Watt Innovation Center

 
 
 

cylindrical columns hold up the roof and the curtain wall at the front of the building

separate smaller cylindrical columns hold up the exterior awning

 

the roof is corrugated metal, the ceiling is suspended from the roof (not held up by walls)

the curtain wall window system is attached by a line of independent steel beams about halfway up the wall that is connected to the interior columns

square steel columns holding up the second and third floors

corner connection

the roof is being held down with steel braces

corner column connection

cylindrical column running from the ground floor to roof

the “floating rooms” are suspended from above by tension cables

~mystery structure~

either the windows are in line or the fourth floor wall is thicker

the facade is independent of the building structure

 

 

Structural Diagrams

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