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Dallas City Hall
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One of the buildings that I chose from Leoh Ming's architect works is the Dallas City
building located in Dallas, USA. I have chosen the building due to its unique structure and its
intention to serve as the administrative centre for Dallas' municipal administration. However,
the structure slopes at a 34-degree inclination, each of the building's seven above-grade levels
are 9.5-feet wider from the one below it. This sloping façade interacts only with buildings on
either side that face downtown and offers shelter from the elements and the Texas sun.
Although the foundation and basement levels are far more extensive than the visible
footprint of the building, they are hidden behind the sloping façade and extend well beyond
it. Two hundred thirty feet in width, the cantilevered roof spans 200 feet (61 meters), the
ground level is 126 feet in width, and the basement is 230 feet. Three cylindrical pillars that
seem to prop up the structure were constructed due to the Mayor's reaction to the apparent
upper of the building's form. In addition to providing cosmetic support, these pillars do not
carry the structure's weight. The design and construction of the structure and the Park Plaza
and the garage came to more than $70 million in total.
When designing City Hall, Pei employed cast-in-place concrete structures for the
interior and outside of the building and the building and park itself. Each story is
approximately nine feet larger than that below it, with the building tilting outward at a 34-
degree angle. The symbolic logic and functional logic are both present in the 560-foot-long
from. The building has utilized the following principles in the construction: attraction and
engagement, visibility, nature and sustainability, public transportation as well as integration.
Wu Ying's scholarly work focuses on the adaptability of construction materials in
exterior building design. To enhance the building's exterior, adaptation research in the usage
of construction materials must be prioritized. This Research examines building materials'
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flexibility in external design form to increase current building engineering look, project
value, and building field production efficiency. The article will help me understand more
about the Dallas City building (Ying, 2018).
The scholarly book by Perez and Perini covers nature-Based Approaches to Urban
and Residential Sustainability. Discusses the basic principles of natural components in the
building design and the tactics required to incorporate them into buildings and towns. The
three parts explore the quantifiable advantages, outcomes, concerns and challenges of
integrating nature into our constructed environment (Perez & Perini, 2018).
The scholarly article by (Puspitasari & Kwon, 2020) analyses the skyline and tall
buildings' visibility using a dependable approach. According to the Research, towering
building clusters may be studied by looking at all unimpeded views from adjacent streets and
their effect on the skyline using Jakarta as an example.
The article by (Abdelhameed & Saputra, 2020) describes how the architectural design
incorporates building services. Specifically, the study examines the relevance of building
service systems (BSS) and how they should be considered throughout the early architectural
design stages. These systems should be included in the building from the early design stages
to save money and avoid costly and time-consuming adjustments.
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References
Abdelhameed, W., & Saputra, W. (2020). Integration of building service systems in
architectural design. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 25, 109–
122. https://doi.org/10.36680/j.itcon.2020.007
Perez, G., & Perini, K. (2018). Nature-Based Strategies for Urban and Building
Sustainability. In Google Books. Butterworth-Heinemann. https://books.google.co.ke/
books?
id=_wIxDwAAQBAJ&dq=nature+and+sustainability+of+a+building&hl=en&sa=X&
ved=2ahUKEwjrhdKOmZ_2AhVPUxoKHeBJDsUQ6AF6BAgKEAI
Puspitasari, A. W., & Kwon, J. (2020). A reliable method for visibility analysis of tall
buildings and skyline: a case study of tall buildings cluster in Jakarta. Journal of
Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 1–12. https://doi.org/
10.1080/13467581.2020.1787839
Ying, W. (2018). Research on the Adaptability of Building Materials Application in Exterior
Exterior Design of Buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental
Science, 189, 032009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/189/3/032009