Week 7 Journal

Week 7 Journal

The pipelines are made by alumium and rigid plastic, the reason for use these things is they are not easy get to rust, because in the future they will be covered by ceiling, so they should be used as long as possible. They are connected by iron steels to the top of room, these steels help to support these pipelines. I am not sure about why people use copper for some pipelines, as i know copper will grow some green things, i think stainless steel should be better.

Cooper pipelines are connected by weld.

Some mental plane are used here, i think they use for if steel supports are broken, these plane can make sure they can’t hurt ceiling under. That is for safe purpose.

These are air bricks. They are main structure uses for buildings. They are very light, and less embodied energy consumed, they are better in recycle. They are also good at against earthquake, they replace the traditional red bricks.

All stairs are made by concrete and they all have a alumium bottom. These alumium bottoms are used for supporting stairs. That is for safe purpose.

Windows are seal by these black plastic, it can resist water go into room, it also resists sound through to room, because the side is near to the street.

These red things are used for fire alarm system. They are made by gypsum.

A space is left for air conditioning. These pipes for air conditioning is soft and not easy to get damage, they can use for a long time.

If the span is too large, they use a mental cylinder case to fix the pipe. That is interesting.

The floor of bathroom is lower than other parts of room, that is because if you forget to turn off faucet, it will allow you have some time to turn it off. That is a good design.

The roof part is more like a flat room, but it has a little degree down to the mid of the roof. That is because it will transfer water to the mid of the roof and flow into the gutter. I find the gutter at the side of building.

The gutter will collect water from roof and transfer it to ground.

Reference Francis D.K. Ching, Building construction illustrated,2008, pp 6.02