To provide a piloti building that supports vertical loads applied to it and effectively attenuates horizontal forces acting upon it during an earthquake without impairing the flexibility of the building.
In a piloti building having an open space formed in floors above ground where a plurality of independent columns 6 supporting the building body 5a are arranged, a damper 32 is installed within a dead space 23 that does not hinder human movement spaces in the floors above ground, and the damper 32 connects together upper and lower slide wall bodies 34a and 34b divided via a horizontal slide division surface 33 by means of a steel-made damping member installed, across above and below the horizontal slide division surface 33 and absorbing energies through its shearing strain or deflection due to bending, e.g. a damping member 35 made of a steel material with a low yield point, and the upper and lower slide wall bodies 34a and 34b are respectively fixed to a bottom end beam 8c and a floor frame 29 of the building body 5a.
OGAWA MASA
ARAKAWA GEN
KAMURA HISAYA
ITO SHIGEKI
JFE STEEL KK
Nobuyuki Hayashi (1 person outside)
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