Shukhov scientific museum
This is my graduation architectural project of a scientific museum named after Shuckhov. I found a seamless surface function for hyperbolic paraboloids: the function I used in order to make the roof which shapes the building. The project is conceptual in some ways then some of details mayn't be made as neat as one can expect.
A picture
A view from the footbridge
A view from a passing train
Another view from a passing train
The maths behind the scene
The surface function
A surface representation
The surface as a roof
A structure
The structural scheme
The inner space
1st floor plan
| No. | Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Entrance hall |
| 2 | Atrium |
| 3 | Exhibition room |
| 4 | Lecture hall |
| 5 | Reading room |
| 6 | Stacks |
| 7 | Cafe |
| No. | Type |
|---|---|
| 8 | Toilets |
| 9 | Staff room |
| 10 | Ticket office and shop |
| 11 | Dressing area |
| 12 | Service corridor |
| 13 | Storage room |
2st floor plan
| No. | Type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Atrium |
| 2 | Exhibition room |
| 3 | Authority area |
| 4 | Staff room |
| No. | Type |
|---|---|
| 5 | Storage room |
| 6 | Service corridor |
| 7 | Toilets |
The scenery
The fable
The main part that shapes the building is the surface of the roof, a surface of a negative Gaussian curvature, it may be assumed as four hyperbolic paraboloids. I found the mathematical seamless function of the surface, instead of four different functions of the hypars for each quarter of the roofing. The mathematical and constructive matters of the hyperbolic roofings, hyperbolas and parabolas in the diagonal sections distributing forces in the surface relate to the ideas of V.G. Shukhov, the pioneer created hyperboloids of revolution.