Structural Design of Land of Civilizations Museum

Abstract

We can summarize the aim of the project, is to work on the structural design for all elements in this edifice -Land of Cultures Museum- like slabs, beams, columns, foundations, walls and other structural elements. Modern trends in architecture and its interests In Archaeology have moved to rebuild the historical places, buildings, and restore to reuse it as archaeological museums aimed to immortalize civilizations and attract tourists from all over the world. Museum contains three stories; two of it is underground floors. This museum contains seven sections: visitors’, archaeology exhibitions, administrative, research, storage structure service and gardens part. The total building area is 30455-meter square. This museum is located in Herodian mountain (HebronBethlehem high way). The museum embraces the archaeology without change its place and there are showrooms for the archaeology from different places in Palestine. This project can distinguish in variety of construction methods. One of these is Frame system, another one is reinforcement concrete, and we can use steel elements. There are different elements in this structure, such as columns, beams, slabs, etc. It contains different architecture blocks. Furthermore, this structure is comfortable and quiet, because it’s far from the city noise and it’s easy to arrive. American concrete institute (ACI 318-14) is the reference code during project analysis and design, we will use software applications such as: AutoCAD 2016, Microsoft Office, ETABS, SAFE, Atir, SpColumn.