Post on 31-Mar-2016
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Therearetonsofsimilarsmartsolutionstomakethewholecomplexthatmuchsmarterandefficientthenmostoftheotherofficebuildingsyouhaveseen.Myinitialideaofanuglyindustrialparkinglothasduringthetriptransformedtojustplainadmirationofthebuilding.Perhapsnotontheaestheticsidebuttheworkandinnovationthearchitectsandengineeringmanagedputinisamazing.Architectureformeisaboutcombiningdesign,innovationwithactualfunctionandforme,thisbuildingisdoingagoodjobofit,especiallythelasttwoofthosethree.Walkingfloorbyfloorandgettingshoweddifferentpartsandhowitallisfunctioningwasveryinspiringforme.
Continuingonthisthemeofadmirationandengineering,Ifoundanotherreallyinterestingfeature.Itwasabouthowtheysetupthecarryingwallsandweightdistribution.Theyactuallybuiltthewholecomplexwithastrongoutsidewalllikeabarrierthatcarriesthefloorsintensionwhichleftonlyasmallpartofthebuildingsweightonthegroundfloorinsteadofthenormalsolutionwhentheybuildeverythingontopofeachother.Thatoptionalsoleftthearchitectswithaprettyfreehandwiththefirstfloorwithouthavingtouseanysortofpillars,itleftaveryroomyfeelingwhenyoufirstwalkedintothebuilding.
ThefirstsightofthebuildingwasalsothelastsightandIwalkpastthemainentranceintheoppositewayandmindThefirstsightofthebuildingwasalsothelastsightandIwalkpastthemainentranceintheoppositewayandmindframeasthenthetimeIentered.Nighthasturnedtoday.
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