Tripla has received the Glass Structure of the year 2020 award
The Finnish association of Flat Glass presented Tripla with the Glass Structure of the Year award on 6 May 2020. Sweco’s architects and structural engineering experts were involved in the design of Tripla’s glass structures.
Three main features stand out among Tripla’s glass structures: the multidimensional full-wall balcony glass facade, the box windows and the folding glass facade of the station. The structural engineering of the glass structures also required a pioneering approach.
“From a structural engineering point of view, the most interesting and, at the same time, the most challenging part was to design the constructions of the folding glass walls. Our structural design team did a great job with this. Overall, Tripla has exceptionally interesting structures, the successful implementation of which we can be really proud of. Monitoring the testing of the box windows was also an interesting step. We have been developing these window structures for several years,” says Jukka Sammi, department manager of facade engineering at Sweco.
Sweco started cooperating with Arkkitehdit Soini & Horto Oy on the project after the Dutch Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A) stood aside. Sweco’s architects were responsible for the architectural design of the station block. Sweco was also responsible for the structural design of the station block and for supervising the construction and electrical work of the station, shopping centre and car park. Sweco played a special role in the project as the representative of the investors’ interests.