McGill University - Civil Engineering
Seismic Design TeamDesigning, testing, and building earthquake-resilient high-rise structures.
McGill University's Seismic Design Team designs and builds scale high-rise structures for the EERI Seismic Design Competition, integrating architecture and structural engineering into a single performance-driven system. Our towers are analyzed and physically tested on shake tables simulating magnitude 9.0 earthquakes.
McGill Seismic Design Team
Competition Overview
A fast snapshot of how SDT turns seismic research into a competition-ready tower.
Integrated architectural and structural systems
Balsa wood high-rise under strict cost and constructability constraints
Performance-driven design balancing seismic resilience, efficiency, and architectural storytelling
