Buckling and stability of slender glass fins fixed at their base.
Kashirskaya Shopping Centre
MBY provided structural façade engineering services for the entrance façade of Kashirskaya Shopping Centre in Moscow, Russia. The scope covered the engineering calculations and design drawings for the glazed entrance system, developed to meet the project's architectural and structural requirements.
Due to the movement and structural-performance requirements of the primary building structure, the glass fins were restrained at their base with fixed brackets. This created a particularly challenging design condition for the slender glass elements, requiring careful assessment of buckling behaviour and stability while preserving the intended transparent and lightweight architectural expression.
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