Abstract:
Structural design is the most important design of the building after the necessary of
architectural design, the distribution of columns, loads; offer durability, the best prices and
the highest degree of safety are the responsibility of the structural designer. In this project,
we will do the structural design of the "Plant Biodiversity Research Center. The Center
contain four floors, the basement floor, it contains store, Generator and Heating and air
conditioning. The ground floor contains Video conference, Kitchen, Cafeteria, Gallery and
theater. The first floor contains plant receipt, plant sorting, plant desiccation, plant
Packaging, herbarium, seeds store, seeds desiccation, seeds sorting and sifting, seeds
Packaging, seeds receipt, plant microbiology lab, Molecular biology lab and Molecular
biology lab. The second floors it contains publication store, printing hall, raw material store,
and office, and the third floor it contains finance manager, secretary, manager assistant,
personnel officer and Archive. With a total area of 4000 m2.
This project selected because of the importance to know how to design these buildings,
which have design requirements higher than other projects with long spans and big theaters
and diversity in the form of the building, by the architectural design. In addition, it has been
chosen for the importance of having this center because of the lack of this kind of centers in
this area.
After completion of the project, we expect to be able to provide structural design of all the
structural elements of the project accordance to the requirements of the code.