Thesis Abstract
Towers Crescent Building F
Executive Summary
Towers Crescent Building F is a 15 level semicircular office tower sitting on top of 3 larger subterranean parking levels (2 additional parking levels wrap around the first two levels of the tower). In the center of each floor of the tower there is a core area containing elevators, bathrooms, stairways, electrical and mechanical rooms, etc. The rest of the floor area is open except for the structural columns. The exterior employs a mixture of glass, stainless steel and aluminum, and brick veneer. Exterior concrete structural columns are encased in aluminum. A large area of glass in aluminum framing runs up the center of the flat, front face of the tower, and a painted steel spire projects from this surface up above the building. At the roof of the tower there is a large architectural ornament which resembles a metal fan spread out over the building. The building utilizes a foundation system of 80T 16"N auger cast piles. Pile caps and columns are laid out on a roughly regular 30' x 30' structural grid as well as one radial line which follows the rounded face of the building. Floors are generally 9" flat slab with drop panels around the columns. Concrete shear walls in the core area provide lateral resistance.