Jonathan Ochshorn
Room 121-B, Rand Hall
Department of Architecture
Cornell University
contact | homepage | current index for ARCH 366/666

Assignment #3

Due: March 10, 2003 (in class)

Re-design the transfer girders that were inserted in East Sibley 157 when the internal columns were removed. Try to express the idea of "bending," or, more accurately, the resistance to bending.

Examine the actual conditions in ES 157, shown schematically in the sketch below.

Requirements:

For 3/3/03 class: submit elevations and other drawings, as necessary, to describe girder idea.

For 3/10/03 class: submit final drawings (as above) and model.
Suggested scale: 1/2"=1'-0"

assign-3 image