Project References

Project References – Roof Structures

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Introduction
mageba – your one-stop partner Infrastructure, Industrial structure and Building products
The Swiss company mageba is one of the
world’s leading suppliers of structural
bearings, expansion joints and other Structural bearings Expansion joints Seismic devices
high quality products and services for
the transport infrastructure and building
construction sectors. In the last 10 years, Structural monitoring
mageba has also significantly expanded
its range of products and services relating
to earthquake protection and structural
monitoring.

engineering connections® – since 1693

Whenever static and dynamic forces are
transferred between structural elements,
whenever forces interact with movements
and rotations, whenever structural ele-
ments need to be protected against over-
stress, whenever vibrations and noise
need to be reduced: mageba provides sys-
tems with its wide range of engineered
products and services.
Originating decades ago from the bridge
industry, mageba has continuously ex-
tended its expertise in engineered connec-
tions to different types of structures. As a
provider of high-quality structural support
systems, mageba supports owners, en-
gineers, designers, architects and main
contractors from planning stage to pro-
ject completion.

mageba’s Systematic Quality Manage-

ment and Technical Excellence: The particular challenges presented
by roof structures
1 Thanks to the great accomplishments
of gifted architects and engineers,
producing exceptional structural de-
signs, the importance of key compo-
nents in accommodating movements
and rotations and resisting forces con-
tinues to increase.
Having supported a broad variety of
renowned and challenging projects
worldwide during the past five dec-
ades, mageba is your reliable partner
in ensuring your structure’s safety
and durability – without any loss of
its architectural beauty.
The following is a brief overview of
selected projects, highlighting some
of their specific structural design
challenges and developed solutions.

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Index
Project Country Installed Products delivered Page

Hazardous Waste Site Switzerland 2006 LASTO®FLONBLOCK, LASTO®BLOCK 4

Dubai Sports Complex United Arab Emirates 2008–2010 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 5

Grand Stade de Lille France 2011 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 6

Oceania Business Plaza Panama 2011 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 7

RESTON®POT bearings,
Kai Tak Cruise Terminal Hong Kong 2012 8
LASTO®BLOCK elastomeric bearings

Les Halles de Paris France 2012 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 9

WIPO conference hall Geneva Switzerland 2012 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 10

JTI Headquarters Geneva Switzerland 2013 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 11

Kimbell Art Museum USA 2013 RESTON®LINEAR rocker bearings 12

Zoo Elephant House Zurich Switzerland 2013 ROBO®CONTROL permanent SHM system 13

Fondation Louis Vuitton France 2013 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 14

Angouleme Multimedia Library France 2014 RESTON®SA shock absorbers 15

Grand Stade des Lumières France 2014 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 16

Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre Oman 2014 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 17

RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings
Timsah Arena Turkey 2013 18
RESTON®PENDULUM Duplo seismic isolators

Singapore Sports Hub Singapore 2014 RESTON®POT bearings 19

Tocumen Airport Access Road Panama 2014 RESTON®POT HP (High Performance) bearings 20

RESTON®PENDULUM, RESTON®SA shock absorbers,

Stavros Niarchos Center Greece 2013–2015 21
RESTON®SP elastic spring devices, ROBO®CONTROL

Hotel Via Vallejo Mexico 2014–2015 LASTO®LRB Lead Rubber bearings 22

Sky Building Ecuador 2014–2015 LASTO®LRB Lead Rubber bearings 23

Eleftheria Square Cyprus 2015 RESTON®POT bearings 24

Louvre Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 2015 RESTON®PENDULUM seismic isolators 25

Al Habtoor City United Arab Emirates 2015 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings 26

RESTON®POT, RESTON®SPHERICAL, TENSA®MODULAR,

Muscat International Airport Oman 2012-2016 27
LASTO®FLONPAD , LASTO®FlONBLOCK

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Hazardous Waste Site (Switzerland)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & Facts
The Sondermülldeponie Kölliken Consor- mageba was commissioned to supply 164
tium was founded in the mid-1970s to cre- bearings for this project, which were to re- mageba products:
ate and operate a hazardous waste site. liably support the hall roof suspended on Typ: LASTO®FLONBLOCK, type
In total between 1978 and 1985, 300,000 28 arched girders. KGa2360-Uplift as well as
m² or 475,000 tonnes of hazardous waste The high-quality LASTO®FLONBLOCK tilting type KGe-1800 with
from a wide range of origins and composi- fixing contruction
and sliding point bearings ensure a smooth
tions were deposited at the waste site. load transmission into the load carrying LASTO®BLOCK type
Nba-2360
In 1985, the waste site was closed and has structure; the LASTO®BLOCK distortion
Installed: 2006
been undergoing renovations since then. bearing acts as flexible, load-transmi�ng
To complete the demolition, three airtight elements between the parts of the build- Structure:
halls with an internal negative pressure ing sites to be connected free to move. City: Kölliken
(warehouse, manipulation hall and demo- Equipped with a sliding surface, which
Country: Switzerland
lition hall) together with a rail connection had to be fitted to the bottom for static
Built: 2006
had to be built. The complete demolition reasons, they are especially suitable for
of the waste site is planned for 2017 with the temporary support when moving large Type: Hazardous Waste Site
a deadline for the end of the monitoring loads and for the incremental launching Owner: SMDK
Sondermülldeponie
phase in 2022. method. In addition, some bearings had Kölliken
to be designed with lift locks (Nd -420 kN).

