Cloud Gate Dancing Theater Professional Project at Fieldoffice Architects Theater, Office, Workshop, Education, and Tourist Center New construction, Extension, and Renovation 2009 - 2015 (completion)
Position:
Project architect, leader of a 5-people team, Construction Supervisor
Interval:
2010 May - 2015 October
Site Area:
3.62 acre
GFA:
95,239 sq ft.
Cost:
25 million US dollars
Contribution: Schematic Design Detail Development Construction Document Landscape design Interior design On-site constructon supervision Change-order document Handover process 3
Historical Site Public Outdoor Theater
Merging into Landscape / Open to Public
Theater / Rehearsal
This project dealt with both complex programming and intricate site contexts. We placed the theater among tree crowns and put office and workshop on lower floors, making those spaces link to the different level ground floors in this hillside land. We left a huge outdoor space for the public, this modest humble blanking also gave the view for the nearby historical site. Office 4
Site
Outdoor Theater
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Historical Site
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Site Plan
Upper left : 1:100 physical model, the public outdoor theater in front of the building Middle left : 1:100 physical model shows each floor's program: workshop office, public passage, theater Lower left: 1:200 and 1:100 physical study models
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Top: East elevation Middle left: West elevation Middle right and bottom: Section A - A'
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Top: Theater level Bottom: Office spaces in lower levels Right: Guest room and green room(dancer's preparing room)
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Supervision and Change Order Because of many political issues between the government and the client, this theater had 33 major change orders and 238 minor change orders, and most of them were happening during the construction period. That meant I had to know clearly every single part of the construction and its schedule, so I could inform, push, or refuse design alterations requested from the clients. That also meant I got to supervise in the day time and designed and prepared documents in the night. This unusual experience equipped me with the ability to deal with complicated cases.
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BIM integration Due to the complication of this spatial truss structure, BIM was necessary from the detail design to shop drawings. Sketches are my revision on the shop drawing inspection. Photos show how hard the crane work on the construction site: two cranes delivered each truss piece in the air in order to pass the existing memorial building.
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roof construction: 0.6 mm sheet copper batten-seam covering 6 mm fiber-net for ventilating 1.5 mm self-stick bituminous carpet sealing layer 1mm galvanized sheet steel 0.4 mm GS800 corrugated galvanized sheet steel 75/50/50/1.2 mm steel Z-beam 50 mm rockwool thermal insulation 0.4 mm galvanized sheet steel 150/9 mm calcium silicate board strips 50 mm glass wool thermal insulation 1.2 mm steel deck
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structural I-beam
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60/33 mm cypress strips with Vaton coating and
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ceiling construction: with visible screw fixing 12/2.5 mm cypress boards with Vaton coating
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40/80 mm structural cypress beams
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steel I-beam of truss 300 mm deep
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8/0.76/8 double glazing with light-reflect membrane
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3 mm sheet aluminum bent to shape screw and silicon fixing
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100 mm rockwool for fire obstruction 1.6 mm sheet aluminum 3 mm sheet aluminum bent to shape screw and silicon fixing 6
floor construction: 10 mm epoxy finishing and cement leveling 150 mm reinforce concrete on 1.52 mm steel deck structural I-beam
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stucco washing finishing
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30 mm peak parquet 35/25 wood beam
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steel I-beam 300/200/8/12 mm
10 180/25 AluCo-wood boards parquet 50/25 AluCo-wood beams two layers C-beam bent to shape 100/50/20/2.8 mm 11 dormer construction: galvanized grid with 7/4 mm I-steel and 8 mm twisted steel 8/0.76/8 double glazing with light-reflect membrane aluminum window frame structural tube 125/50/4.5 mm 12 15/12/15 double glazing with air gap 10