DESIGN OF THE BUILDING USING CONSTRUCTION METHOD OF ASSEMBLED PRECAST MEMBERS BY PRESTRESSING

Abstract

This paper presents the structural design of a museum constructed with "box assembling structure" for which the PCaPC compression joint method is adopted. All walls, roofs and floors are of precast concrete slabs; the exhibition spaces were made by erecting boxes with PC members which are firmly connected by compression joint method. Then by supporting these boxes by three independent columns, a "floating exhibition rooms" were realized. Those boxes with its frame style are adopting a number of details that no other example can offer.This paper first introduces the design details followed by the problems raised during design stage, then reports the facts confirmed through our mockup tests and the field measurements.