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    Lawrence Technological University

    Civil Engineering Department

    CE Seminar III
    Library of Alexandria

    Instructor Presented by
    Stefan Neuhaeuser Walid M Farahat
    Location
    The Old Library
    Alexander The Great and the Greek rule 332 B.C
    Built 2000 years ago by Ptolemy II
    Cultural center of the whole world
    First university in the world
    Archimedes and Eratosthenes studied there
    Housed the largest collection of books in the ancient world
    Burning of the ancient library
    The New Library

    The idea of reviving the library in 1974


    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
    Organization (UNESCO)
    General Organization of the Alexandria Library (GOAL)
    Snohetta Architects of Oslo, Norway (1987)
    Hamza Consultants Giza, Egypt
    Construction of The New Library

    Started in 1995
    The Arab Contractors and Trevi did the foundation work
    The Arab Contractors and Balfour Beatty built the
    superstructure
    Cost of 220 Millions US Dollars
    The New Library

     The same site of the ancient library

     Includes 3 Buildings
    1. The Planetarium
    2. Conference Center
    3. The Library Building
    The Planetarium
     Used for astronomical shows
     Spherical shape building
     Semi sphere screen of 14 m (46 ft) diameter
     Ninety nine seats inclined to the back
    The Planetarium
    The Conference Center
     Main hall of 1700 seats
     Three smaller halls of 300 seats each
     Three restaurants
     Exhibition areas
    The Conference Center
    The Main Library
    The Main Library
     Six total floors of height 4.2 m (14ft) each
     Four basement levels
     Cylindrical shape with radius of 160 m (525 ft)
     Oriented to minimize direct sunlight
     Designed for Estimated lifespan of 200 years
    Foundation Design

    Fill
    Silty Sand

    Sand Stone
    Silty Sand

    Sand Stone

    Section Through Foundation


    Foundation and Ground Work
     Excavation and dewatering
     599 bored piles of diameter 1,500 mm (59 in.)
     Jet grouting for ground improvement
     PC raft of thickness 200 mm (8in.)
     RC Raft construction [thickness ranges from 1.25
    m (50 in.) to 2.4 m (100 in.)]
     Working platform 2m above the sea level
    Superstructure Design
     Waffle slab of depth 400 mm (16 in.) at top floors
     Waffle slab of depth 600 mm (24 in.) at lower floors
     Columns forms 14.2 m (47 ft) x 9.6 (32 ft) m bays
     Two additional RC walls to resist lateral loads
     No expansion joints
    Superstructure Design

    Precast RC Girders Roof System


    Library Features
    The World’s Largest Open Reading Room
    (2,000 Readers)
    10,000 Rare Books
    Library Wall
    Library Fence
    Conclusions
     Reviving a historian building
     The rule of UNESCO
     Benefits of globalization in engineering
    Thank You

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