In terms of a structural system, I intend to have a steel frame on piles for the core building, exhibit space, and classroom space. Floors will be concrete on metal decking. Roof will be membrane on rigid insulation on metal decking for the core building and green roof at classroom. Walls will be precast concrete panels attached to the steel frame for the core building, insulated metal panel for the classroom, and translucent insulated glazing panels for the exhibit space.As you can see above, the trickiest part of the structural system will be tying the prefab container units into the core building's frame. Is the core building one complete system that the container merely plugs into, or are there two separate systems, one for the core and one for the containers, that are attached together in the field?
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Peter, what happened to the cables instead of cantilevers?
Hi Werner...by using the cantilevers this way, I think I have a simpler framing plan.. because the cables would have to be parallel to the angled containers, they start to present a more difficult condition than the cantilever which can easily be perpendicular to the core building.. I wanted to keep the geometry of the framing as simple as I could for this excercise, and I think that can be done easier with the cantilevers...
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