SCIA User Contest 2017 Online Book

125 Category 4: Special Projects 4 Owner Serpentine Galleries Architect Asif Khan/Barkow Leibinger / Yona Friedman General Contractor Stage One Engineering Office AECOM Construction Period 05/2016 - 06/2017 In 2016, the Serpentine Architecture Programme was extended to include four Summer Houses, designed by architects Asif Khan, Barkow Leibinger, Kunlé Adeyemi and Yona Friedman. Their brief was to design a 25 m 2 structure, remaining in-situ for the summer of 2016 providing a multi-functional space for public use, responding architecturally to Queen Caroline’s Temple, an 18th Century Summer House. The design of the Barkow Leibinger and Yona Friedman Summer Houses relied on engineering judgement more than code based design due to the choice of construction materials. Data from structural testing of samples was used to calibrate the analysis results of SCIA, allowing a stress-based design to be undertaken. Each Summer House was founded on 20 mm thick steel plates as opposed to traditional concrete foundations. In order to ensure the plates could distribute the forces from the superstructure, non-linear analyses were run with flexible supports, ensuring the structures above bore no ill effects of movements at the base. The design of each Summer House was completed from concept to construction information in six weeks, therefore the ability of SCIA Engineer to quickly import and analyse complex geometry in tandem with the possibility to view both the raw analysis results, as well as the design output was crucial to the success of the project. AECOM Contact Michael Orr Address 2 Leman Street E1 8FA London, United Kingdom Website www.aecom.com We are a global network of experts working with clients, communities and colleagues to develop and implement innovative solutions to the world’s most complex challenges. Delivering clean water and energy. Building iconic skyscrapers. Planning new cities. Restoring damaged environments. Connecting people and economies with roads, bridges, tunnels and transit systems. Designing parks where children play. Helping governments maintain stability and security. We are AECOM. Built to deliver a better world. Serpentine Summer Houses 2016 - London, United Kingdom