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STRUCTURALDESI

GNOFTHEBUI
LDI
NG

THEFOUNDATI
ON
I
twass etbys ever
alcai
ssons.Thecai ss
onfoundat
ionconsist
sofconcr etecolumnsconstr
ucted i
n
cyli
ndri
calshaf
tsexcavat
edunderthepr oposedst
ruct
uralcol
umnl ocat
ion.I
tcar r
iest
hebuil
dingloadat
thei
rlowerend,whichareof
tenbell
-shar
ped.Concret
eisplaced(
poured)
intosteelf
ormsbui
ltupalongthe
peri
meterofthebox.

COLUMN
Theshapecauseseccentr
icload.Of
f-cent
erl
oadswouldcauseexcessi
vest
ressesincol
umns.Thesol
uti
on
i
sthatusi
nguni
forms hearforcemechanismt
hatcoul
dcounter
actandelimi
nat
et hebendi
ng.Thesyst
em i
s
out
standi
ngofi
tseconomyofmat er
ial.

TRUSS
•Commons t
ruct
uralel
ementi narchitect
ure.
•Steelmembersarejoi
nedt ogetherintotr
iangul
arshapes,whi
chareabletor
esistext
ernal
f
orces.
•Whenj oi
nedtogether
,thesetri
anglescanf ormlar
getrusssyst
emsthatcanspanlongdist
ances.

CROSSBRACESMETHOD
Thear
chi
tectusedalessst
eelf
orthebui
l
ding’
sconstr
uct
ion.Thecrossbracesandtr
iangul
arf
ramewor
k
oft
hebui
ldingaredesi
gnedtowit
hst
andtyphoonsandmakes t
ruct
ural
lyeff
ecti
ve:

•Tri
angul
arshapeasmos tst
ructur
alst
abl
egeomet
ry
•Carri
esbui
l
dingload,andreducesuseofst
eel
by30% ascompar
edt
oty
pical
col
umnandbeam
syst
em.

SHASHWATGUPTA(
12) VI
BUI
LDI
NGMATERI
ALANDCONSTRUCTI
ON 1
9
2
PROF.DEEPENDRAKUMAWAT 201
9-2020

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