Semi floating dock in condamine,Monte Carlo
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Monte Carlo- semi floating dock in condamine
- the marina enlarged its surface area by 60.000 m² by building this semi floating dock
- Designed to float with 16 m below sea level, below water this structure is twin skinned.
- Its internal walls and slabs, all around 50 cm thick, are set several metres back to create liquid ballast chambers in order to control the structures floating level.
- The structure will also have a breakwater function protecting Condamine harbour and calming the waters of the outer harbour,
- It also provides berthing for large cruise vessels working as a quay,
- the floating dock was a way of reclaiming land from the sea to provide car park, storage and passenger terminal infrastructures without it been to permanent.
- Inside the structure is:
-A four level car park with a capacity of 380 vehicles occupies 192 m of the dock, -storage for cargo and small boats in two levels, 136 m - Several shops and restaurants.
- This huge floating structure is secured to the land by a ball joint (hinge) a 700-tonne steel stirrup and with displacements limited at the opposite end by means of anchored chains attaching it to the sea bed
http://www.samco.org/letter/issue8.pdf =http://www.ishmii.org/Case_Studies/Monaco/TheCondamineFloatingDock http://www.setec.fr/FO/EN/030-projets/pop_Detail_reference.php?IdR=26&IdSD=6 http://enr.construction.com/news/environment/archives/020603.asp http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2217251.stm
similarities to waiheke
- Mataitia also has space problems and ever increasing car parking and storage needs
- Having a floating dock that is movable within itself is the ultimate example of a transitionary space.
- It is also fairly sustainable which is what the local people are looking for as it provides opportunity for expanding the area without having to demolish the structure as it can just be moved and re-attached it also can be moved to a different area of the bay if wanted and when no longer wanted has the opportunity to easily be towed on to somewhere else if wanted.
- It is also green as it has a small ecological footprint as it is like a multi-storeyed building without blocking the view and would not take up any more of the sea bottom than a jetty with the same floor plan yet it has many more times the floor area.
- It would help solve some of the problems of the bay been taken over by car parks and people boarding the ferry could just drive inside and disembark straight to the ferry it would act as a true transition space.
reference:Quadernerns d'arqectura i urbanisme, Monte-Carlo dique semifloatante en la condamine,2003, no236, p162,163
