One of MAURER's global projects is DC Tower 1 in Austria.
Under the DC name, two buildings have been constructed. Here, we consider DC Tower 1. This building is 220 m high (250 m with the antenna) and consists of 60 floors. This is the tallest building in Austria, standing 60 m higher than DC Tower 2.
The architect of the building is Dominique Perrault from France. Construction of DC Tower 1 began in 2010, was completed in 2013, and opened in 2014.
MAURER supplied an inertial mass damper (Tuned Mass Damper - TMD) for this project. DC Tower 1 is located in Vienna, in an area of frequent and strong winds and seismic activity. Without any installed devices, the building was displaced by 45 cm under wind forces. Therefore, MAURER equipped this project with a 300-ton TMD. The main task was to stabilize the building against displacements caused by factors such as wind, storm, and earthquake. The 300-ton mass damper starts stabilizing the building even with minor vibrations caused by these three factors.
One of the innovations used by MAURER in this project is semi-active dampers.
Under the DC name, two buildings have been constructed. Here, we consider DC Tower 1. This building is 220 m high (250 m with the antenna) and consists of 60 floors. This is the tallest building in Austria, standing 60 m higher than DC Tower 2.
The architect of the building is Dominique Perrault from France. Construction of DC Tower 1 began in 2010, was completed in 2013, and opened in 2014.
MAURER supplied an inertial mass damper (Tuned Mass Damper - TMD) for this project. DC Tower 1 is located in Vienna, in an area of frequent and strong winds and seismic activity. Without any installed devices, the building was displaced by 45 cm under wind forces. Therefore, MAURER equipped this project with a 300-ton TMD. The main task was to stabilize the building against displacements caused by factors such as wind, storm, and earthquake. The 300-ton mass damper starts stabilizing the building even with minor vibrations caused by these three factors.
One of the innovations used by MAURER in this project is semi-active dampers.
