To meet the complex design requirements of the newest addition to the Seattle Aquarium campus, a two-story, 50,000-square-foot “Ocean Pavilion,” structural engineers at Magnusson Klemencic Associates (MKA) designed a massive concrete marine habitat at the heart of the project that sets new benchmarks for what is possible in concrete design.
MKA’s Hannah Walters details how the Seattle Aquarium’s Ocean Pavilion proves that virtually any concrete shape can be built when digital tools blend with outside-the-box engineering.
See the full article in STRUCTURE Magazine here.