04 unl 510 6102017 description by Jason Griffiths

Seminar ARCH 597.897 Innovative Timber Construction - AUG.2017

FIX - UNFIX

Jason Griffiths Assistant Professor. BA Hons. Dip. Arch. UK

Seminar ARCH 597.897 Innovative Timber Construction - AUG.2017

Table of Contents Introduction

Making

Background

Program sequence

P01.1 Design (summary)

P0 2.1 Fabrication and Installation fixed (summary)

P02.2 Fabrication and Installation (summary)

P03.1 Documentation and “as built” Graphic Anatomy (summary)

Assessment

Program P01

List of Fixed and Unfixed Elements (tba)

FIXED (PR01)

FIXED (PR03)

UNFIXED (PR01)

UNFIXED (PR03)

Deliverables

Dates

Reading

Program P02

Program P03

Jason Griffiths Assistant Professor. BA Hons. Dip. Arch. UK

Seminar ARCH 597.897 Innovative Timber Construction - AUG.2017

Introduction

This session of 510/610 studio is a design-build studio that focuses on “craft”. It may be possible within architecture to describe “zones” around forms and materiality. The profession will do this to parse out responsibility and to understand a conceptual threshold between the core building and that which is either “fixed to” the building or part of the architecture but “unfixed. The danger of describing this division in the abstract is that their relationship to the building as whole is lost. I.e the overall coherence of the projects is dispersed. Late modernist credo can easily assent to this arrangement in a way that has become counterproductive. I am citing a white cube as the ubiquitous non-space or gallerywith-furniture-as-artworks at the archetypal dissociation of one from the other. Gesamtkunstwerk, translated as "total work of art" was an idea of “total design”. Within a Frank Lloyd Wright Interior there is no real distinction between what which is fixed and what is unfixed. Like calculus there are only matters of degree not an “either or situation”. However In later manifestations of the Bauhaus the disassociation became stronger. At this point the interior started to become a collection of items that could be bought off the shelf. Design became shopping and a convert form “good management” In The Craftsman sociologist Richard Sennett has described the relationship between dopamine and serotonin and their relationship to the act of making. Between short-term excitement of “retail therapy” (followed by “buyers remorse”) and the long-term satisfaction of craft and the release of serotonin. At this point in your education you have an opportunity challenge and contribute to the discourse of professionalism by an examination of what it takes to “make” rather than “buy”. To explore the relationship between efficiency and quality so that they become mutually beneficial. This relationship is played out what in the projects we already have. I.e. two pieces of unique timber architecture, cut by computer controlled equipment and assembled through fast track process. In this studio we will complete these projects by adding crafted elements to the finish.

Jason Griffiths Assistant Professor. BA Hons. Dip. Arch. UK

ARCH 510/610 Advanced Architectural Design - AUG.2017

Making “Making” in architectural education engages the discourse of the illusive nature “haptic learning” within the profession i.e. that which we understand through our senses and the visceral realm but which is only paraphrased by scaled conventions of drawing. Studio 510/610 is an opportunity within your education to work directly with the elements of architecture at full-scale in a way will be part of a real building. These are the crafted elements – The parts experienced up close, by hand and through he senses.

Background During the 2016-17 session of the design-build this studio secured 3 design-build projects PR01. PR03. PR04.

The CPBS Baxa Cabin in Ogallala South Sioux Orchard Facilty Santee Sioux Child Resources Center

These projects are in various different states of completion. Cedar Point is almost complete, South Sioux is breaking ground and Santee Sioux in contract negotiations. Of these South Sioux is in its most dynamic stage and will be under construction during the first month of studio. Within these project there are several identifiable elements that are individual design-build challenges that are as yet unresolved. These include stairs, windows, handles, doors, chairs, tables, roof lights among others. This session of Studio 510-610 is a one-semester design-build studio that will produce full-scale elements to be included in the final project. The studio will engage in site visits to South Sioux (potentially Cedar Point and Santee Sioux) to understand the context of each element. Then, working in small teams or individually, take on and make one of these elements. The design challenge is to understand and respond to the “whole” of each project and add value to the building through its finer, smaller elements. These elements are not to be considered sculptural one-off pieces but rather part of an overall concept of the project and the narrative of engineered lumber, Ash reclamation, locally farmed Cedar etc. Each of these elements are described as “Student Supplied Items” These are PR01.

