The M.Eng. in Structural Engineering Class of 2010 designed two structures for their group design project. The structural engineer of record for the project is DeSimone Consulting Engineers and the architect of record is Swanke Hayden Connell.
The first structure is a 22-story, L-shaped office building located in the Harlem section of New York, New York, which also includes retail spaces and underground parking. Complicating the structure are multiple roof setbacks and three columns that transfer out to provide column-free spaces at the lower levels.
The second structure in the design project is a 10-story parking garage. The real parking structure that inspired the project was constructed in Baltimore, Maryland and also included three stories of office space above the garage. For the purposes of the design project, we located the 10-story parking garage adjacent to the 22-story office building in New York, New York. The precast engineer for the parking garage was Tindall Corporation, the structural engineer of record was Cagley & Associates, and the architect of record was Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern.
Each group performed a code review, a structural system study, and produced preliminary designs of a typical floor for both the office tower and the parking garage. For the final, comprehensive structural design, the class focused strictly on the high-rise office tower.