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Originally Posted by vexxed82
The frustum shaped glass is supposed to go on the bumped-out center section with the angled columns. The haven't installed any panels in that section yet, so I'm holding out hope.
That said, they do have four straight steel vertical beams mounted in that area. I assume this is to support whatever system they'll use to hold the glazing system in place, but I'm a little concerned that these would't compliment the jagged design of the frustum pattern.
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The "vertical steel beams" are actually called structural 'tubes', they are in tension, and are there to hang the floor below from the cantilevered concrete angled columns and the floor above... take a look at the renderings or even the on-site photos and imagine if that floor were not hung... that would be one miracle cantilever!
the hanging 'tubes' are not depicted in the renderings (not unlike all of the exterior concrete shear walls that also disappeared in the renderings) and although their primary structural purpose is to hang the floor, I wouldn't be surprised to see them reinforce the window wall horizontally... still, that trapezoidal window wall will have to have it's own structural integrity built in...
couldn't help but also notice that the frustum window wall appears significantly different in the renderings and does not depict any operable windows which so far, with what little is already installed, will be making a significant pattern on the elevations...