The hazardous waste site is located in canton The bearing as a connecting element between the The bearing location scheme, developed by
Aargau, Switzerland’s midland region roof construction and concrete mageba’s headquarters in Bulach, Switzerland

Frankreich

Schweiz

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Dubai Sports Complex (UAE)
Project description
The Dubai Sports Complex was conceived
to create the world’s best indoor interna-
tional aquatic centre, matching the needs
of the 2010 10th FINA World
Swimming Championships (25 m short
course swimming), with the potential to
host other international aquatic events
such as the Asian Games Aquatics Event,
the World Swimming Championships (all
aquatic disciplines including 50 m swim-
ming) and, potentially, a future Olympic
Games.
The complex, with its 61 acres, sits on the
edge of Dubailand and was developed at a
cost in the region of Dh 1.1 billion.
The Dubai Sports Complex is located in the city of
Dubai
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Dubai
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mageba scope
Highlights & Facts
The Dubai Sports Complex is equipped
with 22 mageba RESTON®SPHERICAL mageba Products:
bearings with high grading material Type: 22 RESTON®SPHERICAL
ROBO®SLIDE (Vmax = 4,700 kN). with ROBO®SLIDE
RESTON®SPHERICAL is a range of spherical Features: Vmax. 4700 kN
bearings complying with the new Europe-
an Standard EN 1337-7, now available with Structure:
high-quality ROBO®SLIDE sliding material City: Dubai
in accordance with European Technical Ap- Country: United Arab Emirates
proval number ETA-8/0115. Built: 2008–2010
ROBO®SLIDE is characterised by excep-
tional resistance to wear and bearing
capacity well in excess of that offered by
standard PTFE sliding material.
The flat sliding surface between the top of
the bearing’s calotte and a sliding plate ac-
commodates longitudinal and transverse
movements.
Guide bars and a restraining ring are used
to transmit horizontal forces.
With a capacity of 15 000 spectators, the Dubai
Sports Complex is capable of hosting Olympic ROBO®SLIDE disc on the calotte of a spherical
swimming bearing
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Grand Stade de Lille (France)

Strade Pierre Mauroy © Capture d’écran Google Earth

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Grand Stade de Lille, formally known To support the stadium’s move-
as the Stade Pierre-Mauroy, is a multi-use able roof, mageba supplied four large mageba Products:
stadium in Lille, France. It opened in Au- RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings. These were Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
gust 2012, and will be one of the venues designed with a vertical load-carrying ca- bearings (31,500 kN)
of the 2016 UEFA European football cham- pacity of 31,500 kN each, and are of the Features: ROBO®SLIDE high-grade
pionship finals. guided sliding type, accommodating slid- sliding material
The stadium is notable for several reasons: ing movements of +/- 150 mm along one Installation: 2011
axis.
• Half of its field can rise automatically
The bearings feature ROBO®SLIDE high- Structure:
above the other half to more optimally
grade sliding material instead of the City: Lille
host music concerts and other shows
PTFE normally used in sliding bearings. Country: France
• It has a retractable roof Completed: 2012
ROBO®SLIDE offers much higher resistance
• It is recognised as a HQE (High Quality to wear and abrasion that PTFE, and twice Type: Multi-use stadium
Environmental green building standard) the strength. This means that a spherical Capacity: 50,000 spectators
building, with its solar panels and two bearing with ROBO®SLIDE can be designed Roof weight: 72,000 kN
windmills to be much smaller than one with PTFE.

The stadium is located in the city of Lille in north- ROBO®SLIDE high-grade sliding material offers far A RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing as fully fabricated,
ern France higher strength and durability than PTFE on a pallet for transport to site

Luxembourg

Alps
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Oceania Business Plaza (Panama)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & Facts
Oceania Business Plaza is a perfect exam- For this project mageba supplied 15
ple of Ultra-Contemporary architectural RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings types KA, mageba products:
design. A great tower with all the modern KE and KF. Bearings were produced at Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
comfort and luxury located in downtown mageba’s 100% mageba-owned subsidiary bearings
of Panama City. Belonging to one of the mageba-Shanghai. Installed: 2011
highest skyscrapers of the city, the Ocean- Design requirements demanded bearings
ia Business Plaza constitutes an innovative which should be able to take max. vertical Structure:
structure within a group of buildings which loads up to approx. 850 kN, min. vertical City: Panama City
have been erected on the latest economi- loads of 0 kN, horizontal loads of 1’332 kN Country: Panama
cal boom. The complex Oceania Business and movements of 410 mm. The structure Built: 2011
Plaza is conformed by two towers which is supported by 15 bearings. The Bridge Structure: Building
are connected by a 2-levels bridge at store structure is fixed to one of the buildings Type: Skyscraper
30. The highest skyscraper is 204 meters through one fixed spherical bearing at Height: 207 m
tall and 53 stories high. mageba‘s scope each level. On all other positions, support
was the supply of bearings for supporting is provided with respectively two KA and
the bridge and allowing both structures two KE bearings, allowing bridge’s dilata-
move independently. Bringing into service tion and buildings’ movements due to
is planed for end of 2011. wind and other external forces.