The CPBS Baxa Cabin in Ogallala a. b. c. d. e. f. g.

PR03.

Doors & Shutters - Underway External Stairs- Not started Handles- Not started Built-in furniture - Underway Internal / External screens Skylight - Not started tba Window seat - Not started tba South Sioux Orchard Facilty

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

Ash Cladding - Underway Doors & Shutters - Underway Ash Stairs - Not started Second Floor Screen Windows - Not started Built-in Seating, Cabinetry, and Faux Column- Not started Wood Dowels and Peg Holes- Not started Bathroom Hardware - Not started External Finishes -- Not started ARCH 510/610 Advanced Architectural Design I / III : 5 credit hours

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The studio may also be complemented by the seminar ARCH 497/597/897 “Innovative Timber Construction” that provides funded travel opportunities to fabrication plants and mass-timber projects in Canada and the Pacific North West.

ARCH 510/610 Advanced Architectural Design I / III : 5 credit hours

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Program sequence The studio is divided into three programs which divide up our tasks into different phases over the semester. • • • •

P01.1 Design P02.1 Fabrication and Installation – “Fixed” P02.2 Fabrication and Installation – “Unfixed” P03.1 Documentation and “as built” and Graphic Anatomy

P01.1

Design (summary)

P01.1 is a short design session that is based on each design scenario. We will begin by considering the parts of the structure that are “fixed” and “unfixed” and to assess the design challenge in each scenario (see below). Determine a time schedule and list of items to be completed under categories of “fixed” (first and by contractor) and “unfixed” (second and such that we can “place” within the space). Following this we will produce a series of scaled drawings, schedule and specification that presents your ideas and resolves each design challenge. This is to include a small 1:1 mock-up of a critical detail. This will also include site visits to either site. Tasks • • • • •

Determine what’s fixed and what is unfixed To address more Complete a overall schedule Site visit to assess the design issue and availability of materials Design session. Drawings and construction details

P0 2.1 Fabrication and Installation fixed (summary) Carry out the fabrication and negotiate / document installation process in conjunction with either Randy Voss (South Sioux Contractor) or Jon Garbisch (Cedar Point) Tasks • • • • • •

Determine scope of fabrication Review the fabrication and installation schedule for each item with Randy/Jon Return visits to site if necessary Establish material needs and items needed for fabrication Carryout fabrication in appropriate location i.e UNL shop or Cedar Point Shop Carry out ongoing documentation of the process and keep clients and contractor informed.

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P02.2

Fabrication and Installation (summary)

Determine a time schedule and list of items to be completed under categories of “fixed” (first and by contractor) and “unfixed” (second) and such that we can place within the space. Carry out the fabrication and negotiate document installation process. Tasks • • • • •

Determine scope of fabrication Complete a fabrication schedule for each item Return visits to site if necessary Establish material needs Ongoing documentation of the process

P03.1 Documentation and “as built” Graphic Anatomy (summary) This conclusion of the studio will consist of documentation and evaluation of the fabrication process and a “collective” drawing in the form of a large Graphic Anatomy section of the whole building with all components, occupants and inhabitation of the space illustrated. Tasks • • • •

Annotated description of fabrication methodology. Quantative analysis. Comparative study of equivalent project. Collective perspectival section with reference to “as built” Graphic Anatomy1

Assessment The studio is divided into three programs which divide up our tasks into different construction phases. • • • •

P01.1 Design P02.1 Fabrication and Installation P02.2 Fabrication and Installation P03.1 Documentation and “as built” Graphic Anatomy

This will be made as a gift to Baxa founder Deborah Baxa and The City of South Sioux ARCH 510/610 Advanced Architectural Design I / III : 5 credit hours

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Program P01 P01 is a short design session that is based on each design scenario. We will begin by considering the parts of the structure that are “fixed” and “unfixed” and to assess the design challenge in each scenario (see below). Determine a time schedule and list of items to be completed under categories of “fixed” (first and by contractor) and “unfixed” (second and such that we can “place” within the space). Following this we will produce a series of scaled drawings, schedule and specification that presents your ideas and resolves each design challenge. This is to include a small 1:1 mock-up of a critical detail. This will also include site visits to either site. Tasks • • • • •

This program will work on the unfixed elements of the Baxa Cabin at Cedar Point (PR01) and the South Sioux (PR03). Individual students or groups of 2/3 will select one of the following elements described below to work on. For Baxa Cabin at Cedar Point students are encouraged to work in local materials (cedar) and add to the theme of the Baxa cabin. For South Sioux students are encouraged to work in reclaimed Ash and developing mechanical elements in the style of currently resolved elements. I both cases students are encouraged to use the existing 3D models and make reference to existing mock-ups and full-scale models. Individual students or student groups will be responsible for resolving some of the following design issues:

List of Fixed and Unfixed Elements (tba) FIXED (PR01) a.

