Caroline Klatman
Structural Option

Welcome to Caroline Klatman's Senior Thesis Portfolio

181 Fremont is located in San Francisco, California and will be a mixed-use office and residential high-rise, featuring 15 floors of condominiums on the top stories. The buildings unique skeleton, which exposes part of the structural design, is just one of the features that will contribute to it's unique imprint on the San Francisco skyline.

During the fall 2014 semester, l will analyze the structure as it is already designed. With the help of my analysis, I will conclude the semester with a proposal for an alternate method of design. Come spring semester, I will carry-out the proposed design. This website will be updated regulary to follow my progress.

Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio

The Capstone Project Electronic Portfolio (CPEP) is a web‐based project and information center. It contains material produced for a year‐long Senior Thesis class. Its purpose, in addition to providing central storage of individual assignments, is to foster communication and collaboration between student, faculty consultant, course instructors, and industry consultants. This website is dedicated to the research and analysis conducted via guidelines provided by the Department of Architectural Engineering. For an explanation of this capstone design course and its requirements click here.

5.4.2015 Site Complete and Ready for Final Review

2.13.2015 Final Presentation Posted

2.8.2015 Final Report Posted

3.30.2015 Draft Presentation Posted

1.16.2015 Revised Proposal Posted

12.12.2014 Proposal Completed

11.17.2014 Tech Report 4 Completed

10.21.2014 Building Statistics Part 2 Posted

10.20.2014 Abstract Posted on CPEP

10.17.2014 Tech Report 3 Completed

9.26.2014 Tech Report 2 Completed

9.12.2014 Tech Report 1 Completed

9.18.2014 Student Bio Posted

9.15.2014 Building Statistics Part 1 Posted

9.10.2014 CPEP Full Menu Functionality

9.07.2014 CPEP Home Page

9.05.2014 Mailed Personal Thank-You Letters

9.02.2014 Obtained Project Documentation

9.01.2014 Resume Submitted for AE Career Fair Listing

8.29.2014 Mailed AE Department Thank-You Letters

8.28.2014 Attended Dreamweaver Seminar

8.27.2014 Turned in Project Initation Form Part 1

8.05.2014 Confirmed Master List Information

8.01.2014 Owner Permission Received

Note: While great efforts have been taken to provide accurate and complete information on the pages of CPEP, please be aware that the information contained herewith is considered a work‐in‐progress for this thesis project. Modifications and changes related to the original building designs and construction methodologies for this senior thesis project are solely the interpretation of Caroline Klatman. Changes and discrepancies in no way imply that the original design contained errors or was flawed. Differing assumptions, code references, requirements, and methodologies have been incorporated into this thesis project; therefore, investigation results may vary from the original design.

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Architectural Engineering

This page was last updated on 09/07/2014 by Caroline Klatman and is hosted by the AE Department, ©2014