QUIN INDUSTRIAL

COMPLEX
SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO
PRESENTATION BY:
SRUTHY SASHIKUMAR (17136010)
MANOGNA SAI PADI (17136022)
DHANLAXMI R (17136026)
SRUTHIBALA RAMESH (17136027)
PROJECT PROFILE:

• TYPOLOGY : INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE/

OFFICE BUILDING
• AREA : 94184 sqft
• YEAR OF COMPLETION : 2016
• NO. OF MAIN BLOCKS : TWO SITE
• LOCATION : SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO

LOCATION
CONSTRUCTION
METHODOLOGY
 The Quin Industrial complex sits on a larger area,
comprising of various other buildings and spaces. Amongst
PLAN that, the industrial building and the administrative block
connected by the saw tooth roof is the QUIN
INDUSTRAIL BUILDING.

The area between the two buildings This industrial building shattered
turns into the center point of the all the stereotypical norms of the
project. Together with a covering general industrial buildings.
saw-tooth roof, providing a Although, material and structure
contemporary and identifiable wise they are simple, the entire
signature of the industrial purpose of picture painted is completely
the project, it creates an outdoor foyer different from other buildings of
connecting the two buildings; it is this type.
furnished with attractive stairways
and benches where employees can
socialize and enjoy the outdoors.
CONTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES USED:
This industrial building has made use of various Modern
Methods of Construction (MMC) as listed below:

Flat Slab Construction

Precast Flat Panel System
The flat slabs are structural elements that are highly
This method of construction involves the procedure of
versatile in nature. The flat slab provides minimum
making floor and wall units off site.
depth and faster construction. The system also provides
Once the panel units are made as per the design
column grids that are flexible. Economical and has
specification and requirements, they are brought to the
more fire safety properties.
site and placed.
CONTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES USED:
This industrial building has made use of various Modern
Methods of Construction (MMC) as listed below:
Steel trusses and corrugated sheets as walls:
Concrete Floors Steel is a typical material used in industrial building
Concrete walls are mainly applied for seat walls, types, since they can span for longer lengths, without
retaining wall etc. the support of columns, as clear spans are required to
Here, concrete is also used as a flooring material. As accommodate huge machineries and transport products
per the latest technology, the concrete floors can be from one place to another without hinderance.
provided with good finish to provide smooth and
attractive flooring.
CONTRUCTION METHODOLOGIES USED:
SAW TOOTH ROOF

• Sawtooth roof is constructed using steel

trusses, between the two blocks. The
trusses are a special “inverted” type.
• Glazing is installed between the slab and
steel posts. Steel reinforcing bars have to
be spliced for large slabs on the roof.
• The posts and slab are supported by steel
beams and the steel beams are rested on
roofs of both the buildings.
• A sawtooth roof with its glass panels
provides uniform, natural light and blocks
the harmful heat of direct sun exposure.
For this reason, it is well-suited for
manufacturing buildings and factories.
 STEEL TRUSSES

FLAT SLAB

CONCRETE WALLS

SECTION THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCK

SECTION THROUGH INDUSTRIAL BLOCK

MATERIALS
 Administrative
building

Saw shape
Roof

industrial plant

Style: Sober, contemporary and monumental

The two buildings are both clean and
monolithic in form, but differ in their
cladding materials. The industrial plant is
finished with a brilliant, corrugated metal
facade while the administrative building,
in contrast, is clad with dark ceramic tile.
ADVANTAGES OF CERAMIC TILE CLADDING:

Highly Durable
Provides an Enhanced Look
Easy maintenance
Environment Friendly
Insulation properties

