NATURE OF PEOJECT

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Department of agriculture and Biosystems engineering Location: Iowa State -USA-University
campus in Ames, Iowa.

Client: University campus in Ames,

Iowa.

Sector: Education, Landscape

Size: 16,059m²

Status : Completed 2014

Justification :Because of the function

CONTEXT
As part of efforts to contribute to an industry that’s growing significantly in prominence, Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, is developing a Biorenewables Complex
to accommodate the research and education needs for the Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering Department.

DESIGN OBJECTIVE

• The old building had to be replaced.It was worn out in terms of leaky roofs and obsolete utility systems, and it was not designed to meet the modern kinds of research
and teaching programs we are doing.

• Our goal is to certainly end up with a building that will achieve a minimum standard of Gold and to be sustainable

Activities

The project consists of two parts: New biorenewables Research Laboratory Department and Laboratories. And a department that integrates the Agricultural Engineering
Building and the Biosystems Engineering Building. The department includes a facility that includes 50 research and development laboratories and a yard for agricultural
works, equipment and research. The three buildings are linked by a four-storey atrium.
 SITE FORCES
Solid and void : 70% solid 30% void
Heights around the building : Most of the buildings
University's library around the project are from 5 to 6 floors

• 362 m away

Gym
Students' Union

• Temperatures reach the highest levels of the

year in July, and the lowest temperatures are in
Jan.

• The highest rainfall is in July

• Offices are placed here and the lowest rainfall is in
to be away from noisy March and Jan
areas
• Snow falls in the first three months
• He put the laboratories
here and put a sub-entry
due to the presence of Topography
the barking that causes • The project land is completely flat
inconvenience
concept
Construction system

Symmetry and balance

• The use of an advanced structural system

in the staircase to give a unique
experience to users, so the staircase
• The land of the project restricted the designer to appears as a suspended object
the shape of the building in addition to the
buildings adjacent to the college
• The formation of the building depended on
other factors such as sun, wind and noise

• To focus on the importance of entrance the

designers subtract this part of the mess

• they used the concreate system that used in

Massing many buildings and did not rely on the large
open area with a reinforced roof • There are no symmetry
Details
A four-story atrium will
connect the three
buildings. A 120-seat
lecture hall and classroom
underneath the atrium will
connect by spiral stair to
the central space.
 LOWER FLOOR FIRST FLOOR

1- labs 2- Machine system classroom

1 . Labs 1- labs 2- conference room 3- computer lab 4- classroom
2. Computer lab 3- Student learning communities 5- graduate student’s office
3 . Auditorium 4- Student help center 6- faculty offices 7- conference room
4. toilet 5- conference department 8- toilet
6- toilet
7- yard

Bubble diagram Bubble diagram 1 Bubble diagram 2

3 1
4
7 4
2 3 5
2 4
6 5 7 6
3 8
• They used sustainable systems and
technologies in elements like huge stainless
steel and glass cylinders to display rainwater
harvesting.

• Solution : Placing the stairs at the

noisy areas and make labs as far away
as possible
 ELEVATION

Materials  There are no symmetry

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• Glass
• Concreat
• Red break BASIC
SHAPE
• Steel

Solid and void Symmetry

Steel panels : High strength steel is a building
material that provides flexibility, light weight and
earthquake resistance at its best. The steel can
• 30 % solid 70 withstand blows and does not break and prevent
blows that cause damage to the building. The steel

% void. buildings are lightweight. The larger the building

mass, the greater it will be affected by an
earthquake