STORYTELLER #02 – THE GOLDEN STAIR OF PANAMA CITY
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EXCELLENCE PROJECTS The Golden Stair of Panama City

Dear Readers, Today we are telling you a new story about our products: Panama’s Golden Stair designed by the Architect Carlos Ott for the Hotel Las Américas Golden Tower. For 15 years we have been producing stairs that create emotions in the environments. It is our vocation, our customers know it and we are happy to be able to respond to impossible requests. The golden metal and glass stair, with its elliptical shape, is a real architectural challenge; it is 11 meters long, 4 meters wide and features triple laminated tempered glass used for the steps. The customer has looked at several...

The Golden Stair of Panama City Hotel Las Américas Golden Tower, Panama City Architect Carlos Ott has chosen Faraone to make his Golden Stair inside the hall of the luxury hotel in Panama City, Architectural Designer: Architect Carlos A. Ott Structural Designer: Engineer Stefano Romeo Pasquini 3D modelling consulting: Surveyor Antonio Romilio Lighting technology design: Audiovisivamente General Contractor: Faraone Architetture Trasparenti Manufacturer of metal structures: Orsini & Blasioli The Golden Stair, of the Las Américas GoldenTower is a unique project, designed and built in Italy and...

height of the two landings and with a large round curve at 3.80 meters above ground. Laminated tempered extra-clear 12+12+12 glass for steps and landings. Try and walk on the stair in total suspension, it seems as if you were flying. The load-bearing structures are made of curved plates welded together to form a tubular section that follows the staircase in its path and provides the supports for the glass steps and landings. These structures have large apertures along their development, inside which curved laminated glass sheets are installed. Chromatically, the bearing structures are...

Structural calculations The calculations of the structure and, above all, the constructive design were a real architectural challenge with a commitment of about 720 hours of modelling, structural analysis and post-processing for the implementation of construction drawings, assembly workshops and onsite mounting. Structural calculations have been made according to the local regulations, in order to meet all the necessary standards. Specifically, the considered standards were the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. ASCE 7 For live loads definition; LRFD ASCE 7-10 for loads combinations; Resolucion...

Assembly Scheme ASSEMBLY Layered glass steps (12+1,52+12+1,52+12) Fastening plate step, welded inside the wall of the inner stringer, and outside of the wall of the outer stringer. Black painted Bottom plate, thickness 6 mm, material S 355, black painted Inner stringer plate wall, thickness 5 mm, material 355 S, painted gold Outer stringer plate wall, thickness 5 mm, material 355 S, painted black Intermediate structural plate, set 600 mm from the bottom plate, wedged comb and welded to the side walls. Thickness 6 mm, material S 355 Closing plate, made in pieces and removable for any...

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