the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Addis Abeba / Ethiopia

Odessa State Academy of Construction and Architecture, Architectural and Art's Institute, Odessa

Project idea

All buildings are designed in the same design style. These are two compositional volumes. The first is from local natural material (stone) of rough processing. The second one is made of light polished tiles (natural or artificial). The first is combined with wooden window covers and products. The second - with elements and anodized metal. All buildings are “enlivened” and decorated with flower beds and flower beds on the “green roofs” and balconies.

Project description

In the designed building, the use of pile foundations is supposed (Figure 1). The precast reinforced concrete piles of square section with dimensions of 300x300 mm are used. Concrete for piles adopted class strength C20 / 25, brand waterproof W6, brand frost resistance F75. Dive method - indentation. The rostver is designed with a height of 400mm in the form of bushes of piles under the columns and a solid reinforced concrete slab under the elevator shaft. Concrete for grillage adopted class strength C25 / 30, brand waterproof W6, brand frost resistance F75.
To protect the foundations from water and moisture, mastic waterproofing and additional polyurethane materials are used, which provide excellent water resistance, chemical and thermal resistance. Mastic materials are resistant to abrasion, section and impact, resistant to solutions of acids, alkalis, oil products and microorganisms.To exclude capillary suction, the ground part of the walls is isolated from the foundations by horizontal waterproofing at the level of the lower basement floor. Horizontal waterproofing is installed in two layers of roofing material on bitumen mastic.
The possibility of wetting the basement with rain and melt waters is excluded by the blind area of ​​dense waterproof material arranged on the outer edges of buildings. The blind area from the building has a slope of 3%.
In the designed object, columns and walls protrude as vertical bearing elements. Their location is the same on all floors (one below the other).
The columns are made of round section with a diameter of 300 mm and load-bearing walls with a thickness of 510 mm (for the official embassy building), 300 mm. Columns are made of reinforced concrete, concrete class C20 / 25. The outer walls are reinforced concrete. Internal partitions - reinforced concrete.
Horizontal bearing elements (floor slabs and coverings) of the complex are located at different levels and are made of concrete of class C20 / 25 and A400C reinforcement.
The span of more than 15 meters is overlapped by a shell of steel elements, which is supported by a monolithic reinforced concrete wall with a thickness of 500 mm.
The drainage system from the roof is designed for the internal drainage system of water dropping into the reservoir water storage in the basement, for further use.The building uses SMART-water supply, it allows you to reliably and effectively address issues of water supply, rainwater harvesting, accumulation and use for technical and domestic purposes.
The building uses a ventilation system with heat recovery.
Presence detectors are used in elevator mines, office space groups, and lobbies.
Electric lighting is designed: working, emergency, duty and evacuation.
LED lighting of the building is used as the main lighting of the designed complex. Used to illuminate all groups of rooms.

Technical information

Official part + Consular and visa building 1706,00
Residence 397,00
Residential building of embassy staff 793,00
Building for local workforce 238,00 T
OTAL 3 134

Co-authors

Sniadovsky Yurii Aleksandrovich

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