The Oceania Business Plaza located in downtown

Panama City Construction of the Plaza The Oceania Business Plaza

Panama

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Kai Tak Cruise Terminal (China)

©AdobeStock

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal is built on the A total of 1060 LASTO®BLOCK elastomeric
former site of the Kai Tak Airport in Hong bearings were used in the construction of mageba Products:
Kong. The terminal has the capacity to the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. All mageba Type: RESTON®POT bearings,
berth two 360 m-long vessels. On peak elastomeric bearings installed in the Cruise
LASTO®BLOCK
days the Cruise Terminal can cater for up Terminal are made from high-quality elas- elastomeric bearings
to 8,400 passengers and 1,200 crew mem- tomer, reinforced by steel plates. Installation: 2012
bers The RESTON®POT bearings used for this
The cruise terminal was designed by Fos- project have maximum load carrying ca- Structure:
ter + Partners and its roof spans over 70 m. pacity of Vmax= 3,800 kN and ensure the City: Hong Kong
Its multi-functional design allows the ter- controlled transfer of loads. Country: China
minal to be converted into a venue for ex- mageba RESTON®POT bearings are Completed: 2013
hibitions and other events. equipped with a special POM seal which Type: Cruise Terminal
The total area of the Cruise Terminal is is vulcanised directly into the bearing pad Area: 52,000 m2
52,000 m2 and it also encompasses a roof- and hence improves the wear resistance of Builder: Dragages Hong Kong
top garden which is open to the public. the bearing significantly.

mageba LASTO®BLOCK elastomeric bearings, ready

Location of the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, Hong Kong for delivery The Kai Tak Cruise Terminal during construction

China

Hong Kong

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Les Halles de Paris (France)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
Les Halles de Paris, located in the heart of To support the new canopy roof where
the French capital, is the site of the city’s it rests on the buildings at either side mageba products:
traditional wholesale fresh food market, of the covered area, mageba supplied Product: RESTON®SPHERICAL
dating back to 1183. Following modernisa- twelve large RESTON®SPHERICAL bear- bearings (up to 55 MN)
tion works in recent decades, it is now an ings. These were designed to carry loads Features: ROBO®SLIDE high-grade
important commercial and cultural centre, of up to 55,900 kN (over half the weight sliding material
and has the city’s most used rail station, of its Paris neighbour, the Eiffel Tower). All Installation: 2012
serving 750,000 travellers on an average of the bearings are of the free sliding type
weekday. (type KA), accommodating sliding move- Structure:
In a development project in 2012, new ments in all directions. The bearings fea- City: Paris
buildings were constructed with a spec- ture ROBO®SLIDE high-grade sliding ma- Country: France
tacular curvilinear canopy roof connect- terial instead of the PTFE normally used Completed: 2015
ing them and covering the open-air cen- in sliding bearings. This greatly increases Type: Canopy roof over plaza
tral area between them. The canopy (La the bearings’ strength and also, due to Contractor: VINCI
Canopée des Halles), in particular, is an ROBO®SLIDE’s far superior resistance to Architects: Patrick Berger, Jacques
architectural masterpiece and a fine feat wear and abrasion, their durability. Anziu�
of engineering.

Les Halles de Paris is located in the centre of the Application of grease to the upper sliding interface The 12 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings support the
French capital of a RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing great weight of the enormous canopy roof

Germany

Paris

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WIPO conference hall Geneva (Switzerland)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The World Intellectual Property Organiza- As the structure of the building poses chal-
tion (WIPO) has built a new conference lenges to its stabilisation, bearings that mageba products:
building in the UN district of Geneva, Swit- ensure the controlled transfer of forces Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
zerland. between its superstructure and substruc- bearings types KF and KE
The structure is made of wood and steel ture.
Features: NSd,max = 11,600 kN /
and gives priority to sustainability, using mageba was chosen to provide six spheri- VxSd,max = 1,900 kN)
local wood, natural light, hybrid ventila- cal bearings. These bearings facilitate the Installation: 2012
tion combining natural mechanical means, following major requirements:
and a cooling system drawing water from • Transfer of higher horizontal loads than Structure:
Lake Geneva, within a framework of the vertical loads (NSd,max = 11,600 kN / City: Geneva
Geneva-Lake-Nations project. VxSd,max = 1,900 kN) Country: Switzerland
Together with several new smaller meet- • Smooth rotation around three axis Completed: 2014
ing rooms in the main headquarters build- thanks to the concave/convex special Height: 40 m
ing (the Arpad Bogsch Building), the new design Type: Steel / wood structure
conference hall will cater for increasing building
demand for multilateral and bilateral con- Owner: World Intellectual
sultations associated with intergovern- Property
mental meetings at WIPO. Organization (WIPO)
Contractor: Charpente Concept
Architect: Behnisch Architekten

A type KF spherical bearing, resisting horizontal

The building is located in Geneva and was inaugu- forces in every direction, allowing no sliding move- A RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing installed between
rated in September 2014 ments the super- and substructure of the hall

France

Switzerland

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JTI Headquarters Geneva (Switzerland)

©SOM

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The new headquarters of Japan Tobacco In order to meet the desinger’s unique
International (JTI) in Geneva is a steel requirements, mageba was chosen to mageba products:
structure building in sustainable design provide spherical bearings that allow the Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
and surrounded by parkland. It is located structure to work. A very special require- bearings types KF and KE
in the Secheron district, which is an old ment is that the bearings are made 100 % Features: 100 % stainless steel
industrial complex, close to the United Na- out of stainless steel and hence further in- Installation: 2013
tions offices. crease the bearing’s lifecycle.
The structure of the building is built with mageba provided six spherical bearings Structure:
a huge cantilever. Its opposing corners are that cover three major features: City: Geneva
elevated, which enables a central court- • Transfer the vertical load of the struc- Country: Switzerland
yard to provide unfettered views and al- ture up to 85,000 kN Completed: 2015
lows pedestrians to pass through the site. Height: 51 m
• Transfer the horizontal load due to the
A torsional tube structural system, which Type: Steel structure building
cantilever structure up to 9,400 kN
creates column free office space, provides Owner: Japan Tobacco
maximum internal flexibility and future • Allow smooth rotation around three International (JTI)
adaptability. axis thanks to the concave/convex spe-
Contractor: Implenia Suisse AG
cial design
Architect: Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill LLP (SOM)

