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2.5.3 Materials on site

Investigation of existing materials, such as those found in the existing structures and materials, is used as an aesthetic generator. Existing materials also play a role in the proposed architectural context to celebrate the old. Important existing materials are concrete, steel, plaster, face brick and sand.

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Concrete: As structural elements. Concrete is primarily employed as a support member within existing clubhouse buildings.

Steel: Steel is largely employed on the external terraces of the main clubhouse constructions.

Plaster: Portions of the existing structures are finished with plaster with a combination of brick work.

Fig 43: Materials on site and within as an architectural generator. (By author, 2021)

Facebrick: Portions of the existing structures are finished with plaster with a combination of brick work.

Sand: Existing sports fields have been ignored, revealing the beneath turf surface, and the sand could be reused.


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