Construction and Structures 2 - Major Project

For this project scenario my team (Ryan Mitchell and myself) are working from the perspective of an Architect. We have chosen to model our building loosely on the design conventions of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. In terms of warehouse design we have paid particular attention to his design of the "New national gallery of Berlin, Germany." (1962-68) (below)

Minimalist, functional and massive structure: this is what we will try to incorporate into our structure



Capped with a two-way roof structure supported along the perimeter on eight columns (two on each side set in from the corners). Each defines large open spaces on an elevated platform. Mies used broad flights of steps to connect respective platforms with the ground."

The hall, walled totally in glass, measured 166 feet square, with a 26-foot height. The 213-foot-square roof, the first rigid plate ever executed, was constructed in the form of an orthogonal grid of web girders 6 feet deep separated at 12-foot intervals.

Source: http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/New_National_Gallery