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The Practical Application of Structural Optimisation in the Design of the Louvre Abu Dhabi

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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011
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Year: 2011
Abstract:

Buro Happold has been working on the engineering design for the new branch of the Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi alongside Architects Ateliers Jean Nouvel. The centre piece of the design is a 180m diameter steel space-frame Dome, providing shading for the museum buildings below and supported at only four points. This paper describes the optimisation design process from the initial concept work alongside the architects, through to the detailed analysis of the structure. It begins with an explanation of the creation of a set of processes allowing rapid generation of varying geometries using parametric modelling and the benefits of this when considering the efficiency of schematic designs. The evolution of these processes into a tool suitable for the detailed design of a long-span structure and the incorporation of the various practicalities of steel design is documented.

Keywords:
steel parametric design optimisation long-span complex geometry space- frame

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