Design Project - Snow Barn for Gary - Chicago Airport

Building Description: An 18,000 square foot runway maintenance facility at the Gary-Chicago Airport, Gary, Indiana. The focus of this problem is the design of a structural system appropriate to the materials of construction and the detailing of an enclosure system responsive to the demands of the building's use and localized climatic and environmental conditions.

Building Program:
Storage/Maintenance bays 15000 sf
Public entrance/Lobby 300 sf
Manager's office 250 sf
ADA Toilet Rooms/Lockers 600 sf
Tool and Parts Storage 800 sf
Conference/Lunch room w/kitchenette 300 sf
Mechanical Equipment Room 500 sf
Sand Storage Bin
Chemical Storage Tank

Presentation Requirements:
Group site model 1/8" = 1'-0"
Building model 1/8" = 1'-0" structure & enclosure system
Structural & enclosure detail models 1" = 1'-0"
Plans 1/8" = 1'-0"
Elevations 1/8" = 1'-0"
Longitudinal & cross sections 1/8" = 1'-0"
Details Quarter scale
Interior & exterior perspectives
Sketches/sketchbooks

Listing of sizes/gauges of primary and secondary structural members based on rules of thumb.

Each Section will build a scale model of the project site from chipboard or similar material.