The "Space" is a 20th floor building which collapsed in 2013 in Medellin, Colombia. The building collapsed just after the construction ended and before being occupied for owners. The main structure's lateral resistant system was reinforced concrete (RC) frames. Medellin is the second city of Colombia, and it is located in Los Andes montains, a region of high seismicity, however the collapse of the building occured in a day with no substantial earthquake reports neither highwinds or rainfalls.
A picture of the building before its collapse is here:
Space building before its collapse in 2013. The Space was a 5 tower project. The last tower in being build failed (left).
Three different companies were incharge of the forense study for explaining causes of the collapse. Two of them were national (Colombian) and one from United States. Conclusions of all studies show that the building did not met basic requeriments of the national construction code.
A video about the case is presented here:
Further information about the space collapse can be found here:
Yamin, Luis E., et al. "Sudden collapse of the 27-story space building in Medellin, Colombia." Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 32.3 (2018): 04018010.
García, Luis E., Mete A. Sozen, Anthony Fiorato, Luis E. Yamín, and Juan F. Correal. "An Insight into the Space Building Collapse." Special Publication 311 (2016): 1-14.
A video about the case is presented here:
Further information about the space collapse can be found here:
Yamin, Luis E., et al. "Sudden collapse of the 27-story space building in Medellin, Colombia." Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 32.3 (2018): 04018010.
García, Luis E., Mete A. Sozen, Anthony Fiorato, Luis E. Yamín, and Juan F. Correal. "An Insight into the Space Building Collapse." Special Publication 311 (2016): 1-14.
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