Need some info. for a project.
how big, or how many pages, or how many cds, disks, does it take to store a blue print of an average skyscraper?

• ID# 52.2 (reply to #52.1) - 2 Aug 1998
  I guess that depends, for example, somewhat on the number of differing floor configurations, i.e. do all the individual floors require a different set of drawings, and thus blueprints, or is it possible to represent the whole building with only a few plan drawings, using the same plans for several floors in the building.
  Buildings like the John Hancock Ctr. in Chicago and the Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco may be extreme examples of buildings which required considerable "blueprint samba" in the bureaus -- both are constantly tapering to the top and sport 100 and 48 floors, respectively.
  And when one adds the mandatory drawings for facades, cross-sections, structures, HVAC, plumbing, electricity, interior design, etc., the total can rise to a healthy figure indeed. And the number of these drawings too tends to depend on the number of differing floor plans...
  Thus, the required mass storage media capacity or physical blueprint size & number for your project depends on many factors: the type and number of differing floor plans, the inclusion or absence of other designers' drawings, and the general size of each drawing. Should you choose to make computer renderings, add considerably more storage capacity.
  Whatever you make, a CD-R should accommodate it all... ;^) ED

• ID# 52.3 (reply to #52.1)
  From: ryan burr ([email protected]) - 28 September 2001

  i would like the blue prints to the nyc world trade center twin towers

  • ID# 52.4 (reply to #52.3)
    From: Boris Rosania ([email protected]) - 1 October 2001

    I am also interested in finding some information on architectural aspects of the WTC Towers, for a presentation I will make next week to a group of Structural Engineers and Architects of this city.
    Specifically, I would like to have some drawings of the inner core of the towers, at different levels, since I presume that the number of elevators and staircases were reduced in the upper floors.
    I would also like to have a brief description, supported by a drawing, explaining the operation of the elevator system throughout the height of the towers: number of elevators, transfers at intermediate levels, etc..
    Finally, I am interested in learning more about the floor system, and specially the main steel trusses and their support details, since supposedly they had some rubber pads, to absorb sway movements of the tower, which would have been burnt by the fire, thus jeopardizing the stability of the structural system. If you could assist me with this, I would greatly appreciate it.
    Best regards, Boris Rosan�a, B.C.E.(RPI), M.Sc.(Cornell).