Technical details of a RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing

The building is located in Geneva and draws refer- of type KE, drawn in mageba’s headquarters in Installation of a RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing at the
ence to Lake Geneva and the Alps Bulach construction site in 2013

France

Sitzerlannd

Italy
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Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (USA)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, In order to keep the bearings hidden from
Texas is a world-renowned building, and view, they had to be designed to be as small mageba products:
has won wide acclaim for its classic mod- as possible. Considering the horizontal and Type: RESTON®LINEAR rocker
ern building since its opening in 1972. A vertical forces (including uplift forces of bearings
second building, designed by world-re- up to 330 kN) to be resisted by the bear- Features: All bearings designed to
nowned architect Renzo Piano and known ings, and the movements that they would resist uplift forces
as the Piano Pavillion, opened in 2013. have to accommodate, RESTON®LINEAR Installation: 2012
The building design includes many striking rocker bearings were proposed. A total of
features, including its roof, which spans 66 bearings, of types LGe and LGf, were Structure:
gracefully above the large exhibit areas. To required to safely transfer the loads and City: Forth Worth, Texas
enhance the performance and aesthetic facilitate the design movements. Country: USA
qualities the engineer and architect speci- To ensure their quality and fitness for pur- Completed: 2013
fied that the bearings, which support the pose, 10% of the bearings were tested in Type: Art museum building
roof and allow its movements, should be accordance with AASHTO rocker bearing Architect: Renzo Piano Building
designed and positioned to be as discrete testing specifications. Workshop
as possible. Engineer: Guy Nordenson and
Associates

The Kimbell Art Museum is located in Forth Worth, Illustration of a RESTON®LINEAR rocker bearing as Preparation of bearings for transport from the
Texas designed for this project factory to the building construction site

USA

Mexico

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Zoo Elephant House (Switzerland)

Project information mageba scope

Highlights & facts
Zurich city’s zoo has constructed a new mageba developed a monitoring plan for
park for its elephants, which opened this demanding task. 24 humidity sensors, mageba products:
in 2014. The 10,000 m2 park includes distributed over the entire roof surface, Type: ROBO®CONTROL
a large housing unit consisting primar- measure the moisture content of the roof’s permanent SHM system
ily of a wooden roof shell – the largest timber, and the anchor forces arising in Features: Anchorage force sensors,
self-supporting wooden roof structure in the roof’s foundations are also measured. air and structural
Switzerland. A hot, humid environment The effect of humidity is correlated to the temperature and
will be maintained inside the structure, as structure in terms of stress, creep, shrink- humidity sensors
prevailing in the natural habitat of the In- age and other deformations, with possible Installed: 2013
dian elephant, whereas the outside shell thrust/traction in the anchorage area.
Structure:
needs to withstand the seasonally chang- The measured values are displayed in real
ing weather conditions of Switzerland. City: Zurich
time on the system’s web interface. The
Country: Switzerland
Due to the roof’s unusual design in terms system also includes an alarm feature, of-
Built: 2013
of size, shape, and construction material, fering automatic notification of exceeding
and the high humidity of the air under- of pre-defined limits in any parameters. Type: Wooden pavilion
neath, it was decided to install a perma- Span: 110 m
nent automated monitoring system to Owner: Zurich Zoo
provide continuous monitoring of the roof Architect: Markus Schietsch
structure’s anchorages and moisture lev- Engineer: Walt & Galmarini
els.

Humidity sensors installed on the underside of the

Zurich Zoo is located near Zurich city center Layout of sensors on the wooden roof roof

Switzerland

Italy

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Fondation Louis Vuitton (France)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Louis Vuitton Foundation for Crea- mageba supplied spherical bearings to
tion’s art museum and cultural centre is to support the internal steel facade while al- mageba products:
be opened in Paris in 2014. lowing movements and rotations.
Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
It was designed by the Canadian-American These RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings are bearings
Pritzker Prize–winning architect Frank designed to each carry vertical loads of Features: Uplift clamps
Gehry, and has received architectural 1400 kN and to permit sliding movements Installation: 2013
awards in both France and the United along one axis while resisting transverse
States. forces. Structure:
The building’s extraordinary roof takes the Due to the building sequence of the roof’s City: Paris
form of boat sails blown by the wind, with sail-like design, occasional uplift forces Country: France
3600 unique glass panels. occuring during construction must also Completed: 2014
These panels were individually developed, be resisted so the bearings feature uplift Type: Art museum
using design software specially adapted clamps. Architect: Frank Gehry
for the aviation industry, to fit the shapes The choice of this type of bearing, with Owner: Fondation Louis Vuitton /
drawn by the architect. mageba’s special ROBO®SLIDE sliding ma- LVMH group
terial instead of PTFE, enabled the size of
the bearings to be minimised – always de-
sirable in architectural works.

