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William J. LeMessurier's super-tall structures :

A search for the ideal

Architectural Record ò¼, January 1985¿¡¼­ Àοë

 

 

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"I get very excited about the ideal. Underlying my search for the ideal is the pursuit of elegance. Who am I designing for in the end? For my own soul."

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These words by William J. LeMessurier express both his fundamental intellectual interest in engineering, and his creative motivation for design. In the distinguished career he has forged, LeMessurier has been a champion of innovative forms, and an unwavering proponent of a structural esthetic based on simplicity, grace, and economy. In recent years he has focused his attention on the problems posed by very tall, very slender structures. The following article is the first of two that will explore the formation of LeMessurier's paradigm for such structures, and examine that paradigm's application in a series of skyscraper designs.

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Super-tall buildings are generally defined in architectural terms as skyscrapers with a silhouette whose proportion in height to width is at least 5:1. To an engineer, a super-tall building is one in which the response to the dynamics of wind is the dominant factor in structural design. Wind-tunnel tests indicate that this will happen when the slenderness of the load-carrying structure reaches a proportion somewhere between 5:1 and 7:1. At that point, the engineering demands posed by lateral loads exceed those of gravity.(Interestingly, it is possible for a 40-story building that appears square to be a super-tall structure in engineering terms if it has a slender core taking all lateral loads.)

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The laterally directed force of wind blowing against a building tends to both push it over(bending), and snap it(shear). In the structure's resistance to failure, a tug-of-war ensues that sets the building in motion, thus creating a third engineering problem--vibration. If the building sways too much, human comfort is sacrificed. LeMessurier contends that the ideal structural form to resist the effects of bending, shear, and vibration is a system possessing vertical continuity in a continuous partition lacated at the farthest extremity from the horizontal center. He identifies a masonry chimney form as a perfect super-tall structure.

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The chimney may be a rational if not inspired engineering model-its form offers height possiblilities that are virtually unlimited-but, LeMessurier would be the first to point out that a windowless structure is inadequate as an architectural model. In translating the ideal form of a chimney into a more practical skeletal structure, LeMessurier thinks of a skyscraper in terms of a beam cantilevered from the earth.

 

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This concept of building-as-cantilevered-beam has been in development by LeMessurier since he participated in a 1967 research project funded by the United States Steel Corporation. The project, conducted at MIT, investigated economical ways to build tall, thin apartment and hotel buildings and resulted in the "staggered truss" system(RECORD, June 1966). Like a chimney, the "staggered truss" system gathers gravity loads at its edges. But really more akin to an I-beam turned on end, this system uses its trusses, like a beam's web, to tesist shear. In his more recent super-tall projects, LeMessurier has continued to concentrate gravity loads at, or near, the building periphery. Design for shear has been accommodated with either diagonal bracing or a frame with rigid joints connecting floors with columns. The two projects shown in this article-the Bank of the Southwest Tower to be built in Houston and the Inter First Plaza Tower of the Dallas Main Center-differ in their response to shear. The Dallas building uses a rigid frame; the Houston building, a netwerk of diagonals. In studying the sections of these buildings, one is reminded that skyscrapers are very much structural configurations, and apart from the expression of the facades, are greatly indebted to the engineers' art.(One almost regrets that these pristine armatures by LeMessurier are eventually hidden behind a building envelope.)

