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Concrete SystemsConcrete Systems

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Concrete is used in a wide variety of

architectural and engineering projects that

range in scale and use (Buildings, homes,

bridges, streets, stairs, facades etc.).

Structural Systems - Concrete

Concrete Structure

David Chipperfield Architects

Americas Cup Building

Valencia Spain

Concrete is used in a

wide variety of

architectural and

engineering projects that

range in scale and use

(Buildings, homes,

bridges, streets, stairs,

facades etc.).


Concrete House

Frank Lloyd Wright

Falling Water

Mill Run Pennsylvania


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).


Boat Lift

Nicoll Russell Studios

Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk Scotland


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).

Connects Forth and Clyde Canal

24M high


Boat Lift

Nicoll Russell Studios

Falkirk Wheel

Falkirk Scotland


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).

Connects Forth and Clyde Canal

24M high

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n61KUGDWz2A


Concrete Dome

Pantheon

Rome Italy


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).

Largest unreinforced concrete dome

126AD

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Facade

Richard Meier

Jubilee Church

Rome Italy


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).


Facade

Richard Meier

Jubilee Church

Rome Italy


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).



wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).

http://picsbox.biz/key/famous%20concrete%20buildings#

Famous Concrete Buildings


Concrete Materials:

� Portland Cement

� Water

� Fine Aggregate

� Coarse Aggregate


Concrete Formwork

Reusable Aluminum Formwork


Concrete Formwork

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Concrete Formwork

Wood Formwork


Concrete Formwork

Experimental Formwork


Precast Concrete

Bridge Sections


Precast Concrete

Beams, Columns, Decking


Precast Concrete

Louisiana State Museum and Sports Hall of Fame

Trahan Architects


Precast Concrete


Trahan Architects

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Precast Concrete


Trahan Architects


Precast Concrete


Trahan Architects


Precast Concrete Beams

and Girders


Concrete Beams and

Girders

Concrete Systems – one way slab

Ching – building construction illustrated

Concrete Systems – one way slab

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Concrete Systems – one way joist


Concrete Systems – one way joist



Concrete Slabs

� One way slab

� Two way slab

� Flat plate slab

� Waffle slab

One way slab – spans a distance much greater in one

direction then in the other

Concrete Systems – two way slab


Concrete Systems – two way slab


Remember one way slabs

need to nearly square

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Concrete Slabs

� One way slab

� Two way slab

� Flat plate slab

� Waffle slab

Two way slab – create a(n almost) square column

spacing


Concrete Slabs

� One way slab

� Two way slab

� Flat plate slab

� Waffle slab

Simple to construct and easy to finish

Two way flat plate slab – create a(n almost) square

column spacing


Concrete Slabs

� One way slab

� Two way slab

� Flat plate slab

� Waffle slab

Column caps

Two way flat plate slab – create a(n almost) square

column spacing


Concrete Slabs

� One way slab

� Two way slab

� Flat plate slab

� Waffle slab


Concrete Slabs

� One way slab

� Two way slab

� Flat plate slab

� Waffle slab


Tower

Adrian Smith @ SOM

Burj Khalifa

Dubai UAE


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).

2722 Feet tall

163 floors

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concrete, weighing

+110,000 tonnes

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Tower

Adrian Smith @ SOM

Burj Khalifa

Dubai UAE


wide variety of

architectural and



(Buildings, homes,


facades etc.).

2722 Feet tall

163 floors

Concrete Systems – two way flat slab


Concrete Systems – two way flat slab


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Concrete Systems – Precast Units





Precast Concrete Slabs

� Solid flat

� Hollow Core

� Single Tee

� Double Tee





Concrete Systems – Thin Shell Structures

Concrete “Umbrella”

Felix Candela

Mexico

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Concrete Warehouse

Felix Candela

Mexico


Airplane Hanger

Pier Luigi Nervi

Italy


Concert Hall

Jorn Utzon, Ove Arup

Sydney Australia


http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/BSI/GRAVSYS/grav1.html

http://faculty.delhi.edu/hultendc/AECT480-Lecture%207.pdf

http://picsbox.biz/key/famous%20concrete%20buildings#

http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/big-tops/

http://thepost-it-effect.blogspot.com/2010/09/new-structuralism-

designengineering-and.html

http://www.generativeart.com/on/cic/papers2005/37.SemraArsla

nSelcuk.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_shell

Architect’s Studio Companion, Rules of Thumb For Preliminary

Design [pg 19 – 29, 107 – 135]

Construction Principles, Materials, And Methods [chapter 3]

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