The building is located in Bois de Boulogne, the Schematic representation (exploded view) of a
second largest public park in Paris guided sliding RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing Picture of the construction of the steel facade

France

Switzerland

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Angouleme Multimedia Library (France)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The city of Angouleme in south-western RESTON®SA shock absorbers were used
France is home to an impressive new mul- at specific interfaces to secure particular mageba products:
timedia library, designed by the architect blocks and control their relative move- Type: RESTON®SA shock
Françoise Raynaud. ments. The shock absorbers were de- absorbers
The design of the building is based on the signed for seismic/dynamic loads of 51 kN Notable: Tested at Politecnico di
concept of an assembly kit game with five each, with a longitudinal movement ca- Milano, Italy
stacked boxes, each one corresponding to pacity of +/- 30 mm. They were equipped Installation: 2014
a different “universe”. with spherical bearings at each end to ac-
commodate minor transverse movements. Structure:
The first three are inspired by the words
Due to the relative small loads, an innova- City: Angouleme
Imagine, Understand and Create. The
tive external channel was developed by Country: France
fourth, devoted to entertainment, culture
and relaxation, allows the media to be mageba’s design engineers to ensure pre- Completed: 2014
crossed and the worlds to be linked, while cise damping performance. After fabrica- Type: Library building
the last houses administrative and logistics tion, the units were extensively tested in Floor area: 5,600 square metres
functions. accordance with EN 15129, and the entire Architect: Françoise Raynaud
solution was certified with the CE label, by (Loci Anima)
Due to the building’s highly unconven-
Politecnico de Milano.
tional shape, it was particularly important
to ensure the correct interaction between
the structure’s various “building blocks”.

The library is located in south-western France, in Two of the RESTON®SA shock absorbers, in a The dampers were tested at Politecnico di Milano,
the city of Angouleme wooden crate for shipping to site Italy in accordance with EN 15129

France

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Grand Stade des Lumières (France)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Stade des Lumières is 58,000-seat sta- 16 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings play a key
dium that is being built in the city of Lyon role in supporting the stadium’s enormous mageba products:
in south-eastern France. roof, four at each side of the playing field. Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
The stadium will be the new home of the These are designed to carry weight forces bearings
football club Olympique Lyonnais, replac- of up to 18,200 kN, and all are equipped Features: Uplift protection,
ing its current stadium, Stade de Gerland, with uplift clamps to enable them to resist ROBO®SLIDE material,
in 2015. uplift forces of up to 2000 kN that might
“upside down” design
Among its first special uses will be as one arise on exceptional occasions due to
Installation: 2014
of the venues for the staging of the 2016 strong winds.
UEFA European football championship, All of the bearings are of the guided slid- Structure:
which is being hosted by France. ing type (type KE), allowing sliding move- City: Lyon
The stadium’s most notable feature is its ments of up to +/- 210 mm along one Country: France
translucent roof, which, with its large sur- horizontal axis while resisting transverse Completed: 2015
face area, must be constructed to resist forces of up to 3000 kN. Type: Football stadium
the enormous uplift forces that can be Worthy of particular note is the fact that Capacity: 58,000
generated by strong wind forces. the bearings were designed to be installed Architect: Populous
“upside down”, with their long sliding Contractor: VINCI
plates connected to the large, robust sub-
structure rather than to the roof.

The stadium is the home of Olympique Lyonnais, Assembly of a typical RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing, Contrary to most applications, the bearings are
the football team of the city of Lyon with its calotte’s flat surface on top designed to be installed “upside down”

France

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Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The new Oman Convention & Exhibition 16 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings were
Centre, due for completion in 2016, is sure used in the construction of this impressive mageba products:
to be one of the finest facilities of its kind building. Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
in the Middle East. These were designed in accordance bearings
It is located just 10 minutes from the new with a European Technical Approval Features: ROBO®SLIDE high-grade
Muscat International Airport, making ac- (ETA 08/0115) to carry vertical loads of sliding material,
cess easy for international visitors. The up to 19,800 kN, while accommodating weathering steel
centre will host international, regional and horizontal sliding movements of up to Testing: Politecnico di Milano
national conventions, exhibitions and busi- +/- 105 mm. Installation: 2014
ness events. The bearings were fabricated using weath- Structure:
Its many features include a tiered audito- ering steel, and ROBO®SLIDE high-grade City: Muscat
rium with seating for 3,200 people, and sliding material instead of the PTFE nor-
Country: Oman
more than 22,000 square metres of exhi- mally used in structural bearings, greatly
Type: Convention Centre
bition space. increasing their durability and strength.
Designer: Parsons
The venue is among the first to be built to The high strength and thus smaller size
Contractor: Khalid bin Ahmid
meet the rigorous LEED certification by the of RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings with
U.S. Green Building Council. ROBO®SLIDE makes them a particularly at-
tractive solution for architectural applica-
tions.

The centre is located in Hay al Ulfan, near the new RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings (fixed type on left, Installation of a large RESTON®SPHERICAL bearing
Muscat International Airport, Oman. sliding on right) on pallets for shipping to site. with capacity of 19,800 kN.

Oman
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Timsah Arena (Turkey)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The city of Bursa, the fourth most popu- mageba supplied both bearings and seis-
lous city in Turkey and formerly the capital mic isolators to support the stadium’s mageba products:
of the Ottoman Empire during the four- roof and protect it during an earthquake. Type: RESTON®SPHERICAL
teenth century, has a new football stadium RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings of type bearings and
– the Timsah Arena. The name, meaning KA 8.4 (with a vertical load capacity of RESTON®PENDULUM
Crocodile Arena, is derived from the local 8400 kN), and RESTON®PENDULUM “Du- Duplo seismic isolators
football team, Bursaspor, and was a strong plo” seismic isolators of type PD 7.3 (with Installation: 2013
influence in the stadium’s design. The a vertical capacity of 7300 kN) were sup-
structure’s most striking feature, its roof, plied. The “Duplo”/PD isolators have two Structure:
resembles a crocodile curled around the principal sliding surfaces, in contrast to City: Bursa
ground, complete with open mouth. This the “Mono”/PM isolators which have Country: Turkey
spectacular roof covers all of the stadium’s only one. Test typing of the isolators was Completed: 2014
44,000 seats. carried out at EUCENTRE, the European Type: Football stadium
Centre for Training and Research in Earth- Capacity: 44,000
quake Engineering, In Pavia, Italy.