¸ðµç ÀÌ»óµé°ú ¸¶Âù°¡Áö·Î, W. J. LeMessurierÀÇ ÃÖ±Ù ÃÊ°íÃþ ÇÁ·ÎÁ§Æ®¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Æз¯´ÙÀÓÀº ¸Å¿ì °£´ÜÇÏ´Ù : ±¼¶Ò ÇüÅ´ º®À» ±âµÕµé·Î ºÐÇØÇÔÀ¸·Î½á(ÂÉ°·À¸·Î½á) °³¹æµÇ°í, ±× ±âµÕµéÀº ´ë°¢¼± °¡»õµéÀÇ ³×Æ®¿öÅ© ȤÀº °­ÀýÁ¡ °ñÁ¶µé¿¡ ÀÇÇؼ­ ¾ÈÁ¤µÈ´Ù. ÀÌ·± ÀÌ»óÀûÀÎ »ç°í¸¦ ½ÇÁ¦ÀÇ Æ¯¼öÇÑ °æ¿ì¿¡ Àû¿ëÇÒ ¶§´Â, ±â¼úÀÚ´Â ºñ·Ï ÀÌ»óÀûÀÎ äÐÀº ¾Æ´ÒÁö¶óµµ ×âßÌûù¶ó°í ÇÏ´Â »ç°í°úÁ¤¿¡¼­ ¾È³»ÀÚÀÇ ±¸½ÇÀ» ÇÏ´Â ÀϹÝÀûÀÎ ¼³°è±âÁØÀ» ¿°µÎ¿¡ µÎ¾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. LeMessurier¿¡°Ô À־ µðÀÚÀÎÀ̶õ ÀϺκÐÀ» ´õ ÷°¡Çϰųª »©¼­ ¹Ù²Ü Çʿ並 ´À³¢°Å³ª ¿øÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ ÀüÇô ¾øÀ» ¶§¸¸ÀÌ ¿ÏÀüÇÑ °ÍÀÌ´Ù. µðÀÚÀÎÀº ȯ»óÀ̳ª ¼ÓÀÓ¼ö¿¡ ÀÇÁ¸Çؼ­´Â ¾ÈµÈ´Ù. ±× ÇØ°á¾ÈÀº °³³ä»óÀ¸·Î ÀǽÉÀÇ ¿©Áö¾øÀÌ ¸íÈ®ÇÏ°í »õ³»±â °øÇеµ¸¦ ´« ¾Õ¿¡ µÎ°í ±×¸° Ä¥ÆÇ À§ÀÇ ´ÙÀ̾î±×·¥Ã³·³ ±âº»ÀûÀ̾î¾ß ÇÑ´Ù. ±¸Á¶´Â ½Ç³»ÀÇ ÀÌ¿ë°ú È°¿ëÀ» ÃÖ´ëÈ­ÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖµµ·Ï °ø°£À» ºÐÇÒÇϴµ¥ Á÷Á¢ÀûÀÎ ¿ªÇÒÀ» ÇÏ´Â °Ç¹°ÀÇ Æò¸é°ú ¿¬°ü¼ºÀ» °¡Á®¾ß¸¸ ÇÑ´Ù. ¶ÇÇÑ ±¸Á¶´Â ½Ã°øÇϱ⿡ ½¬¿ö¾ß¸¸ ÇÑ´Ù. ±×¸®°í ÀÚ¿øÀÇ È°¿ë¸é¿¡¼­´Â ¿ä±¸µÇ´Â °­µµ¸¦ °®±â À§Çؼ­ Àç·á¸¦ ±ÙÀ°Ã³·³ ¹«Á¶°Ç ¸¹ÀÌ »ç¿ëÇϱ⠺¸´Ù´Â ±âÇÏÇÐÀÇ Èû¿¡ ÀÇÁ¸ÇØ °æÁ¦ÀûÀÌ µÇµµ·Ï ÇØ¾ß ÇÑ´Ù.

Like all ideals, LeMessurier's paradime for his recent super-tall projects is disarmingly simple: a chimney form is opened by dissolving the wall into columns, and the columns are stabilized by a network of cross braces and/or rigidly joined frames. In applying the ideal to specific commissions, the engineer has steadfastly brought general design criteria to bear that, though not ideals, are certainly guideposts to idealization. For LeMessurier, a design is complete when there isn't anything that you would want or need to change by adding elements or taking them away. The design should depend on no quirks or tricks. The solution should result in a structural diagram that is immaculately clean in concept and as fundamental as the the diagrams you would put on a blackboard for an engineering student in his first year. The structure should relate to the plan, playing a direct role in the partitioning of space to maximize utility and the appreciation of the interiors. Structures should be easy to construct. And they should be economical in their use of resources, relying upon the power of geometry rather than a muscle-bound flex of material for their strength.

