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Here's what I was working on so diligently all weekend. I can't complain too much, as it's been a fun (albeit large) project. This is only about one eighth of the total building.
National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Wales, UK
Sir Norman Foster designed the main glasshouse for the National Botanic Garden of Wales, which opened in 2000. The 95m greenhouse is the largest of its kind in the world, with 785 panels of glass. Steel structural ribs suspend panels of glass with a soft curvature similar to his Canary Wharf entrance. The bulb protrudes from the green grass like a futuristic mound. The relationship between man-made and natural takes a twist, on this site of man-made nature.
Set in rolling hills overlooking the Tywi Valley in Carmarthenshire, the Great Glasshouse forms the centrepiece of the 230-hectare National Botanic Garden of Wales. The largest single-span glasshouse in the world, containing more than a thousand Mediterranean plant species, it reinvents the glasshouse for the twenty-first century, offering a model for sustainable development.
Elliptical in plan the building swells from the ground like a glassy hillock, echoing the undulations of the surrounding landscape. The aluminium glazing system and its tubular-steel supporting structure are designed to minimise materials and maximise light transmission. The toroidal roof measures 99 by 55 metres, and rests on twenty-four arches, which spring from a concrete ring beam and rise to 15 metres at the apex of the dome. Because the roof curves in two directions, only the central arches rise perpendicular to the base, the outer arches leaning inwards at progressively steep angles. The building's concrete substructure is banked to the north to provide protection from cold northerly winds and is concealed by a covering of turf so that the three entrances appear to be cut discreetly into the hillside. Within this base are a public concourse, a café, educational spaces and service installations.
To optimise energy usage, conditions inside and outside are monitored by a computer-controlled system. This adjusts the supply of heat and opens glazing panels in the roof to achieve desired levels of temperature, humidity and air movement. The principal heat source is a biomass boiler, located in the park's Energy Centre, which burns timber trimmings. This method is remarkably clean when compared with fossil fuels, and because the plants absorb as much carbon dioxide during their lifetime as they release during combustion, the carbon cycle is broadly neutral. Rainwater collected from the roof supplies 'grey water' for irrigation and flushing lavatories while waste from the lavatories is treated in reed beds before release into a watercourse.
Facts + Figures
•Appointment: 1995
•Completion: 2000
•Area: 5,800m²
•Height: 14m
•Capacity: 40
•Client: National Botanic Garden of Wales
•Structural Engineer: Anthony Hunt Associates
•Quantity Surveyor: Symonds Ltd
•M+E Engineer: Max Fordham & Partners
•Additional Consultants: Gustafson Porter, Colvin and Moggridge
Seen in the basement of a stone farmhouse of the Greek Revival style. The building probably dates from around 1840.
Structural remnants (in a style inspired by Adison Mizner) of Rainbow Tropical Gardens, Boynton Beach, Florida. This tourist attraction owned and operated by Clyde Miller featured a tropical garden and eventually a restaurant. The gardens began as a nursery but became a popular tourist attraction in the 1920s through 1950s.
We use structural design software such as AutoCAD, Revit Structure, Enercalc, Quick Tools and AutoSketch software to serve area akin to structural steel design, steel detailing rebar detailing, shop drawings, structure design and analysis, structural drafting, building information modeling(BIM) and 3d Modeling services.
Checking out the truss structures - they're leaning in on both sides and come to a point above the bar.
Matt commented that the bridge didn't seem stable then tried to prove it by wobbling the bridge at its resonant frequency.
Wonderful structural, minimalist views of gas pipes outside of residences in Tel Aviv. These were all shapes and sizes and numbers of pipes. Generally a single larger pipe came up from the ground and spilt into multiple smaller pipes, connected with valves and meters, and then further pipes dissapeared into building walls.
For their ENGS 71: Structural Analysis course, students designed and constructed a treehouse at Hanover's Storrs Pond Recreation Area.
Photo by Douglas Fraser
After the painting was stabilized and cleaned, work began to address some of the structural problems. This included adding additional strips of fabric to the back of the original canvas along the edges of the painting. The additional fabric was attached with a heat-set adhesive film using the small heated spatula seen here. The conservators removed any nails going through the front of the painting, and could safely secure the painting to the original strainer with tacks along the sides.