Week 5 journal

Week 5 Studio Journal

The case study of ERC building

Yuanyuan Ye Xin Chen Qingning Chen Jiayi Li

Georgia Ryan

• Foundation systems: H o r i z o n t a l & Ve r t i c a l Primary Structure (two types)

H o r i z o n t a l & Ve r t i c a l Secondary Structure

•Strip Footings

•Walls

• Columns

• PAD Footings

Main loan bearing columns

ERC Building LEVEL 1

• Beams

Concrete footing, connect with nonshrink grout to baseplate.

The concrete wall connect with beam.

The frame structure with columns and beams construct in roof system.

T beam is propped during demolition.

Materials • Concrete - Pad footings

- Strip footing & Ground beams - Slab on ground - Suspended slabs interior - Suspended beams - Walls

• Steel - 3mm thick steel plate ( to fix the underside of windows) - Steel cleat - Steel ‘T’ section roof beams & Steel ‘T’ plate - Steel brackets fixed to wall - Steel frame • Timber - Timber sunshading device in steel frame fixed to roof structure - Timber battens for the roof • Glass - Roof: glass support beams - Glass balustrade - Windows

STRUCTURAL JOINTS AND DIFFERENT FIXINGS

Brackets and screws, Butt joints

point connector (screws), overlapping Linear connector, The joining of two or more metallic components by introducing fused metal (welding rod) into a fillet between the components or by raising the temperature of their surfaces or edges to the fusion temperature and applying pressure

Glazed partitions fixed to floor in concealed channel (02_A0505 DETAIL SECTIONLL)

(Detail S005_47)

1mm steel plate concealed fixed to plywood backing (A0577_RL49.11)

Stub site welded to plate fixed to column.

(SECTION_S005, 48)

Sustainability and environment analysis
 Materials/

Concrete

Steel

Timber

Glass

Carbon Footprint

High temperature while the process of making concrete create much carbon

The process of steel production produce huge amount of carbon

Nil for reduce carbon by cutting trees then decrease the photosynthesis

Nil for reduce carbon by creating reflective light (light pollution)

Embodied Energy

Stubborn enough to hold the whole structure.

The smooth appearance easily to clean and hard to break. Safety enough for it unique quality with intensity, plasticity and versatility.

Absorb sunshine easily to warm the inside to provide a balancing temperature inside.

High permeability to let sunshine through which can let the inside more brightening thus save the energy and see the view without any block while let people study inside to relax.

Recyclability

Pulverizing for remaking aggregate to reduce land utilization and the mining of new aggregate

100% renewable sources. It is the source which can produce the solar energy, tidal energy and wind energy

Through the thermochemical conversion, biological chemical energy conversion and burning to form heat energy, electricity energy and liquid fuels.

Easily fragile Crashing to the glass sand and mix with gravels, cement and etc. for paving blocks and so on.

Analysis

Economic Implications of Decisions • Depends on the embodied energy over the period of time that the structure is in use for, as does cost of materials vs. quality

• The landscaping costs to make the surface even for a structure compare to the complexity and effort of building a structure suitable for uneven ground

• Building columns required different costs to building walls

1. http://www.castfireplaces.co.uk/spares/871-concealed-fixing-brackets-woodenmantels.html 2. http://theconstructor.org/structural-engg/steel-connection-design-i/310/ 3. http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Welded+Joint 4. Eastern Learning Hub ERC( Building 171) drawing index and specification