ÃÊ°íÃþ°ÇÃàÀÇ ¼³°è¿¡ µµÀüÇϱâ À§Çؼ­´Â °øÇÐÀÚ°¡ °æÇèÀ» ÅëÇØ ±âÁ¸ÀÇ ÀüÅëÀûÀÎ °íÃþ°Ç¹°·ÎºÎÅÍ ¹è¿î »ó½ÄÀûÀÎ ÁöÇý¸¦ ÇÑ ÂÊÀ¸·Î ¹Ð¾îµÎ°í ´Ù½Ã ±âº»ÀûÀÎ ¿ø¸®¿øÄ¢À¸·Î µÇµ¹°¡´Â °ÍÀÌ ÇÊ¿äÇÏ´Ù. ÀÌ°ÍÀÌ Á¤È®È÷ ¸»ÇØ LeMessurier°¡ ÇÑ ÀÏÀÌ´Ù. ±×ÀÇ ÀÌ·± °úÁ¤ÀÌ Èï¹ÌÁøÁøÇÑ °¡´É¼º-´Ü¼øÇÑ ³ôÀ̸¦ ¶Ù¾î³Ñ¾î µµ´ÞÇÒ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °¡´É¼º-ÀÇ ¿µ¿ªÀ» ¿­¾îÁØ ÀÌ»óÀûÀÎ ÇüÅ·ΠÀ̲ö °ÍÀÌ´Ù. °ø°£ÀÇ °¡ÀåÀÚ¸®·Î ¹Ð°í³ª°¡´Â °¡½¿¼³·¹ÀÓ¸¸Å­À̳ª ¸¹ÀÌ, ±×°¡ °ÇÃà¿¡ ÀÇÇØ ¿¡¿ö½×ÀÏ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ü½ÉµéÀÇ ³Êºñ¸¦ Á¸ÁßÇÒ ÇÊ¿ä°¡ ÀÖÀ½À» ¾Ë¾Æ³»´Âµ¥ ¼º°øÇ߱⠶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ±×°¡ ÇÑ ÃÊ°íÃþ¿¡ °üÇÑ ½ÉÆ÷Áö¿ò¿¡¼­ ³ôÀ̸¦ À§ÇÑ ³ôÀ̸¦ Ãß±¸ÇÏ´Â °Ç¹°ÀÇ µµÀü¿¡ ´ëÀÀÇؼ­ ¸»Çϱæ:

The challenge of designing super-tall structures requires the engineer to set aside the common wisdom experience has taught for conventional tall buildings and return to basic principles. This is precisely what LeMessurier has done. And his process has led to ideal forms that are opening up an exciting realm of possibilities-possibilities that may reach beyond mere height. For, as much as there's a thrill in pushing at the boundary of space, LeMessurier does not fail to recognize that there is a need to respect the breadth of concerns encompassed by architecture. As he stated in a symposium on super-tall buildings, in response to the challenge of building higher for height's sake(Engineering News-Record, November 3, 1983):

"ÀϹÝÀûÀÎ 75Ãþ °Ç¹°¿¡ ´ëÇÑ Á» ´õ ¼¼·ÃµÈ ÇØ°á¾ÈÀ» ã´Â °Í¿¡´Â ´Ù¸¥ ¹«¾ùº¸´Ùµµ ´õ Å« Èï¹Ì°¡ ÀÖ´Ù. ¿ì¸®´Â ¿À·£ ±æÀ» °É¾î¼­ ¸¶Ä§³» ¸¶Ãµ·ç º»¿¬ÀÇ ¸ð½ÀÀ» ã¾Æ³»°Ô µÇ¾ú°í, ¸¶Ãµ·ç¸¦ ¸¸µå´Âµ¥ À־ ¹Ýµå½Ã ÃÊ°íÃþÀÏ ÇÊ¿ä´Â ¾ø´Ù. °ø°£À» °³¹æÇϴµ¥, °ø°£À» ´õ °æÁ¦ÀûÀ¸·Î ¸¸µå´Âµ¥, ±×¸®°í È­Àç¿Í ±³Åëü°è¿Í °Ç¹° ¹Ø¹Ù´Ú °Å¸® ¼öÁØ¿¡¼­ º¸ÇàÀÚÀÇ Áñ°Å¿ò¿¡ °ü·ÃµÈ ¹®Á¦µé¿¡ ´ëóÇÏ´Â °Í¿¡´Â ¿©·¯ ¹æ¹ýÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù. ÀÌ·± °ÍµéÀº ÈξÀ ´õ Èï¹ÌÁøÁøÇÑ ¹®Á¦µéÀÌ´Ù."

"There is more fun than anything else in doing a more elegant solution for an ordinary 75-story building. We have a long way to go to make the skyscraper what it really can be, and it doesn't have to be super-tall to do this. There are ways to open up space, to make it more economical and to face the problems of fire and transportation and pedestrian joy at the bottom. These are much more interesting problems."

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As with his creative endeavors in structural form, these concerns too are very much in keeping with LeMessurier's intelligent, honest search for ideals. Who is he designing for in the end? There is no conflict between the user and William J. LeMessurier's own soul.

Darl Pastorfer