a monumental glass wall presentation

JIM GOETTSCH STEVE NILLES LARRY WELDON JOACHIM SCHUESSLER ED ZIMMERMAN ERIK HARRIS VINCE RIGG JONATHAN REYNOLDS KEVIN MYERS DAVID HOOD VICTOR HERNANDEZ

O’DONNELL INVESTMENT COMPANY

150 NORTH RIVERSIDE

PROJECT+SITE HISTORY

OVERBUILD+LOBBY

LOBBY WALL

•  Vacant for more than 50 years •  Only undeveloped site along the river in CBD •  Significant limitations due to adjacent railroad

lines

Existing Site - 1928

Existing Site - Today

•  Office tower is situated as far east as possible from adjacent building

•  The Randolph Place building is 122’ away, which is approx. equal to Wacker Drive or Michigan Avenue at Oak St.

•  These are the two widest streets in the CBD

RIVERWALK DISTRICT

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PARCEL 01

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Owned by Developer

City Right-of-Way - Amtrak granted permanent easements for active rail lines

Owned by Amtrak – Developer under contract with Amtrak for Air Rights

Site Survey – Property Ownership


OVERBUILD+LOBBY

LOBBY WALL

January 2013 • 2-1/2 story parking structure • Parking reduced by 50 spaces • Plaza retail reduced 20% • Public ‘piazza’ • Landscape increased by 20%

Evolution of Plaza / Park Design

October 2011 •  3-story parking structure •  Public park 35’ above

plaza •  200 parking spaces •  ½ acre of hardscape

July 2013 •  1-story parking structure,

hidden underneath park •  Parking reduced to 75

spaces •  Landscaping constitutes

more than 75% of total site area

•  Continuous landscaping along Randolph St

•  The prior designs are but a representative sample of more than 10 iterations on design

•  20+ meetings with Alderman and DHED over 18+ months •  Current plan reflects continual refinement and improvement to quality of public

space

PLAZA LEVEL PLAN TRACK LEVEL PLAN

PLAZA LEVEL PLAN PLAZA LEVEL PLAN

PARK LEVEL PLAN

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VIEW OF MEZZANINE


OVERBUILD+LOBBY

LOBBY WALL

60,000 lbs

60,000 lbs

16,000 lbs

GLASS FINS HEAD DETAIL

GLASS FINS TYPICAL PATCH FITTING

GLASS FINS WIND PROP

GLASS FINS SPLICE CONNECTION

GLASS FINS CONNECTION AT FEATURE WALL

•  Force resisted by the topping slab of double-T over garage.

6,700 lbs

TRUSS FIN

A Monumental Glass Wall on the new high-‐rise project 150 North Riverside, Chicago

•  Safety •  Economy •  Innovation

Safety

Photo: Claus Bellers

The 5 R’s of Glass Design *) -  Resistance -  RetenLon -  Redundancy -  Residual Capacity -  RegulaLons

*) from: Richard Green: An ASTM Guide for Structural Glass; Philadelphia, 2014

- Resistance - RetenLon - Redundancy - Residual Capacity - RegulaLons

Economy

Result: a two-part glass fin, one splice, 3 layers of ½ “ glass= 1 ½ “ thick, 32” wide

InnovaLon

Photo: Jason Krugman

Steel-‐ reinforced glass beams

Degree of Innovation

Time InnovaLon in our Industry:

-‐ List of ingredients


Time

Float Glass

InnovaLon in our Industry: -‐ List of ingredients


Time

Float Glass

Laminated Glass



Time

Float Glass

Laminated Glass

Low Iron Glass



Time

Float Glass

Laminated Glass

Low Iron Glass

Structural Silicone



Time

Float Glass

Laminated Glass

Low Iron Glass

Structural Silicone

Structural Interlayers (e.g. Sentry Glass)



Time

Float Glass

Laminated Glass

Low Iron Glass

Structural Silicone


Large Glass



Time

Float Glass

Laminated Glass

Low Iron Glass

Structural Silicone


Large Glass

Engineered Structural Glass


Solution effort

Time

Theoretical solution/ engineering

production

InnovaLon in our Industry: -‐ List of ingredients -‐ Lmeline

InnovaLon in our Industry: -‐ List of ingredients -‐ Lmeline -‐ the kill switch (tradiLonal esLmaLng)

weight

Cost

weight

Cost

Traditional estimating


weight

Cost

innovative Structures

Traditional estimating

Innovative approach


•  Pushing for innovaLon: – Managing conflict energy of different interests – Managing “crazy” people –  Taking advantage of the conflict between architects and engineers

InnovaLon in our Industry: -‐ List of ingredients -‐ Lmeline -‐ the kill switch (tradiLonal esLmaLng) -‐ managing innovaLon

Owner

General Contractor

Architect & Consultants

INNOVATION

pressure cooker of a building process:

Specialty Contractors

Specialty Contractor

Cost Time

Steps to the new soluLon of Steel-‐ reinforced glass beams

Glass Sculpture: Flight of the Cranes, year 1992 ArLst: Renato Santarossa Engineer: Professor Sedlacek, InsLtute for Steel Structures, Aachen


78 Steps to the new soluLon of Steel-‐ reinforced glass beams

Glazed Cable Wall with exterior glass fins

year 2002 ArLst: James Carpenter Engineer: Chris Stutzki


Glazed Cable Wall year 2004 Architect: Goecsch Partners (Steve Nilles)

Glass beam to resist wind

Wind force


Wind force

Glass beam and fin to resist wind

Glass beams to resist wind

Glass beam and fin to resist wind

Glass beam and cable to resist wind

These were the

InnovaLon in our Industry: -‐ List of ingredients -‐ Lmeline -‐ the kill switch (tradiLonal esLmaLng) -‐ managing innovaLon

Do enough upfront research to encourage contractors to bid this for a reasonable price, and to convince bidders that the risk is under control

Do enough upfront research to encourage contractors to bid this for a reasonable price, and to convince bidders that the risk is under control

Thank you!

a monumental glass wall presentation

Documents

layers of glass

monumental glass wall

rs of glass design

lbs glass fins head

structural glass philadelphia

park parking

undeveloped site

lobby lobby wall vacant