The Raymond Group City Center Tree House, Las Vegas Construction #2.wmv

"The Tree House" featured in the attached time lapse video is the sculptural centerpiece of the new Sobella Retail space of The Crystals at City Center in Las Vegas. The video reveals the structure's daily progress from start to completion, from one point of view. The Raymond Group's role in the project included framing, drywall, taping, painting, wood cladding installation, as well as BIM components. Below is a description of The Tree House provided by McLaren Engineering, who performed the complete structural engineering down to the main floor, the bulbed-out mezzanine floor, and support from the roof. "This Tree House is not some rickety structure thrown together by a group of 12-year-olds from scrap lumber in dad's garage. Nor is it a pre-fabricated tree house kit with a slide, fire pole, and rope swing like those sold in Wal-Mart. No, this is altogether different." "The Tree House is a two-story, free form, wood clad structure that seems to defy gravity, sitting precariously on a narrow base, spreading out to envelope part of the mezzanine floor, and then reaching away from its support to the skylight above. It appears to be made from horizontal and vertical slices of curved wood, and contains illuminated faces. The upper "oculus" allows light to shine inside the encapsulated bar, which bulbs out from the mezzanine." "...Each structural member and connection experiences unique stresses, so each had to be analyzed individually. The connections of the secondary "ring ...

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