The Timsah Arena is located close to the city of Type testing of the RESTON®PENDULUM Duplo A RESTON®PENDULUM Duplo seismic isolator,
Bursa in western Turkey seismic isolators at EUCENTRE in Pavia, Italy ready for delivery to site (with dust skirt open)

Bulgaria

Turkey

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Singapore Sports Hub (Singapore)

©vachiraphan - stock.adobe.com

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Singapore Sports Hub is a sports com- mageba designed and delivered custom-
plex on an area of 35 hectares and involves ised RESTON®POT bearings with locker mageba products:
a new national stadium, multi-purpose arms to fulfill the demanding needs of the Type: RESTON®POT bearings
indoor area, indoor aquatic centre, water project. Due to the three moving tiers in
Features: “Locking arm” design to
sports centre, library, museum, commer- the national stadium, the bearings have reset position
cial space and a sports promenade. to be able to automatically reset once the Installation: 2014
The Sports Hub is the world’s largest tiers are put back in their original position.
sports facilities PPP project, and is Singa- The special locking arm bearings achieve a Structure:
pore’s premier land and water sports cen- maximum free movement of 55 mm. City: Singapore
tre. It has an innovative moving tier design All the bearings were installed in Febru- Country: Singapore
which allows the stadium to be used for ary 2014, enabling the project to be com- Type: Sports facility
various sporting events. pleted in time for the 2014 Southeast Asia Area: 35 hectares
The design of the stadium sets new stand- Games. Construction: 2011–2014
ards for sustainable and green buildings, Builder: Dragages Singapore
and is the first naturally ventilated sports
complex in the world.

RESTON®POT bearing with special “locking arm”

Location of the Sports Hub, Singapore mageba locking arm bearing during installation design, as fabricated

Malaysia

Singapore

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Project References

Tocumen Airport Access Road (Panama)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
Panama City’s Tocumen International Air- To support the structures’ decks, mageba
port is currently being extended with the supplied 80 RESTON®POT HP bearings mageba products:
addition of a new terminal. Designed by with uplift resistance. These bearings are Type: RESTON®POT HP
Foster & Partners, it will increase floor based on the standard RESTON®POT bear- (high performance)
space by over 800,000 square feet, with ing which has been a most popular bear- bearings
20 new boarding gates, a duty free area, ing in mageba’s range for many years, Features: Uplift resistance
a new control tower and a third runway. having proven its worth in countless ap- Installation: 2014
Access to the new terminal from the plications. The recently developed ver-
Corredor Sur highway that bypasses the sion of the bearing, with “HP” standing for Structure:
airport is provided by a four-lane road, “High Performance”, represents a major City: Panama City
part of which is elevated. The non-contin- advance in the bearing’s technology. Dura- Country: Panama
uous elevated structure of each carriage- bility is much increased, thanks to the use Completed: 2014
way is supported by ten piers, requiring a of improved materials, and the increased Type: Airport access viaduct
bearing solution. strength enabled the bearings to be made Contractor: Construtora Norberto
small enough to suit the main structure’s Odebrecht
design.

The new viaduct provides access to Tocumen Exploded view of a typical RESTON®POT bearing, A typical RESTON®POT bearing featuring uplift
International Airport, Panama City, Panama showing elastomeric pad at its core resisting clamps at sides, as fabricated

Panama

Columbia

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Stavros Niarchos Center (Greece)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural In order to ensure that the building struc-
Center (SNFCC) in Athens is a multifunc- ture can withstand even a severe earth- mageba products:
tional arts, education and recreation com- quake of the type Athens has known Type: RESTON®PENDULUM
plex. It includes, within its 170,000 m2 for thousands of years, the buildings of Curved Surface Sliders
park, new state-of-the-art facilities for the the National Library of Greece and the RESTON®SA shock
National Library of Greece and the Greek Greek National Opera are built on 323 absorbers
National Opera. RESTON®PENDULUM Curved Surface RESTON®SP elastic spring
Sliders. The 323 seismic isolators allow devices
The buildings were designed by Renzo Pi-
ano, the internationally acclaimed archi- dynamic movements of +/- 350 mm and ROBO®CONTROL SHM
tect who achieved worldwide fame in the carry loads of up to 70,000 kN per unit. Installation: 2013–2015
1970s with the Centre Georges Pompidou A solar collector roof canopy with an
Structure:
in Paris. With a budget of €566 million, the area of 10,000 m2 is also equipped with
City: Athens
SNFCC is one of the largest construction 60 RESTON®SA shock absorbers and 120
projects in recent Greek history. RESTON®SP spring devices to resist the Country: Greece
strong wind forces arising. All these de- Completed: 2016
vices regulate the connections to the 30 Type: Cultural centre
column heads that hold the roof, damping Owner: Stavros Niarchos
all vertical vibrations. Foundation (to be
donated to Greek state)
A ROBO®CONTROL structural health moni- Contractor: Impregilo-TERNA JV
toring (SHM) system is also linked to all Designer: PENELIS SA / EXPEDITION
damper and spring devices. / OMETE

