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Innovate & Build
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Join us as we celebrate our latest achievements, from the world’s largest reading space that is Beijing Sub-Central Library to the transformative Piraeus Tower in Athens. Explore our civil engineering advancements, meet our new team member Christian Maheshe, and dive into sustainable innovation with BayBuilder and GlazingRecovery.org.
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Beijing Sub-Central Library
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The Beijing Sub-Central Library, designed by Snøhetta has reached completion, featuring the world’s largest library reading space and a 16m tall, self-supporting glass facade, the first of its kind in China. The saw-tooth geometry creates stiffness to dispense with traditional mullions or fins whilst reducing the glass thickness, so enhancing both transparency and the architectural form.
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Given its unique geometry, a key aspect was understanding the relationship between building sway movement and the facade. A total of 280 panels of glass make up the envelope. The library’s contemporary design sets a new standard for sustainable library architecture and celebrates Beijing’s cultural richness.
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Civil Engineering
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Our civil engineering team leverages the depth and breadth of our holistic engineering expertise to seamlessly deliver even the most involved projects. Our services include comprehensive stormwater and foul drainage strategies, flood risk assessments, and the design of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) such as permeable paving, green roofs, and detention basins. As infrastructure demands become more complex, our focus is on developing innovative, cost-effective solutions that benefit communities and the environment.
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From early planning stages to construction, we provide end-to-end support for a wide range of projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and delivering infrastructure that stands the test of time. Woolbeding Gardens pictured, where EOC engineered the kinetic glasshouse and provided civils design on the new landscaping.
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New Hope Village Community Hall, Tanzania
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Our team utilised advanced digital design and local materials to create this innovative structure which will be community-built when sufficient funds have been raised.
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Meet...Christian Maheshe, Civil Engineering Associate
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Christian joined Eckersley O’Callaghan this year to grow and lead our Civil Engineering services, he is a chartered engineer with years of experience in flood risk, water management, and infrastructure design.
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He is enhancing our civil engineering capabilities, particularly in access road design, site levelling, and hydraulic simulation.
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Olympia Canopy, London
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The Kensington Olympia glass canopy, designed with Heatherwick Studio, is now complete! Eckersley O’Callaghan are facade engineers on the whole redevelopment project, which included the steel and glass canopy that shelters the public realm space.
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The architectural goal was to establish a visual connection with the existing Victorian arches. The canopy features five arches spanning 25m, connected by a lightweight ladder frame structure that forms a pleated surface to support the glass.
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GlazingRecovery.org
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| We are proud to introduce GlazingRecovery.org, a pioneering platform designed to revolutionise the lifecycle of architectural glass. This innovative platform connects stakeholders across the glass industry, promoting recycling and reducing landfill waste.
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By fostering a circular economy, GlazingRecovery.org ensures post-consumer glass is reintegrated into the supply chain, driving sustainability in construction.
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Pireus Tower, Athens
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The Piraeus Tower, has been a prominent structure in the port Athens for 50 years, familiar to anyone taking a ferry to the Greek Islands as it stood unfinished and unoccupied throughout that time. It has now undergone a remarkable transformation with its redesign by PILA who have finally completed it! We played a vital role in this project by engineering the tower's new facades, which span 34,000m2 and recycled much of the original glass and aluminium.
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We tackled the complex challenges of integrating advanced structural systems with sustainability goals, using sophisticated analysis techniques to optimise both aesthetics and performance. The result is a revitalised tower that not only enhances the skyline but has led the way in bringing modern, sustainable facade design practices to the commercial built environment in Greece.
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Digital Design | BayBuilder
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BayBuilder is our newest Digital Design tool which we have developed. This parametric facade engineering tool streamlines our early facade design decisions by swiftly assessing thermal performance, U-value, and sustainability factors.
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With a 3D modelling feature for detailed insights into facade building bays, BayBuilder's user-friendly interface ensures quick evaluations to help our clients and collaborators to get the best advice and design solutions more quickly.
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