News:
50 East Chestnut First Tuned Liquid Damper on a Residential Tower in US
Sep 2007
H+P HAS INTEGRATED two of the nation’s first Tuned Liquid Dampers into residential highrise towers in Chicago.
A Tuned Liquid Damper (TLD) is a large tank of water located at the top of a tall building to reduce building movements due to wind below perceptible limits of occupants; it is a low-tech, passive, cost-effective solution for building taller, more slender towers without overly increased structures.
At 50 East Chestnut, a 500 foot tall luxury tower featuring one dwelling unit per floor, the TLD installed in summer of 2007 insures occupants of this slender tower do not perceive motion from winds funneling around adjacent tall buildings, including the Hancock Tower.
At the 700 foot Elysian Hotel and Private residences, now in construction, H+P is again teaming with the Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory at the University of Western Ontario to optimally integrate TLDs into the structural design.
