Construction Detailing

Project:Riverside
Museum
Location: Glasgow,
Scotland
Year: 2004 2011
Program: Exhibition
sace, ca!e, retail,
education
Cost : "#4 $illion
Total Area: 11 000 $%
Exhibition Area: #000 $%
Site Area: 22,400 $%
oot!rint Area: #,&00 $%
Materials: Steel 'ra$e,
Corrugated (etal Dec)ing,
*inc Cladding, Glass+
rein!orced g,su$ interior
sur!aces
Construction Detailing
Continuous
sus!ended
"at slab
Steel !leated
roo#
$inc
cladding
%nitised gla&ing
s'stem
T(isting and
curving steel
#rame
)emountable
sus!ended
ceiling
Ex!anded
metal mesh
!anel s'stem
Phase one o# steel erection
consisted o# a t(o store' &one
a!!roximatel' hal#(a' along
the eastern elevation*
1 2 -
4 . /
rom here on+ other !hases are
no( being
erected (hich are connected to
the initial &one+ and three o# these
subse,uent areas are all
su!!orted (ith tem!orar' !ro!s
and trestles*
A uni,ue node connection
(hich can accommodate the
numerous incoming ra#ters+
bracing and ridge valle'
members (hich #orm the roo#*
The #acade !rovides a ver' lo(
level o# air lea-age and
substantial insulation to reduce
extremes o# tem!erature and
reducing the demand #or
heating or cooling* The north
and south glass #acades contain
slender structural elements that
hel! su!!ort the roo#*
The roo# and longitudinal (alls
are covered in ./+000 m1
2.3.+4/5 s,* #t*6 o# &inc cladding+
giving the building a uni#orm+
scul!tural a!!earance
..7 #eet high glass #a8ade (ith
its &ig9&ag cro(n is dar- so that
the items on dis!la' inside are
!rotected #rom sunlight+ and
those dar- sur#aces re"ect the
surroundings+ the silver'
shimmering roo# seems to
connect right (ith the s-'*
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The #orm o# the roo# structure is
roughl' &9sha!ed in !lan (ith
structural mullions at each end that
not onl' su!!ort the roo#+ but also
allo( the gla&ed end #a8ades to be
su!!orted (ithout the need #or an'
secondar' members*
Curved transition areas (here the
roo# changes direction in !lan*
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The cross section is a !itched !ortal #rame (ith
a multi !itched ra#ter s!anning bet(een the
!ortal and a !erimeter column*
The roo# is a series o# continuous ridges and
valle's that constantl' var' in height and (idth
#rom one gable to the other (ith no t(o lines o#
ra#ters being geometricall' the same*
Su!!ort is !rovided at t(o
mid(a' !oints+ (here the
building bends shar!l' to
create the !ath o# a
meandering river*
>verall stabilit' #or the building is !rovided
through a combination o# !ortal action and
cross9bracing contained (ithin the !erimeter
accommodation bloc-s*
The roo# structure has big connections at
the nodes o# each !ea- and trough* 1m9
long steel c'linders (ere used as this
made it easier to join all the connecting
steel(or- to the nodes ? in some !laces+
u! to .1 steel members join the nodes*
S!eciall' made tem!orar' su!!ort to(ers
#or each roo# node (ere used to construct
the roo#* The su!!ort to(ers incor!orated
jac-s that allo(ed the roo# to be de9
!ro!!ed in sections to maintain its
structural integrit'*
Section 1+1
mild steel :9beam sections
27m9long diagonal 2C;S6 sections and 3m9long
hori&ontal sections6
continuous ridges and valle's that constantl' var' in
height and (idth
./0mm !ro@led cladding
metal dec-
structural mullions 2.10mm (ide x
/./mm long6 su!!ort the roo# at the
eaves
ridge and valle' beams
2403mm diameter x 7 C;S6
in9!lane stiAness is
!rovided via diagonal
bracing
./0mm in9situ
concrete
Steel Pleated Roo#
ixing soBt board to
secondar' and tertiar' steel
#raming*
ixing joist hangers to
extra heav' !rimar'
structural steel
sections*
ixing ceiling hangers and tra's to !rimar' and
secondar' structural
steel*
The inclined !lanes under gravit' load tend to
"atten+ this lateral s!read is resisted b' a series o#
: section beams 2373mm x 1/4mm x .1/mm %C
!laced ever' 3m6 (hich #ollo( the &ig9&ag !ro@le
o# the roo# in its short section*
The mullions su!!orting the gla&ing at each end o# the
building also double u! as structural su!!orts #or the
roo#*
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Steel Pleated Roo#
Advantages
D Eas' and time9saving installation
D Reduced construction height
!roviding slim architectural details
DCom!osite !anels are (eather tight
allo(ing #or earl' !rogression o#
internal (or-
Substructure
Com!osite !anels consist o# e*g* a
P:Rinsulation
and a metal s-in* :nsulated !anels
enhance (eather tightness and
thermal air tightness*
Characteristics
The underside coated material
R;E:E$:EF ProRoo@ng is installed on
a breather membrane and a
com!osite !anel* Cli!s are #astened
directl' into the metal s-in o# the
com!osite !anel*
14+000 :ndividual $inc Panels
in the outer sur#ace o# the undulating
roo#*
.7/ Tonnes 9 Total Geight o#
Roo#+ su!!orted b' 1+/00
Tonnes o# steel(or-*
)emountable sus!ended
ceiling
All internal (alls above 1*1 metres in
height and all ceilings (ere lined (ith
Critish H'!sumIs Rigitone ./9<0+
oAering excellent acoustic
!er#ormance*
The extrusion o# the north
#acade accented causes
an undulating ceiling
"oating above exhibition
s!ace (ithout an'
su!!orting !illars and
(ith a tiled steel*
irst+ acousticall'
absorbent ceiling
sur#aces made o#
!er#orated #acing that
conceals a @brous #elt
bac-ing*
1 2 -
Second+ the base o# the
ceiling are clad (ith
durable !er#orated glass
@ber9rein#orced g'!sum
2HRH6 !anels*
Third+ more economical
!er#orated !lasterboard
(as used on u!!er
!ortions o# the ceiling*
Primar' steel
structure
Light(eight roll
o# resilient glass
mineral
(ool (ith
exce!tionall'
high tear
strength and a
thermal
conductivit' o#
0*0<1 GKmF*
)emountable sus!ended
ceiling
The @nish s!eci@ed (as o# a ver' exacting standard
and (as also uni,ue as it (as based around the
Rigitone ./9<0 !attern+ (ith the internal theme colour
being a s!eciall' commissioned green* To continue the
seamless @nish throughout the building+ the Rigitone
./9<0 (as recreated on curved areas belo( 1*1
metres*
The "exible dis!la' s'stem com!rises o# modular units
assembled on the museum "oor* The ex!loded diagram
illustrates the com!onents the' are assembled #rom*