CINEPOLIS HEADQUARTERS

LOCATION MORELIA, MEXICO

ARCHITECT KMD ARCHITECTS
CIVIL ENGINEER INGENI SA
COMPLETED 2010
PURPOSE HEADQUARTERS OF LEADING THEATER OPERATOR IN MEXICO
SIZE 75000 SQUARE FEET
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM VECTOR ACTIVE
MATERIAL STEEL, ALUMINIUM, GLASS, CONCRETE
SUBMITTED BY ZAHRA CHANDURWALA STUTI PARIKH PURVA SHARMA
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 CONTENTS
DRAWINGS

PLANS

SECTIONS

LOWER LEVEL

(GROUND FLOOR + FIRST FLOOR)

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

PLAN SHOWING ELEMENTS AND OVERALL DIMENSIONS

DETAILS

UPPER LEVEL

(SECOND FLOOR + THIRD FLOOR)

STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

PLAN SHOWING ELEMENTS AND OVERALL DIMENSIONS

DETAILS

LOAD TRANSFER

MODEL

REFERENCES

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 DRAWINGS
PLAN

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 DRAWINGS
SECTION

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 LOWER LEVEL
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

STRUCTURAL
CIRCULAR GLASS
CONCRETE
COLUMNS

CONCRETE
FLOOR
SYSTEM

GLASS
CURTAIN WALL

CONCRETE
WALL

STEEL
SUPPORTING
MEMBER

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 LOWER LEVEL
SCHEMATIC PLAN SHOWING ELEMENTS AND OVERALL DIMENSIONS

VERTICAL GLASS LOUVRES

LOAD BEARING CONCRETE

WALL
30000mm

CONCRETE COLUMNS

32000mm

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 LOWER LEVEL
DETAILS

FIN BRACKETS

SCHEMATIC LOWER LEVEL

FOUR WAY PLAN INDICATING
SPIDER SPANNING

VERTICAL GLASS LOUVERS

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 UPPER LEVEL
STRUCTURAL MEMBERS

STEEL TRUSS
ENCOMPASSES
THE STRUCTURE,
ITS LARGE SPAN

WARREN STEEL
TRUSS WITH
VERTICALS TO
SUPPORT THE
CANTILEVER

STRUCTURAL GLASS
WALLS SUPPORTED WITH
STEEL MEMBERS
UNDERNEATH THE TRUSS

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 UPPER LEVEL
SCHEMATIC PLAN SHOWING ELEMENTS AND OVERALL DIMENSIONS

TRUSS CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORTED

ON I-BEAM

WIDE FLANGE STEEL VERTICAL

MEMBERS

m
00m
360
m

26000mm
00m
180

84000mm

I-SECTIONS RUNNING ACROSS THE

150 FLOOR
00m
m

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 UPPER LEVEL
DETAILS

DIAGONAL BRACING

FLOOR I BEAM

LARGER I BEAM RUNNING THROUGH THE SLAB

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 UPPER LEVEL
DETAILS

MAIN BEAM

SECONDARY
BEAM

SECOND FLOOR
EXTERIOR STEEL I-
SECTION JUNCTION

UNIVERSAL COLUMN MAIN BEAM

SPANNING ACROSS
UPPER LEVEL AND
LOCATION OF VERTICAL
THIRD FLOOR
I- SECTIONS
EXTERIOR STEEL I-
SECTION JUNCTION
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 LOAD TRANSFER

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 LOAD TRANSFER

DIAGONAL BRACING

I BEAM

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 LOAD TRANSFER

SHORTEST SIDE OF
CANTILEVER

GENERALISED STRESS IN A
WARREN TRUSS SYSTEM

LOAD DISTRIBUTION THROUGH TWO WAY SPANNING IN THE ROOF

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 MODEL

SECTIONAL MODEL

SCALE 1:100

MATERIALS: MDF
FIBERBOARD, ACRYLIC
VERTICAL WOODEN MEMBERS ON FIRST FLOOR AND GROUND FLOOR
SHEET, MILLBOARD,
ADDED FOR STRUCTURAL SUPPORT OF THE MODEL. SOFTWOOD MEMBERS

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 MODEL

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 MODEL

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 REFERENCES

https://www.archdaily.com/184392/cinepolis-headquarters-kmd-architects
https://www.archdaily.com/184392/cinepolis-headquarters-kmd-architects/5016b16f28ba0d
1416000cd4-cinepolis-headquarters-kmd-architects-photo
https://inhabitat.com/cantilevered-office-anchors-green-campus-in-mexico/

https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Design-considerations-for-parallel-chord-one-w
ay-Schmits/805067bed9c8e821a7c979b79b550f4ff380a3c5/figure/2

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