High Rise Engineering

The Chongqing Public Library will be an important educational, cultural and social centre. Axis Design Group provided structural design services and coordination with local engineers. Some of the unique and challenging structural features of this library include a customized waffle slab system that complies with moment frame requirements of the Chinese Building Code, a 4000 square foot cantilevered lecture hall and a four-story tall enclosed glass auditorium. The building will comprise a total of 540,000 square feet.