Glenn Katz
To Do List
Material and Framing System Selected
Steel
Overall Strategy + Features of the Structural System
Structural Material / System Choices - Steel Skeletal Frame
- Strength and Durability: Steel's superior strength and durability allow for longer spans and taller structures, ensuring long-term structural integrity.
- Space Optimization: Steel's high strength-to-weight ratio maximizes interior space, offering flexibility in design and functional usage.
- Speed of Construction: Prefabricated steel components enable faster construction, reducing project timelines.
- Fire Resistance: Steel's inherent fire resistance enhances building safety and regulatory compliance.
- Longevity and Maintenance: Steel frames have a longer lifespan and require less maintenance, reducing overall expenses.
Structural Framing Layout
- Modularity: The framing is carefully thought, to address the short span, long span tradeoff and to comply with our project initial goal of modularity. This will not only enable to build it easily, but potentially deconstruct it quite easily as well. Or be flexible about it.
- Minimizing internal columns: Longer spans without additional support columns maximize usable space, facilitating open and functional interior layouts. (Only 4 internal columns in 483 m2 = 5000 ft2)
- Minimizing Structural Depth: Shallow steel beams maintain structural integrity while minimizing building height, ideal for projects with height restrictions or aesthetic considerations. (3 meters of depth)
Structural Framing Placement
Interior Structure
- Modularity: Using the CitizenM Hotel in Menlo Park and the stadium 974 in Qatar as case studies, to build this we initially provided the structural support through the steel structure to then insert prefabricated modules to speed construction and be able to deconstruct in the future. This implied lowering the height of internal walls to avoid clashes with structural frames.
- Enhanced Aesthetics: Concealing structural framing inside provides a sleek exterior appearance, improving the building's overall visual appeal.
- Improved Thermal Performance: Interior framing minimizes thermal bridging, enhancing insulation efficiency and overall energy performance of the building.
Locations of Structural Columns and Major Framing Elements
We can observe the placing of the structural elements in this floor plan, to facilitate standardization, this was copied to all of the 5 levels above. The only hole we observe is the stair and elevator shaft.
Project Changes in This Module
- Changed from CMU Insulated Wall (Masonry) to Insulated Metal Panel.
- Pending re-do of module 7 energy analysis. (Determine overall insulation, energy demand, supply, and the relation between it.
- Pending full model coordination.
Structural Challenges
- Clash between footings and floors
Problem
Solution (offset footings 7 inches to avoid clash)
Construction: Steel Footing, insert column bolts, footing concrete pour, concrete curing process, fill, bolt steel column to concrete footing, pour slab on grade.
- Clash between beams and floors
Problem
Solution (Offset beam system in z axis 5 inches (floor height)
Feedback - Missing
Sonido - Get family of sound proof, expensive separation Dan recommended.
Publish 3D View
Coordination Model - Arch
Solar Analysis (M7) with new properties.