Week 6 journal

Week 6 Journal Structural Concepts [Part 2]: Queen’s College Extension structural model ANALYSIS In order to construct the structural model of Queen’s College extension, we started off by analysing and studying the working drawings of the site.

Next we looked at the elevation plans of the site to get a clear understanding of the height of the building, and how high each part of the walls are. Again, we took into account the scale of the drawings to make sure we will produce an accurate model.

We first looked over the floor plan to get an idea of the positions of the walls and how the spaces of the extension building are divided and arranged. It was particularly important to study the dimensions of the building and to be aware of the scale, which is crucial for the model to be built with correct measurements.

Constructing Environments Brian Siu (635900)

Week 6 Journal We also looked at the roof framing plan of the site to understand how the structural members of the building are designed to support the roof. This also allows us to accurately recreate the roof framing in our structural model.

To help us read the roof framing plan, we looked at the member schedule, which described in detail the dimensions and materials of each of the different structural members of the roof framing. This also helps us understand how each of the members work together in supporting the building.

Constructing Environments Brian Siu (635900)

Week 6 Journal CONSTRUCTION

We constructed the building by cutting out the individual structure components, and then piecing them together. The main material we used for the model is 1mm white cardboard. Using PVA glue, we combined the pieces to form the walls of the scale model. We then placed each component in their respective positions according to the floor plan.

Before building the model, we first traced over the floor plan of the site, so that we have a base with the correct scale to help us position the different components of the structure.

The tracing is done in 1/100 scale, so our model is also in the same scale.

Constructing Environments Brian Siu (635900)

Week 6 Journal The roof framing consists of evenly spaced beams, which we recreated in the scale model through the use of balsa wood sticks. After gluing all the roof framing parts onto the top of the wall structures, we secured the entire model onto the floor plan drawing with glue.

Completed wall structures

Constructing Environments Brian Siu (635900)