Logbook

The building is constructed by fiber rod, raising a

height of approximately 1.5 meters, costing almost 2

hours. The structure is largely composed of

triangulated sections, enhancing the stability of the

root and the height of the whole building.

The whole building is supported by bonding the

stripes using glue to balance the tension and

compression to keep it standing, with the triangular

frameworks transferring the weight of the structure

onto these vertical sticks.

The second floor and upwards are structured as a triangular prism, while the bottom

part of the building is designed as an anomalous Cylindrical to enlarge the contact

surface to the ground, making the whole building more steady.

Using the support from combination and segmentation of several pieces of

planes, the building forms a three-dimensional brace system, making the struts

support in full load, at the same time, also undertaking almost all of the gravity of

the building, and thus further enhancing the ability

of solid support to resist overturning moment.

Construction materials

Strength

Stiffness---stiff, flexible, stretchy or floppy

Shape---linear, planer or volumetric

Material---behaviors---isotropic or anisotropic

Economy & sustainability

Load path diagrams

Different building system

Structural system---columns, beams and loadbearing support

Enclosure system---windows, doors and physical access

Mechanical system---water supple, heating and ventilating system.

The tower is constructed by compressed wooden

blocks, with a height of approximately 1.5 meters.

The whole tower is like a torch barrel with a bridge

connecting the both sides of the vertical cambered

surface and two big ‘windows’ near the bottom of

the building.

The two windows were constructed by artificially

digging the surrounding blocks. In the building,

some blocks are essential for providing support

and attachment sites for mounted structure,

while some of them do not work necessarily.

A stack bond is utilized in the bottom of

the tower, stabling the root of the tower,

while the stretcher bond in used for the

second floor and upwards to enhance the

possible height of the tower.

The tower stands with three layers of

ring-shaped corridors, forming three

different heights of circular supported

corridors. The top is standing step by step

backwards, forming a stepwise gradient,

like the edges of the serrated wheel.

Structure systems

Solid----Great Wall, bricks----compression is the main structure action

Surface---Opera House, plane structure

Skeletal---Eiffel Tower, more common---official way to trans load down to the ground

Membrane---sports stadium---less common

Hybrid---Bei Jing Olympic swimming cube, Bird Nest---use particular membrane called ETFE,

covering a large expansion economically

Structural joints

Roller joints---used in bridges

Pin joints---used in connections

Fixed joints---not move---restricted movements-horizontal, vertical