Brown
Center
University of Maryland
Charles Brickbauer Architect with Ziger Snead Architects
Baltimore, Maryland
| Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo |
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Brown
Center Charles Brickbauer Architect with Ziger Snead Architects Baltimore, Maryland |
| Project Information: |
The Brown Center, Maryland
Institute College of Art, Baltimore Engineer(s) The steel for this building would have been designed to standards for Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS) as defined by the American Institute of Steel Construction. For more information on AESS guidelines that would govern US construction, please refer to: Modern
Steel Construction, May 2003 |
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View
of exterior of the "crystaline shape". The glazing is fritted
to make it appear translucent. |
The
structural steel tube frame on the inside gives form to the complex geometry
of the exterior. |
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View
inside looking directly up into the crystal from beneath the main concrete
stair. |
Alternate
view to the top of the crystal on the interior. The front wall of the
tube structure (at left of image) provides support for the sloped curtain
wall that comprises the front facade of the building. |
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up the sloped side wall at the round HSS tube structure that carries the
curtain wall. |
View
from the top floor looking down the front wall to the entry below (round
structure encloses the revolving door at the entrance). |
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Due to the
complex geometry of the crystalling shape, varying methods of attachment
are used to join the round tubes. Some joints are cleanly welded (round
to round), others make use of a cross shaped connector of welded plates. |
Base connection
detail at corner of building. |
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View across
front wall showing bowed bracing made of varying sizes of HSS tubes, with
welded connections. |
View towards
ridge of structure. |
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View down
main concrete stair towards revolving door at front entrance. |
Corner detail
of HSS welded connections. The frames that define each plane are separately
expressed -- joined at the very corner by bent round HSS tubes of a significantly
smaller dimension. |
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Overall view
of exterior at front of building. |
The fritted
glass curtain wall permits a hazy view of the steel structure beyond. |
These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca |
Updated September 25, 2005