ADVANTAGES OF METAL CLADDING

Low maintenance
Don’t absorb moisture
Insect proof
Design Flexibility
Fire resistance
Light weight
Recyclable
Inside the industrial plant, the material palette is simple
and clean with polished concrete floors and whitewashed
walls that are illuminated by plentiful natural light.  
Future Trends For Industrial Cladding will Diverse Range of Cladding Solutions for
Industrial Buildings Includes:
depend on :
* Corrugated insulated wall panels 
Sustainability
* Insulated regular and concealed ISO wall panels 
Technology Driven Design
* Single skin profiled cladding 
Fire-Resistance
* Camlock and slip joint panels for cold stores
Design
* Corrugated insulated roof wall panels
* Rockwool roof & wall panels
* Concealed corrugated PIR & rockwool roof panels
* Standing seam roofing 
* Polycarbonate daylight systems
* GRP roof lights & roof curbs
* Structural decking – five different profiles
The area between the two buildings turns into the center point of the project. Together with a covering
saw-tooth roof, providing a contemporary and identifiable signature of the industrial purpose of the
project, it creates an outdoor foyer connecting the two buildings; 
the vertical aspects are fitted with glass panels or windows. This allows filtration of light and reduces
direct exposure.
PRECAST FLAT PANEL SYSTEM
• Precast Large
Construction Panel (PLCP) system consists of
various precast elements such as walls, beams,
slabs, columns, staircase, landing and some
customized elements that are standardized and
designed for stability, durability and structural
integrity of the building.
• A minimum thickness of the precast wall panels is
125 mm when reinforced and 150 mm where a
vertical projecting bar from the footing or floor
engages with a dowel duct in the bottom of
the precast panel. For panels up to 175 mm thick,
one layer of central mesh is generally used above
that, two layers are used.
• Precast concrete is a construction product
produced by casting concrete in a reusable mold
or "form" which is then cured in a controlled
environment, transported to the construction site
and lifted into place ("tilt up"). More recently
expanded polystyrene is being used as the cores
to precast wall panels.
 FLAT SLAB CONSTRUCTION
• Flat slab is an RCC slab built monolithically with
supporting columns and reinforced in two or more
directions. Beams are not provided to support the slab. The
loads are directly transferred to the columns. In flat slabs,
the columns are provided with enlarged heads called
capitals or column heads.
The column tends to punch through the slab in Flat Slabs, which can be
treated by three methods:
1.Using a drop panel and a column capital in flat slab
2.Using a drop panel without a column capital in flat slab
3.Using a column capital without drop panel in flat slab
Uses of column heads :
•Shear strength of flat slab is increased
by using column heads.
•Column heads reduce the clear or
effective span, and therefore, reduce the
moment in the flat slab floor
Uses of drop panels :
•Drop panels increase the shear strength
of flat slab floor.
•Drop panels increase flat slab's
negative moment capacity.
•Drop panels reduce deflection by
stiffening the flat slabs.
CONCRETE FLOORS
CONCRETE FLOORS
STEEL TRUSSES AND CORRUGATED SHEETS AS
WALLS
STEEL TRUSSES AND CORRUGATED SHEETS AS
WALLS
STEEL TRUSSES AND CORRUGATED SHEETS AS
WALLS
.SAW TOOTH ROOF
With a sawtooth roof, the vertical aspects of the roof are fitted with
windows or glass panels. The building is generally angled so the
glass panels face to the north, which filters the light and avoids
direct exposure.
 SAW TOOTH ROOF

Why install a sawtooth roof?

The sawtooth design was developed to help provide good lighting in interior spaces in the days before electric lighting was commonplace.
The design aimed to harness ‘daylighting’ - particular building strategies and techniques which maximise the positive effects (namely light
and warmth) which result from allowing sunlight into a building, while reducing problems like glare and overheating.
Once artificial lighting became more widespread, sawtooth roof buildings became less commonplace - or they remained, but had the glass
panels replaced with solid materials such as metal.
Renewed interest in energy saving has seen the sawtooth design become more popular in recent years. Innovations such as cool roofs and
radiant barriers have been introduced in order to improve the passive cooling features of sawtooth roofed buildings. Without these additional
features, buildings which incorporate a sawtooth roof have a tendency to overheat - but a sawtooth roof can offer big advantages in terms of
natural light and passive heating and cooling if it's carefully planned.

What materials are used in a sawtooth roof?

Windows which use low-e glass or window film can help to reduce radiant heat admitted via sawtooth roofs. Well insulated roofs with
reflective finishes should also be considered. Sawtooth roofs tend to be made from metal.
The material for wall cladding can be selected on the basis of application, construction type, material type and end-
use.
new materials that could change construction for the better
1. Mass Timber

2. Self-Healing Materials
REMODEELING
3. Passive Cooling Ceramics

Other popular cladding materials and their advantages:

