The Ribcage
Design 6 : Spring 2013
Sound Building is a critically feared studio setting for Architecture students. It is the make or break studio for becoming a professional practicing architect. Focus on detail and construction is emphasized. The main program of the project was set to be a museum, with the radical aspect to be preservation of prehistoric dinosaurs. Implications of this program resulted in large open spaces and curvaceous exteriors to protect and display large sets of prehistoric bones.
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1. 2” Wood Decking Cover
2 2. 6” Insulation Barrier
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3. Vapor Barrier / Duct Space 4. Glass Securing Mullion 5. 1’ Shading Shingles 6. Railing 7. 2” Double Paned Glass w/ Air 4
8. 2” Wood Flooring 5
9. 1’x1’x1/2” HSS Lateral Bracing 10. OWSJ 18K6
Through taking structural analysis in engineering and looking at architectural precedents, I created a structural glulam system that would support heavy point loads of dinosaurs. By making the project two levels with a wide floor area, the distribution of loads are sufficient to result in such open spaces.
11. Aluminum Ceiling Rafters 12. Finish Ceiling 13. Column I-Beam 18”
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14. 1’x1’ Concrete Column 15. Wood Encasement 8 16. Column Flange Plate 7
17. 6” Concrete Floor Slab
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18. 2” Metal Decking
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19. Access Flooring
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20. Pile Footing 21. Foam Rafters 22. Major Structural Glulam Element
Wood is emphasized as a material by encorporating the glulam beams as part of the flooring system and encasing all steel columns in wood. This creates a warm interior that can be seen through the rendering which faces the south sun overlooking Town Lake in Austin. Overall, the project was a successful endeavor in heavy detailing and construction drawings, creating a building that represented the program well, built like a dinosaur skeleton.
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Cured Glue-Laminate Ply 2’ x 1’ Beams
2” Floor Paneling
Open-Web Steel Joist Floor Bearing Mechanism 18K6 x 34’ Glass Floor (For Light) IGU 10mm 2-pane
Concrete Column 1’2” x 1’2” Wood Paneling
Hollow Steel Structure Lateral Bracing 1’w x 1’h x 1/2” t
Retaining Shear Wall