The SNFCC is located 4.5 km south of the centre of The RESTON®PENDULUM isolators allow large Testing of one set of four RESTON®SA shock ab-
Athens, Greece movements and carry loads of up to 70,000 kN sorbers, arranged as used in roof canopy

Greece
Turkey

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Project References

Hotel Via Vallejo (Mexico)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
This building will be housing two differ- To improve the seismic response of the
ent Marriot hotels, the Courtyard and the building, the engineers in charge of the mageba products:
Fairfield. The whole building will be con- structural design performed complex dy- Type: LASTO®LRB Lead Rubber
structed on top of a large new mall called namic analysis, which confirmed that the Bearings (isolators)
Via Vallejo, located in the centre of Mexico best strategy was to seismically isolate the Installation: 2014–2015
City. hotel from the large mall. Therefore, it was
The 10-floor building will has been de- decided that 18 mageba LASTO®LRB (Lead Structure:
signed to not only withstand the effects of Rubber Bearings) will be supporting the City: Mexico City
the severe earthquakes in Mexico City, but entire hotel. These devices will isolate the Country: Mexico
also to ensure the serviceability of the ho- structure, which is rather flexible, from the Completed: 2014
tel during and after the seismic event. To much stiffer mall’s structure. Type: Gallegos Consultores
do this, the engineers have chosen to use This strategy has been confirmed after ex- Contractor: SIESA
seismic isolation as a protective strategy. tensive three-dimensional dynamic analy-
sis of the structure seismic response.

3D-View of one of the LASTO®LRB (seismic isola- Three-dimensional model of the hotel including
The structure is located in Mexico City, Mexico tors) to be installed in the building the mageba LASTO®LRB supporting the hotel

Mexico

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 Project References

Sky Building, Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Sky Building in Guayaquil Ecuador will The seismic protection strategy chosen for
be part of a commercial complex called this building is based on the seismic iso- mageba products:
Aerocity located near the Guayaquil Inter- lation principle. 64 mageba LASTO®LRB Type: LASTO®LRB Lead Rubber
national Airport. (Lead Rubber Bearings) will be installed on Bearings (Isolators)
This 15-floor building consists of 4 parking top of the parking levels in order to isolate RESTON®SPHERICAL
levels and 11 office floors. Sky Building has the severe movement at the ground level, structural bearings
been designed with the latest advances in this will provide a comfortable movement (seismic sliders)
terms of seismic protection by the leading on the structure, and most importantly Installation: 2014-2015
structural engineering company in Ecua- the protection against any seismic damage
during the earthquake. Structure:
dor. The structure has been conceived to
City: Guayaquil
withstand severe earthquake without suf- There were considered three different
fering damages that could jeopardize the types of seismic isolator for different load- Country: Ecuador
serviceability of the building at any time. ing conditions. Additionally, 44 sliders will Completed: 2014
also contribute with the isolation system. Engineer: Consulsismica
Contractor: Construdipro S.A.

3D-View of one of the LASTO®LRB (seismic isola- Full-Scale Sample LASTO®LRB prepared to be
The building is located in Guayaquil, Ecuador tors) to be installed in the Sky Building tested under actual seismic conditions in Italy

Ecuador

Peru

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Project References

Eleftheria Square (Cyprus)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Eleftheria Square in Cyprus‘ capital mageba received an order of 19
Nicosia constitutes a dramatic and histori- RESTON®POT bearings as per EN1337 and mageba products:
cally significant ‘architectural intervention’ CE-labelled. All bearings are multidirec- Type: RESTON®POT
– an aspiration to reconnect the ancient tional (free) and the maximum vertical bearings
city‘s massive fortified Venetian walls and load (ULS) is 11,207 kN. Friction was not Features: EPDM dusk skirts, white
moat with the modern city beyond – a considered for the transmission of the coloured
bold vision of coherence and continuity horizontal loads since Cyprus is a seismic Installation: 2015
which can become a catalyst to unify the area.
last divided capital of Europe. Due to the special geometry of the col- Structure:
As the city expanded out of the medieval umns, space for the bearings was limited. City: Nicosia
walls wooden bridges were constructed to In close cooperation with the structural Country: Cyprus
facilitate transport. The original wooden engineer and the architect, mageba has Type: Roof structure
bridge known as the Hajisavvas Opening worked out a proper solution that meets Construction: 2005–TBC
was then replaced with a solid concrete the requirements of this exceptional de- Interior area: 7,175 m2
one, which survives to date. In 2005 an sign. Open area: 35,300 m2
architectural competition was announced Finally, and due to the fact that the bear- Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
to redesign the square. This was won by a ings would be visible, the bearings had Engineer: Hyperstatic
group led by Zaha Hadid Architects. to be white coloured including the EPDM Constructor: LOIS Builders Ltd
dusk skirts. Owner: Nicosia Municipality

Nicosia is the capital and largest city on the island A pot bearing featuring white coloured dusk skirt, The construction site in June 2015, showing the
of Cyprus, as well as its main business centre made of EPDM triangle-shaped columns with ellipsoid edges

Turkey

Cyprus

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Louvre Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Louvre Abu Dhabi’s exterior with Abu Dhabi’s skyline (night)

