Multi-Purpose Physical Educational Facility in Brno-Žabovřesky, Sirotkova 36 - Structural Support Technology of the South Wing for a Heritage-Listed School through the Eyes of a General Designer

Abstract

The facade of the old school is registered in the list of cultural monuments and located in the conservation zone of the urban monument reservation. Due to the construction of a new building, it was necessary to reinforce and structurally support (by means of an anchored reinforced concrete wall) the south wing of the old section of the school. No fissures were allowed to develop because they could damage the valuable art nouveau facades. Therefore, great emphasis was given to the technological and structural design of the reinforced concrete gunite wall. Precise geodetic measurements confirmed that the decline of the south wing of the school of the gunite wall was minimum, specifically 1,5 mm, after the completion. No cracks appeared. The building won first place in the “Building of the South Moravian Region” competition in 2018 in the category of public utilities in the Czech Republic – see www.gero.cz.