Ziqi YuanYour Design Journal entries this week should highlight your design thinking that influenced your decisions about:
- your overall strategy and the features of the structural system
- the material and framing system selected
- the locations of structural columns and major framing elements
- any special structural challenges
The structural system is designed to both support the building and minimumly affects asthetic considerations. 10’ by 10’ grids are set up to align level sizes and floor plan. Concrete columns (18x24) are placed at the 4 corners of the central square space, near elevators/stairs/restrooms. These columns span across all floors and no views are obstructed. (This is set up well by the floor plan design.) Steel beams (W14x30) are used between columns with additional beam systems in between. The number of beams can be reduced depending on the load and aesthetic needs. Floor openings (atrium) are not interfered by columns and beams.
One challenge is the 10’ overhang at level 2 and 3. Exterior column (4 on each side) are thus added to support. These columns go up to level 5 floor. Aesthetically, level 2 and 4 are not affected much as the columns are at the edges. It is also okay for level 3, since the exhibitions space is quite open and the columns can be utilized for exhibition purposes.
Issue: coordination space is not recognizing my architectural model?
2/26
Added missing inner floors
Adjusted offsets for architecture floor → structural floor → beam
Extended columns to level 0 and added isolated foundations
Attached top of columns to structural floors
