THE STONE LAB
Beate Zavadska Joseph Desruelle
PREFACE
How did they build in stone yesterday?
Fatehpur Sikri Palace, India
Fatehpur Sikri Palace, India - General Plan 1:2000
General Plan, 1:2000
Panch Mahal, Section 1:100
Panch Mahal, Plan 1:100
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Panch Mahal, Interior
Column 1:2 Physical Model
Emperor Yalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (1542 - 1605)
Construction Process Allegory
INTRODUCTION
Why are we still talking about building in stone today?
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Stone Life Cycle & Impact
1000KG OF MANUFACTURING
END OF LIFE (50 YEARS)
CONSTRUCTION
TO PRO
OPERATION
70 47
43
kgCO2e
STONE CONCRETE
TIMBER
Comparative analysis of the environmental impac of a faรงade in stone, concrete or timber with similar structural and thermincal properties (Barrault Pressacco, 2018)
Extracted from the Material Research Booklet
700KG OF FIN
F STONE
ODUCE
25 Stored at the quarry
300KG OFFCUTS 36 Recovery as rubble massonry
38 Recovery as aggregates
NISHED ELEMENTS Offcuts recovery in swiss quarries (from 26 quarries in Zerbi 2011)
EXTRACTION
Quarry wall texture after extraction
1920 hand tools
Extracted from the Material Research Booklet
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pneumatic
09
c hammer
2020 chain saw cutter
Offcampus DESIGN + MAKE architecture program
CHAPTER 1
Landscape
1:100 Model
East elevation
North elevation
Site Plan, 1:500
CHAPTER 2
Building elements
B-B Section, 1:100
Structural System
Ground Floor Plan, 1:100
1st Floor Plan, 1:100
2nd Floor Plan, 1:100
Tower Floor Plan, 1:100
Hill Top Plan, 1:100
A-A Section, 1:100
Assembly workshop interior view, 1:20 sketch model
Atelier interior view, 1:20 sketch model
CHAPTER 3
Details
Shelves
Spiral stairs
Sink
Chimney
Window
Door & door handle
Shower, carved stone model 1:10
Hand rail canal, carved stone model 1:10
CONCLUSION
How will we build in stone tomorrow?