Engineering The World’s Tallest: Burj Dubai

The Burj Dubai represents the state-of-the-art in tall building design. One of the innovations is the development of the “buttressed core” structural system, a system which, in conjunction with sophisticated wind engineering, makes it possible to construct skyscrapers of extreme elevation.

Once completed, it will be not only the world’s tallest building, but the tallest man-made structure ever created. It will exemplify the speaker’s belief that the form of a high rise should be a direct expression of its structural framework; where, in the best instances, great structural and architectural collaboration results in situations where one cannot describe the structure without the architecture, and the architecture without its structure.

This lecture will describe some of the structural design methods, materials, and construction techniques which enable the creation of a superstructure that is both efficient and robust.

Cette conférence est organisée conjointement avec laSociété canadienne de génie civil (SCGC).

Les Ingénieurs en structure de Montréal souhaite la bienvenue à tous. L’entrée est libre. Si vous désirez recevoir un avis électronique des prochaines réunions, envoyez un courriel à Sylvie Boulanger.

Cette conférence se tiendra en anglais.