„THE FRAGMENT“

THE PROJECT AND ITS REQUIREMENT

The Fragment building in Prague‘s Karlín district, has been realised close to a tram line and an underground line below. The building comprises basement levels of parking, a first floor of commercial use and about 8 upper floors of residential use.
The exceptional construction of the Fragment residential project required selected elastomeric bearings for vibration isolation due to different loads on the floor surface.
The passing trains exert dynamic forces on the superstructure, the tunnel and the underlying soil. This results in vibrations in the building.

The Solution

The elastic bearing was implemented on an area of approx. 1200 m² with a combination of Cibatur as well as Cipremont and Citrigon types for a load range of 0.4 N/ mm² to 7 N/mm².
The bearings were installed as single and strip bearings between the first floor and the second floor. The average tuning frequency was 12 Hz.