BUILDING CONFIGURATION &

SEISMIC DESIGN 2
(KA - FEB 2019)

Christopher Arnold Andrew Charleson

BUILDING CONFIGURATION &
SEISMIC DESIGN 1
BUILDING CONFIGURATION &
SEISMIC DESIGN 2
HORIZONTAL CONFIGURATION
INERTIA FORCES
 DIAPHRAGM
SHEAR WALL LAY OUT DIAPHRAGM PENETRATION
CoM-CoR
CORE LOCATION
 SIMPLE & COMPLEX PLAN
CONFIGURATION
PERIMETER STRENGTH FALSE SYMMETRY
STIFFNESS

RE-ENTRANT CORNERS MASS ECCENTRICITIES

Problem Configuration – Arch & Struct
Problem Statement – Solution 204-205
 DIAPHRAGM DISCONTINUITIES

1. OPENINGS

2. SHAPE

3. TOWER
Torsion & Pounding effects (Andrew)

Kobe Torsion Building separation

POUNDING & SEPARATIONS
Problem Configuration- arch statement-
structural statement- solution 208-209
X-Y DIRECTIONS
NON PARALEL SYSTEMS
BRIDGING BETWEEN BUILDING
SOPHISTICATED ENGINEERING
DESIGN
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY CCTV HQ BEIJING
LOAD PATH
Shear wall problems 126
EARTHQUAKE ARCHITECTURE

Eisenman in Tokyo Seismic Hardware

COUNTER INTUITIVE :Variations in Column Stiffness 127-128