Wk8 constructing journal

Wk8 Constructing Journal

Interrogation of the detailing decisions The whole building structure is timber frame and combined with stell column. The material also has crystal etc.

Composition

Building process Now the building has finished the basement part and begin to erect the timber frame and steel frame.

Pros and cons

Advantage: This system concern about the rainfall which will impact the wall, thus design a gap on the right side of the drawing.

Also concern about the moisture system toward the whole building, which can control the wetness inside the Oval.

Sustainability and environmental analysis(Carbon Footprint, Embodied Energy and Recyclability) Material

Energy MJ/kg

Carbon Kg CO2/kg

Density Kg/m3

Timber(Generalexcludes sequestration)

10.00

0.72

480-720

Steel(Generalaverage recycled content)

20.10

1.37

7800

Concrete (1:1,5:3 eg in-situ floor slabs, structure)

1.11

0.159

2400

This building is good that use less concrete which can reduce the wasting during the production of the concrete, because during the production of the concrete, there are five times material should be used than the final good.

However, steel get more carbon emission and embodied energy which do will affect the climate change, because all the energy will transmit into heat, and that why we need to reduce the embodied energy during in the infrastructure.

Economic implications of decisions The timber should use harder one which for durability towards the building.

The Oval drawing also shows that there need to use some crystal which is quite expensive and its un-recycle material.

Where and why things go wrong in this type of detail (e.g. Cracks, leaks, gaps) Nothing wrong till now, still in constructing process.

Reference List: ď Ź Unknown author, Greenspac, Embodied Energy, 2013 http://www.greenspec.co.uk/embodied-energy.php