Assignment 1-Structural System concerning heights.pdf
1. BUILDING CONSTRUCTION VII
ASSIGNMENT 1: STRUCTURAL SYSTEM CHANGE CONCERNING HEIGHTS
-AKARSHITAGUPTA3/18
-ANKITWALIA6/18
-BHAVYAGARG11/18
-ISHITACHADHA15/18
-MADHUMEET17/18
-PULKITJINDAL25/18
2. First Generation (1780-1850)
The exterior walls of these buildings consisted of stone or brick, although sometimes cast iron was added for
decorativepurposes.
Thecolumnswereconstructedofcastiron,oftenunprotected;steelandwroughtironwasusedforthebeams;andthe
floorsweremadeofwood.
SecondGeneration(1850-1940)
The second generation of tall buildings, which includes the Metropolitan Life Building (1909), the Woolworth
Building (1913), and the Empire State Building (1931), are frame structures, in which a skeleton of welded- or
riveted-steelcolumnsandbeams,oftenencasedinconcrete,runsthroughtheentirebuilding.
Thistypeofconstructionmakesforanextremelystrongstructure,butnotsuchattractivefloorspace.
Theinteriorsarefullofheavy,load-bearingcolumnsandwalls.
ThirdGeneration(1940-present)
BuildingsconstructedfromafterWorldWarIIuntiltodaymakeupthemostrecentgenerationofhigh-risebuildings.
Within this generation there are those of steel-framed construction( core construction and tube construction),
reinforcedconcreteconstruction(shearwall),andsteel-framedreinforcedconcreteconstruction.
Hybridsystemsalsoevolvedduringthistime.
Thesesystemsmakeusemorethanonetypeofstructuralsysteminabuilding.
DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
3. TALL BUILDING TRENDS IN 2013
Consideringtheworld's100tallestbuildingsin1990:
80 percent were located in North America. Almost 90 percent were exclusively office use. More than half were
constructedofsteel.
In2013,fortheworld's100tallestbuildings: Thelargestshare(43percent)arenowinAsia.(Onlyonenew200-m-plus
buildingwasbuiltinNorthAmericain2013,comparedto54inAsia.)
Lessthan50percentareexclusivelyofficeuse.Almostaquarteraremixed-useand14percentareresidential. Almost
half were constructed of reinforced concrete and only 14 percent of steel. (The remaining are composite or mixed
structuralmaterials.)
A composite tall building utilizes a combination of both steel and concrete acting compositely in the main structural
elements.
A mixed—structure tall building is any building that utilizes distinct steel or concrete systems above or below each
other.Structuralmaterialusagefrom1930to2013
DEVELOPMENT OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS
4. A composite tall building
utilizes a combination of both
steel and concrete acting
compositely in the main
structuralelements.
A mixed—structure tall
building is any building that
utilizes distinct steel or
concrete systems above or
beloweachother.
17. Framed tube system is one of the
most widely used tube systems.
Compared to tube-in-tube
system, it featured a much stiffer
exterior tube in this type of
system. The stiff tube was
achieved through closely spaced
columns connected by deep
spandrel beams which are firmly
joined together to make the stiff
exteriorshell.
TYPE 4: FRAME TUBE SYSTEM
Tube
18. AON CENTER, CHICAGO, USA
83
Stories,
346
Metres
83
Stories,
346
Metres
WATER TOWER
PLACE, CHICAGO
1973
● TYPE:Commercial
● ARCHITECTS:
EdwardDurellStone
● MATERIALS:Steel
● TYPE:Mixed-use
● ARCHITECTS:WilliamW.Boyington
● MATERIALS:Concrete
1975
19. Braced tubes, which carry lateral loads by axial actions of the perimeter columns and bracings, are very efficient structural
systems for tall buildings. ... For each complex form category, tall buildings are designed with braced tube systems, and their
structuralefficiencyisstudiedinconjunctionwithbuildingforms.
TYPE 5: BRACED TUBE SYSTEM
20. 100
Stories,
344
Metres
John Hancock Centre,
Chicago, USA
Onterie Center, Chicago
58
Stories,
174
Metres
●TYPE:Mixed-use
●ARCHITECTS:FazlurRahmanKhan,BruceGraham
●MATERIALS:Steel
1969 1983
●TYPE:Mixed-use
●ARCHITECTS:FazlurRahmanKhan
●MATERIALS:Concrete
21. Skyscraper to employ the “bundled tube” structural system, which consists of a group of narrow steel
cylinders that are clustered together to form a thicker column. This innovative system minimized the
amountofsteelneededforhightowers,eliminatedinternalwindbraces
Tube
TYPE 6: BUNDLED TUBE SYSTEM
23. Carnegie Hall Tower, Chicago, USA
62
Stories,
230.7
Metres
1991
●TYPE:Mixed-use
●ARCHITECTS:CésarPelli
●MATERIALS:Concrete
24. This system is also known as 'hull and core' and consists of a core tube inside the
structure which holds services such as utilities and lifts, as well as the usual tube system
ontheexteriorwhichtakesthemajorityofthegravityandlateralloads
TYPE 7: TUBE IN TUBE SYSTEM
Tube
25. 50
Stories,
207
Metres
181 West Madison Street, Chicago, USA
1988
●TYPE:OfficeBuilding
●ARCHITECTS:CésarPelli
●MATERIALS:Composite,Steel,
Reinforced Concrete
26. A diagrid (a portmanteau of diagonal grid) is a framework of diagonally intersecting
metal, concrete, or wooden beams that is used in the construction of buildings and roofs. It
requireslessstructuralsteelthanaconventionalsteelframe.
TYPE 8: DIAGRID SYSTEM
27. Hearst building, New
york, USA
42
Stories,
182
Metres
2003
●TYPE:OfficeBuilding
●ARCHITECTS:NormanFoster,JosephUrban,GeorgeB.Post
●MATERIALS:Steel, closedbyaGlasscurtainwall
29. Space trusses are three-dimensional structures with longitudinal members connected at their ends by hinges
assumed to be frictionless. The loads on space trusses are applied only at the nodes or joints, thus the self-weight is
allocatedforeachelementatitstwoendsjoiningotherelementsofthetruss.
TYPE 9: SPACE TRUSS SYSTEM
30. Bank of China, Hong kong, China
72
Stories,
367
Metres
●TYPE:CommercialOffices
●ARCHITECTS:I.M.Pei
●MATERIALS:Steel
1990
31. Mega frame structure (also known as superframe structure) is an ideal structural system for
supertall buildings, as it can provide efficient rigidity against the lateral loads with minimum
amountofstructuralmaterials.Itconsistsofmegacolumnsandmegagirders.
TYPE 10 : SUPERFRAMES SYSTEM
32. Chicago world trade
center, CHICAGO, USA
168
Stories,
386.5
Metres
●TYPE:CommercialOffices
●ARCHITECTS:DavidChilds
●MATERIALS:HybridConcrete-and-SteelStructure
1973
34. It is a construction approach that places key components of a building on the exterior of the structure. Instead of being covered by
claddingorothersurfacematerials,anexposedexoskeletonshowcasesthetechnicalaspectsofthebuildingbyputtingthemondisplay.
TYPE 11 : EXOSKELETON SYSTEM
35. Hotel de las artes,
Barcelona, Spain
43
Stories,
137
Metres
1992
●TYPE:Hotel
●ARCHITECTS:BruceGrahamofSkidmoreOwingsMerrillArchitects
●MATERIALS:SteelStructure