APEGBC Building
Busby + Associates
Burnaby, British Columbia
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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APEGBC Building Busby + Associates Burnaby, British Columbia
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The headquarters for British
Columbia engineers was designed by Busby + Associates. The steel frame
building uses extensive daylighting, combined with shading devices to
control direct solar penetration into the offices. A large garden at the
front of the building uses indigenous plants and provides an outside meeting
space for employees. |
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Exterior
view from parking area. The building takes a differentiated approach to
the design of the facades to provide appropriate shading. |
View
of the shading on the west facade. A combination of interior blinds and
exterior shades is used. |
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The
interior steel bracing can be seen through the transparency of the east
facade. Vancouver is situated in a seismic zone. |
View
up the south west corner showing differentiated shading design. |
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pipe sections and cast steel components are used to make the connection
between the steel structural frame and the fritted glass panels that provide
shade. |
Closer
view of steel supports for shading panels. |
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View along
the upper corridor of the second floor offices. |
The structure
is comprised of round HSS columns surmounted by wide flange steel beams
and exposed steel deck. Interim support for the steel deck is provided
by a tensioned system of cables. |
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Steel rods
are used to brace the vertical posts to induce compression into the vertical
members and assist the top chord in providing support for the steel deck. |
Corner detail
showing connection of rods to wide flange beams. The "sails"
are a decorative means of providing a softening for the room acoustics. |
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Detail of
connection of HSS pipe to wide flange beams to rods. |
The underside
of the beam also provides support for electrical lighting tracks. |
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Overall view
of multi faceted steel support system. |
Close up view
of rod connections at centre support point. |
These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca |
Updated February 10, 2007
