SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Emily Cloat, Jessica Laseak, Jiazi Liang,
Victoria Villarreal, Jiaqi Wang, Yu Zhang
BACKGROUND
2004
OMA/LMN - Rem Koolhaas &
Joshua Prince-Ramus
Magnusson Klemencic
362,987 sf.
$169.2 mil
Redefine Library
Form by Program
THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
Concrete base and shear walls
Beam-columns
Platforms and mega-trusses
Some traditional framing
CONNECTIONS
Diagrid
Non-vertical Faces
2 support connections per diamond
Setting blocks
Mullion system - screw-within-a-screw connection
Vertical Faces
Structural
No seismic steel
Deeper aluminum
Armatures
Threaded rod attachments
CONNECTIONS
Slanted Columns
Pinned connection at bottom
Welded connection to diagrid structure
Afterthought - cut and welded on site
LATERAL COMPONENTS
Diagrid
Beam columns
Non-symmetrical - offset floors result in twisting
LOAD TRANSFER
Shear walls and lower column grid
on the northwest corner
transfer loads down to foundation
LOAD TRANSFER
Central loads
down elevator core and vertical columns
Other loads and thrust from beam columns
carried to platform edges, down mega trusses, out to diagrid
MULTIFRAME ANALYSIS
Gravity Loads
Loads Distribute Axial Loads Diagram
MULTIFRAME ANALYSIS
Bending Moment Diagram Shear Diagram
MULTIFRAME ANALYSIS
Wind Loads
Find the wind speed according to the ASCE -7-05 Chapter 6
Total lateral load from one side = 7.6 lb/ft2* 24145 ft2/4 = 47775.5 lb
Distributed load along the edge= 47775.5 lb / 174 ft = 275 lb/ft
MULTIFRAME ANALYSIS
Wind Loads
Loads Distribute Axial Loads Diagram
MULTIFRAME ANALYSIS
Bending Moment Diagram Shear Diagram
FOUNDATION SYSTEM
Soil Type - Seismic Site Class C
Shallow Foundation System
Mat-slab Foundations
Spread Footing Foundations
Mat-slab Foundations
Dimension: 44 ft * 65 ft
Location: Under stairway cores
Northwest corner: Combined Footings
Spread Footings Elevation Change Follow the slope of site
FOUNDATION SYSTEM
Spread Footings
Significant Factors:
Structure Load
Penetration 7.5ft
Frost heave & Shrink-swell
30ft
Allowable Bearing Pressure: 10000 psf
FOUNDATION SYSTEM
The 30x30 footing has an area of 900 ft^2.
The soil capacity for Class C is 1,500
lb/ft^2.
Using the equation q=p/a we find p to be
1.3 Million lbs. This 1.3 Million lbs
represents the maximum column load
per footing.
The allowable bearing pressure per footing
over most of the site is 10,000 lb/ft^2
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? CONCERNS? REGRETS?
Thank You!
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