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Site Contrains:!
! Scaffolding issue! !
On a very busy street, affects material transporting, hard to have concrete trucks around!
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Plywood and steel bracing for the skeletal frame system!
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Timber beams —> Laminated xx timber! —> cheap and environmental friendly!
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Concrete block wall —>2 meter interval filled with cement!
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FireZone Panel (instead of concrete but it looks like concrete) as facade! —>achieve fire protection requirement! —>achieve the concrete look at the same time
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98 Curzon Street, North Melbourne -6 apartment units! -around 2 million aud for budget
Current Constructing Stage:! -Structural Framing!
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Already done piered footing!
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Site Contrains:!
! Very steep topography! !
Closely surrounded by other residential buildings! —> Noice! —> Getting rid of materials/dug out dirt!
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Materials:!
! Pre-fabricated steel beams/ frame piles! !
Deconstructed the original retaining wall to expend the size of the building.! Horizontal timber wall is constructed as the new one.!
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The architecture will be in a timber frame system with triple glass window.
36 Myrnong Crescent, Ascot Vale, Vic, 3032
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Current Constructing Stage:! -Setting up foundations! -Already done setting up storm water pipe under ground! -Dug up bore/holes fore the pile of the foundation Deep footing system —> Pile Foundation!
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Learning Loop!
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Glossary! rafter! -sloping parallel beams for roof coverage! http://www.dictionaryofconstruction.com!
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purlin! -horizontal structural members attached onto rafters, to support! roof load! http://www.dictionaryofconstruction.com!
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eave! -edge of the roof, the overhang part! http://architecture.about.com!
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soffit! -‘a skin that covers eave”! -for ventilation ! http://www.specialtydesign.com!
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alloy! -‘a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.’! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alloy!
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cantilever! -‘a structure that is supported in one end only’! http://www.dictionaryofconstruction.com! -examples: girder, beam, overhang, or even a whole part of a building!
! portal frame! !
top chord! -the top part of trusses!
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References! http://architecture.about.com/od/buildingparts/g/eave.htm! http://www.specialtydesign.com/blog/what-is-soffit-and-why-is-it-important-to-a-house/! http://www.ezylite.com.au/applications.html! http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/youyourland/soil.htm! http://www.architectureweek.com/cgi-bin/awimage?dir=2000/1018&article=building_1-1.html&image=11160_image_2.jpg! http://www.architectureweek.com/2000/1018/building_1-1.html! http://www.dictionaryofconstruction.com/definition/purlin.html! http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alloy!
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