© Louvre Abu Dhabi, Photography: Mohamed Som

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum, an af- mageba supplied four large
filiate of the renowned Louvre Museum RESTON®PENDULUM bearings (type mageba products:
in Paris, is located on the Saadiyat Island. Mono) to support the museum’s enor- Type: RESTON®PENDULUM
In November 2017 the museum opened mous roof. These bearings are designed seismic isolators (type
its doors to the public after ten years of to carry vertical loads of up to 33,000 kN Mono) for loads of up to
planning and construction time. Designed each and to allow horizontal sliding move- 33,000 kN
by the French architect Jean Nouvel, the ments of up to +/- 315 mm. Testing: Caltrans SRMD, USA
museum building is a fi�ng venue for the The contract to supply the bearings includ- Installation: 2015
world-class art collections to be hosted in ed a provision for full-scale testing to be
the years to come. Structure:
carried out prior to the use of the bearings
City: Abu Dhabi
The building’s most striking feature is its in the structure. This testing was success-
roof, a beautifully designed dome with a fully completed in 2014, at the SRMD test- Country: United Arab Emirates
diameter of 180 m and a weight of approx- ing facility of the University of California, Type: Art museum
imately 8000 tonnes. The web-patterned San Diego – one of the world’s foremost Completed: 2017
dome allows the sun to filter through, institutes for testing of this kind. Roof span: 180 m
much like rays of sunlight passing through Architect: Jean Nouvel
palm branches in an oasis. Engineer: Buro Happold

The museum was built in Abu Dhabi, the largest of Testing of an isolator at the SRMD testing facility of A RESTON®PENDULUM bearing (type Mono) as
the seven United Arab Emirates the University of California, San Diego fabricated, showing its spherical sliding surfaces

Abu Dahbi

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Project References

Al Habtoor City (UAE)

Project description mageba scope

Highlights & facts
The enterprise Habtoor Leighton Group mageba delivered 16 RESTON®SPHERICAL
(HLG) secured a contract worth AED 1.45 bearings KF20 capable to bear 20,000 kN mageba Products:
billion (USD 395 million) for the construc- vertical load and 4 RESTON®SPHERICAL Type: 16 RESTON®SPHERICAL
tion of the Residential Towers project as bearings KF24 with a vertical load capac- bearings type KF20 and
part of the landmark AED 11 billion (USD ity of 24,000 kN. These impressive vertical 4 of type KF24
3 billion) „Al Habtoor City“ development in loads are necessitated due to a sophisti- Installation: 2015
Dubai. cated steel truss roof structure which is
The Al Habtoor Residential Towers are a directly embedded on mageba’s spheri- Structure:
mixed-use development located immedi- cal bearings. Further to the high vertical City: Dubai
ately adjacent to the proposed Business loads, the bearings can resist horizontal Country: UAE
Bay creek extension (Dubai Water Canal). loads of up to 5,300 kN and allow a certain Type: Steel truss roof
It includes 2 x 75-storey residential towers, rotation on the horizontal level in order to Completed: 2016
1 x 52-storey residential towers, 7-storey compensate the temperature born defor- Owner: Al Habtoor Group
podium including basement, ground floor mation and movements of the giant steel Constructor: Cleveland Bridge
and five floors of retail and parking. trusses. & Engineering
The construction shall become the largest In line with the high mageba standard, the Designer: Khatib & Alami
integrated hotel complex in the Middle bearings are equipped with ROBO®SLIDE,
East. a high performance sliding material allow-
ing a nearly friction free rotation of the
bearings rotating surface.

The development is located in Dubai, on a prime The bearings have been produced in mageba’s pro- The bearings finished, packed and tested are ready
location on Sheikh Zayed Road duction facilities and headquarters in Switzerland for shipment to Dubai

United Arab
Emirates

Oman

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Muscat International Airport (Oman)

Project description total length of 388 m will be installed in

traffic forecourt bridges and in the traffic Highlights & facts
The new Muscat International Airport ex-
pansion will be completed in 2016 and has concourse (passenger arrival and depar-
mageba products:
the capacity to handle 12 million passen- ture).
Type: 90 RESTON®POT bearings
gers annually. mageba’s supply for building products
135 RESTON®SPHERICAL
Further expansions planned in three sub- comprises: bearings,
sequent phases will ultimately boost the 772 units of high-quality point bearings 19 TENSA®MODULAR
airports’ capacity to 24, 36 and 48 million LASTO®FLONPAD GP9, and 182 units of expansion joints,
passengers when the demand is required. high-quality knuckle and sliding point 772 LASTO®FLONPAD
bearings LASTO®FLONBLOCK, each made GP9 point bearings,
The Total Gross Floor Area Terminal Build-
ing would be 335,000 m2. in Switzerland. 182 LASTO®FLONBLOCK
sliding bearings
The process had challenges in terms of
Installation: 2012–2016
mageba scope maximum available space below and
In order to assure safety in the Passengers above in several positions and also due to Structure:
Terminal Building (PTB) mageba delivered the fact that in other positions the bear- City: Muscat
a variety of bearings and joints: ings would be visible from the ground
Country: Oman
In total 90 units of RESTON®POT bearings floor. mageba‘s input was hence extremely
Type: Airport Center
and 153 RESTON®SPHERICAL bearings for critical for the designing team because it
Contractor: JV “Bechtel – ENKA”
internal steel bridges, steel roofs as well had to adjust their details to the dimen-
sions and heights of the bearings. Architect: Larsen A&CE
as the tower and lift buildings. The 19
Client: OAMC (Oman Airports
TENSA®MODULAR expansion joints with a Management Company)

The Muscat airport is the largest one of the two A spherical bearing supporting the steel roof of this On-site check of a spherical bearing that features
international airports in Oman impressive building patented ROBO®SLIDE sliding material

United Arab
Emirates

Oman

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