KE DING (SARAH) 621338
Week 6 constructing journal In this week’s tutorial, our group was trying to make the model of ERC building which includes the existing wall and the roof. By using the 1:100 plans, we first did the measurements of all the elements of the ERC building which includes the height of the existing wall, the height of the supporting columns and also the length of the roof beams. As the scale we used was 1:100, the real height and length has to be twice of them in the plan. For example, the height of the existing wall in the plan was 12 centimeters, when we did the model, we have to cut 24 centimeters for the height of the wall. Then when we completed all the measurements, we began to use the cutting knife, cutting board and the cardboard to cut the existing wall. As our tutor showed us the model which made by other group, we found that their model was quite soft and very easy to fall down. Therefore, our group was thinking about making the model to be 3D style and was able to stand on the ground stable. The photo showed below is the existing wall. The material of the existing wall is the concrete. As concrete is much harder and stable, it is good for the wall using and can be supporting the building.
After that, we decided to make the roof beams. Two different parts of the roof beams are showing in the ERC building. One of them is slope and made from steel frame for supporting the glass of the roof. The other one is horizontal and parallel with the ground. To make them connect with each other, we did increase the length of the parallel beam and cover it when we connected them. Another connection is between the parallel beam and the vertical column. We used the basswood to be the column and on the sides of the column, we decided to use two pieces of batten to help support the column and make it be much more stable to stand on the ground.
Slope roof beam
‘I’ shape supporting, make the KE DING (SARAH) 621338 Parallel beam column much more stable
When we finished making all three beams, we started to think about how to make the model stable. The most important part of the model is all the connections or we can say that joints. Between the existing wall and the slope roof, we used the small basswood to support them and connect them with each other. And among these three beams, we used the small batten to connect them at the connection points. After this, the whole structure looks much more stable than before.
Connections between the existing wall and the slope roof
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