Nansha, China
Eight steel trusses, 15 ft. deep by 15 ft. wide, span eighty feet to cover the main hall of the Nansha Science Museum. The three-dimensional trusses incorporate complicated geometry with simple, cost efficient details. Alternating rod and compression members resemble the delicacy of leaf venation and heighten the building’s biological imagery. A 60-foot-high curtain wall frame designed of slender rod elements and horizontal wide flange beams allows provide generous access to the main hall.

Architects: Fok Ying Tung Foundation, Ltd.
Engineers: EndresWare