Arch 306 Winter 2007
Professor Pieter Sijpkes, pieter.sijpkes@mcgill.ca
| Saturday
morning February 3, 2007 A note to the Tower group with requirements for next Monday's presentation (14.00 Hrs) and links to Smart Geometry sites |
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ARCHICAD Tutorial by Prof. R.
Mellin for ALL
next Wednesday January 24 , 15.30-17:30, first floor lab RIGHT AFTER THAT an interesting lecture by an eminent engineer of a very reputable New York engineering office; very relevant info for tower designers: On behalf of the Montreal Structural
Engineers, the following lecture is announced:
Tensile
Membranes in Long Span Stadium Canopy Structures
David Campbell, CEO
Geiger Engineers, NYC
Wednesday 24 January 2007, 6:00 p.m.
Room G-10, School of
Architecture
Macdonald-Harrington Building
For full details: http://www.ism-mse.ca/archives/fr/ISM-24jan07.htm
Interesting tower designs by the Russian engineer Shukhof : http://www.shukhov.ru/eng/tower.html A file of Shukhof pictures: http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/sijpkes/abc-structures-2005/Shuckof/Page.html |
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This term we will work on two projects:
For the first half of the term we will do the Steel Structures Education Foundation's Competiton for the design of a steel tower:
Here is the competition website:
http://www.ssef-ffca.ca/english_2007.html
Eiffel tower original design Shuchof Tower by night Shuchof Tower by day
click to enlarge
The second half of the term will focus on the design of a pavilion.