Associação Industrial do Minho (A.I.M.)
- Description:
- AIM's facilities consist of three buildings. The first building with a 68,00 x 8,60 m rectangular configuration is occupied by the service areas and an auditorium. The second building consists of a 48,0 m x 48,0 m square configuration large nave and is a transition body for the other buildings with an approximately area of 27,0 m x 9,0 m. The third building, also for services, has a trapezoidal configuration with approximately 30m x 12m. We emphasize the second building structure, whose nave has a stayed roof and is supported by a triangular beam with 48,0 m span and 4,0 m high. The main bean supports transversal 24,0 m span beams, made of tubular steel sections. The main beam is supported by two steel columns made of hollow section elements, with an inverted triangle pyramids shape.
- Construction area:
- 5 200 m2
- Layout surface:
- 3 500 m2
- Structural type:
- Framed structure (and stayed roof)
- Number of basements:
- Buildings 1 and 3: 2 storeys ; Building 2: 1 storey
- Number of storeys:
- Building 1: 1 storey
- Maximun spans:
- Buildings 1 and 2: 6,0 m ; Building 3: 48,0 m
- Slab Thickness:
- 0,20 m
- Foundations:
- Footings
- Property owner:
- A.I.M
- Architecture:
- José Soalheiro, Teresa Castro, Ana P. Calheiros
- Construction:
- -
- End of works:
- 1992
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