the ribcage

The Ribcage Design 6 : Spring 2013 Sound Building is a critically feared studio setting for Architecture students. It is the make or break studio for becoming a professional practicing architect. Focus on detail and construction is emphasized. The main program of the project was set to be a museum, with the radical aspect to be preservation of prehistoric dinosaurs. Implications of this program resulted in large open spaces and curvaceous exteriors to protect and display large sets of prehistoric bones. Through taking structural analysis in engineering and looking at architectural precedents, I created a structural glulam system that would support heavy point loads of dinosaurs. By making the project two levels with a wide floor area, the distribution of loads are sufficient to result in such open spaces. Wood is emphasized as a material by encorporating the glulam beams as part of the flooring system and encasing all steel columns in wood. This creates a warm interior that can be seen through the rendering which faces the south sun overlooking Town Lake in Austin. Overall, the project was a successful endeavor in heavy detailing and construction drawings, creating a building that represented the program well, built like a dinosaur skeleton. 1. 2” Wood Decking Cover 2. 6” Insulation Barrier 3. Vapor Barrier / Duct Space 4. Glass Securing Mullion 5. 1’ Shading Shingles 6. Railing 7. 2” Double Paned Glass w/ Air 8. 2” Wood Flooring 9. 1’x1’x1/2” HSS Lateral Bracing 10. OWSJ 18K6 11. Aluminum Ceiling Rafters 12. Finish Ceiling 13. Column I-Beam 18” 14. 1’x1’ Concrete Column 15. Wood Encasement 16. Column Flange Plate 17. 6” Concrete Floor Slab 18. 2” Metal Decking 19. Access Flooring 20. Pile Footing 21. Foam Rafters 22. Major Structural Glulam Element 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11+12 13 14 15 16 17+18 19 20 21 22

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Sound Building Undergraduate Studio Spring 2013. Redesign after completion for a final product. Used some experimental drawing/rendering techniques for fun and exploration.

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The RibcageDesign 6 : Spring 2013

Sound Building is a critically feared studio setting for Architecture students. It is the make or break studio for becoming a professional practicing architect. Focus on detail and construction is emphasized.

The main program of the project was set to be a museum, with the radical aspect to be preservation of prehistoric dinosaurs. Implications of this program resulted in large open spaces and curvaceous exteriors to protect and display large sets of prehistoric bones.

Through taking structural analysis in engineering and looking at architectural precedents, I created a structural glulam system that would support heavy point loads of dinosaurs. By making the project two levels with a wide floor area, the distribution of loads are sufficient to result in such open spaces.

Wood is emphasized as a material by encorporating the glulam beams as part of the flooring system and encasing all steel columns in wood. This creates a warm interior that can be seen through the rendering which faces the south sun overlooking Town Lake in Austin. Overall, the project was a successful endeavor in heavy detailing and construction drawings, creating a building that represented the program well, built like a dinosaur skeleton.

1. 2” Wood Decking Cover

2. 6” Insulation Barrier

3. Vapor Barrier / Duct Space

4. Glass Securing Mullion

5. 1’ Shading Shingles

6. Railing

7. 2” Double Paned Glass w/ Air

8. 2” Wood Flooring

9. 1’x1’x1/2” HSS Lateral Bracing

10. OWSJ 18K6

11. Aluminum Ceiling Rafters

12. Finish Ceiling