Window Shutters i. This project will require 2/3 students and involves the analysis of existing window openings and how we incorporate the mock-up model / principle of the rotating louvers at the front and rear of the project.

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Figure 1

Figure 2

External Stairs

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The external stairs consist of a short run of risers from the south end of the cabin. These stairs have been moved from the original design to save space and allow the cantilever to be expressed on the approach. Our client Jon Garbish is keen to use large Cedar blocks in a stacked arrangement

Figure 1

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Figure 2 c.

Handles/Internal and external doors i. Doors to the Cabin are complete but there is an opportunity to produce crafted handles and closing mechanisms. This is for one person interested in product design. Built-in/ freestanding furniture i. There are currently several pieces of furniture completed by the summer designbuild studio. However areas between bunks are places where we can add to the design.

FIXED (PR03) a.

Ash Cladding i. Rough sawn and kiln dried Ash boards, from SSC, are to be planed to ¾” by Big Red Sawmill. The boards are to be squared up and notched by a TBD supplier. Students will wet with water and air-dry the boards twice before applying Total Wood Protection. Boards to are air dry for 48 hours before being delivered to the site.

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Figure 1

Doors & Shutters i. Awning doors, swinging doors, custom sliding door, and window shutters are to be made using the same finished Ash boards from the cladding. The boards will be attached to a steel frame via screws. Doors and shutters will be operable based on their orientation and will be equipped with the locking mechanism. Students will provide assembly instructions at time of delivery.

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Figure 2 c.

Ash Stairs i. Ash wood remaining from the milling process and purchased screws will be used to build the stringers, treads, and handrails for the stairs to connect the first and second floors. ii.

iii. Figure 1

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UNFIXED (PR01) a.

b. c. d.

Built-in/ freestanding furniture i. There are currently several pieces of furniture completed by the summer designbuild studio. However areas between bunks are places where we can add to the design. Internal / External screens i. These are operable screens to produced screened areas on front a rear porches and between bunks Skylight/and PV powered charging points (tba) i. This is an opportunity to research, design and incorporate a PV driven electrical system for lights and charging points within the cabin. Window seat

UNFIXED (PR03) a. b. c.

Second Floor Screen Windows i. Ash wood remaining from the milling process, and purchased screen material, screws, and hinges will be used to build the operable screen windows. Seating, Cabinetry, and Faux Column i. Ash wood remaining from the milling process and purchased screws will be used to build the seating, cabinetry, and faux column on the second floor. Wood Dowels and Peg Holes i. Students will need to construct a jig for drilling the peg holes before start date. The jig is intended to provide a fast and consistent way to drill holes. The holes can be drilled after the benches are installed. The pegs themselves can be completed before or after the drilling, but must be provided before move-in day. Bathroom Hardware i. Student will install door handles, grab bars, toilet and paper towel holders, and a mirror after the plumber has finished installing the toilet.

Deliverables • • • • •

Contexts photos and site dimensioned drawings Scaled plans sections and elevations 3D model inserted in existing Rhino model Schedule and specification Small 1:1 mock-up of a critical detail/connection etc

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Dates Program P01.1 Scheduled: Aug 21, 2017 to Sep 5, 2017 P01 Review Scheduled: Sep 6, 2017, 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Reading • • • • • • •

Shop Class to Soulcraft – Mathew Crawford. The Craftsman – Richard Sennett Solid Wood: Case Studies in Mass Timber Architecture, Technology and Design - Mayo, Joseph Home Delivery –Bergdoll / Christensen Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture - Virginia McLeod Timber Construction Manual (Construction Manu… (Hardcover) by Thomas Herzog, Julius Natterer Best of DETAIL: Holz / Wood

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Program P02 To be issued

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Program P03 To be issued

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