The Client who is a private investor needs a 5 storey, framed college building. The building frameprovides the structure for a series of high specification lecture rooms, exhibition hall and meetingrooms which are intended to be built in the south of England, around Heathrow Airport. The collegeblock can be developed with steel or concrete or a combination of both. The college block has a plandimension of 50m by 24 m. The span of the beams and columns can be chosen based onRC or steel frame. Outside the college building, there is a space to be used for exhibitions whichneeds to be covered with a tensile structure. Discuss the relationship between the building form and wind loads. • Discuss the relationship between the building form (in plan and elevation) and wind loads • Propose the best form for this scenario
The Client who is a private investor needs a 5 storey, framed college building. The building frame
provides the structure for a series of high specification lecture rooms, exhibition hall and meeting
rooms which are intended to be built in the south of England, around Heathrow Airport. The college
block can be developed with steel or concrete or a combination of both. The college block has a plan
dimension of 50m by 24 m. The span of the beams and columns can be chosen based on
RC or steel frame. Outside the college building, there is a space to be used for exhibitions which
needs to be covered with a tensile structure.
Discuss the relationship between the building form and wind loads.
• Discuss the relationship between the building form (in plan and elevation) and wind loads
• Propose the best form for this scenario
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