Contemporary Case Study Projects

Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, ON - Regeneration Hall

The Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, used Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel to create two very unique rooms within the museum complex. Regeneration Hall was intended to mimic a twisted war torn landscape. The main exhibit hall that houses the war planes and tanks needed a large truss that would permit maximum freedom in the accommodation of the large exhibits.

Regeneration Hall

The design of Regeneration Hall was intended to mimic the imagery of the war from a painting.

Drawings form an important part of the design and detailing process when it comes to the connections in the steel structure. Where the architect will come up with the design idea or parti that drives the project, and the engineer the main load calculations, it is the steel fabricator who must detail and erect the project, that really begins to assist in the design of the connections.

Regeneration Hall

This aerial axonometric view of Regeneration Hall of the Canadian War Museum was created by the steel fabricator and erector, Walters Inc., as part of the drawing set that was used to detail the project. Drawings like this are taken from a 3D set that is used to detail the connections, down to the last bolt size and weld description.

The structure is created primarily from square HSS members. A combination of welded and bolted connections have been employed - in part to impart the designed rugged aesthetic and in part to facilitate site erection.

Image courtesy of Walters Inc.