile de Ré et Rochefort – Charente Maritime |
| Architect | SDA Architectes |
| Design and Frame Construction | LCA Construction Bois |