1.  Terracotta: This material has an earthy look and is 100% natural. It is fire resistant and is often seen in heritage
buildings.
2. High Pressure Laminates (HPL): This material is mass produced, easy to install and is available in a wooden look
with a lot of varieties.
3. Stone and ceramic tiles: This material is easily available, is eco-friendly and gives an earthy look.
4.  Facade cladding systems : Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP), glass, metal cladding panels, GRC (Glass
Reinforced Concrete), FRP (Fibre-reinforced Plastic), GRG (Glass Reinforced Gypsum), UHPC (Ultra High
Performance Concrete), Stone CNC (Computerised Numerical Control) are some of the latest cladding technologies
that are emerging India.
 GFRC, METAL CLADDING
 Modern cladding material scores in a number of ways like increased protection against weather
and pollution, less water absorption, increased mechanical strength, more thermal insulation,
improved acoustical properties, etc. The Indian facade market is majorly ruled by glass and stone,
followed by aluminium composite panels (ACPs), HPL, fibre cement boards and wood
  new and innovative materials such as exterior grade laminates (as per EN438-6) give a high
degree of design freedom for people who create. 
 Glass fibre reinforced concrete and metal claddings (zinc, copper, and steel)have   advantages 
over traditional ones ;like  eco-friendliness, thermal efficiency, energy renewability and
sustainability.

Metal cladding with lights

SMART CLADDING
 The implementation of smart cladding technologies not only curb the building’s energy
consumption but also helps improve safety, comfort and security for the residents
 Intelligent facades have the ability to adapt to the local weather. These allow users to take
control of its performance as per the needs such as shielding during extreme heat and opening
up during cool weather.
 the use of louvers in cladding provides diffused light into certain public areas which allows air
movement, thereby reducing the need for air conditioning in certain areas of the building.
Cladding with insulation cavities can also help reduce energy consumption and heat ingress
into the building
DYNAMIC FAÇADE 
 Dynamic facade or responsive facade is a building exterior that can change in response to its
surrounding environment to maximize its performance. In this way, the ‘skin’ of the building
is not static, but dynamic and can transform according to requirements. The dynamic facades
act as filters between the indoors and the outdoors, facilitating the users providing appropriate
shade, sunlight, ventilation and a visual union with the world in motion outside. With the help
of new techniques (sensors & motors), facades calculate the elevation angle of the sun and
respond accordingly by constantly changing the orientation of shading elements throughout
the day.

Perforated Liner Cladding

system 
 CLADDING ALTERNATIVES

 Surfaces designed with calculative analysis on digital software give opportunities to mould many
materials with respect to the local climatic conditions. Hence cladding and surface textures can be
executed easily. They may not be cost effective. The purpose to design and execute such surface
helps in creating interactive and intelligent surfaces with various possibilities. Such materials
executed to respond to the environment in precise formats.
 These surfaces have more flexibility to control the environment as they can be calibrated. Such
surface cladding’s can also be designed to form structural members for seismic calculations.
Landscape can also be integrated. Such surfaces or textures gives the opportunity to design futuristic
buildings. Biomimicing nature and reinventing new materials with scientific calculations opens up
diverse possibilities to achieve different forms and textures with various energies. These complex
structures can be built along with surface texturing with the aid of 3D printing technologies.
 the surface can also become the structural members and carry different loads, which can be
seismically calculated and approved along with fire resistant applications. These print forms can
also be designed to conserve and reuse energy. They can also change their forms as per the
environmental conditions. With such advanced technologies, the built forms can be controlled by
artificial intelligence. 
 SOLAR PANNELS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ROOFING SYSTEM 

  Precast concrete slabs

  Recycled metal

  Structural insulated panels

  Green thermal insulation

 ALTERNATIVES FOR CONCRETE FLOORS :

 Ferrock is a new material being researched that uses recycled materials including steel dust from the steel industry to
create a concrete-like building material that is even stronger than concrete. What’s more, this unique material actually
absorbs and traps carbon dioxide as part of its drying and hardening process – making it not only less CO2 intensive than
traditional concrete, but actually carbon neutral.
 HempCrete is just what it sounds like – a concrete like material created from the woody inner fibers of the hemp plant.
The hemp fibers are bound with lime to create concrete-like shapes that are strong and light. HempCrete blocks are super-
lightweight, which can also dramatically reduce the energy used to transport the blocks, and hemp itself is a fast-growing,
renewable resource.
 AshCrete is a concrete alternative that uses fly ash instead of traditional cement.  By using fly ash, a by-product of
burning coal, 97 percent of traditional components in concrete can be replaced with recycled material.
 Timbercreteis an interesting building material made of sawdust and concrete mixed together. Since it is lighter than
concrete, it reduces transportation emissions, and the sawdust both reuses a waste product and replaces some of the
energy-intensive components of traditional concrete. Timbercrete can be formed into traditional shapes such as blocks,
bricks, and pavers.