A Study on the Seismic Performance of Hexagrid System with Different Patterns

Multi‐storied building construction is increasing rapidly throughout the world. Tall buildings more effectively utilize land compared to low rise building. As the height of building increases the importance of lateral load resisting system becomes more relevant than gravity load resisting structural system. Many structural systems are recently introduced to improve the structural performance of tall buildings. Hexagrid system is one among them. Hexagrid system consists of multiple hexagonal grids at the exterior perimeter of the building. It resists both lateral loads and gravity loads by axial stress of their members. The members simply act in tension or compression and show no bending which reduces the need of steel. The paper presents the comparison of different patterns of hexagrid system.