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Vertical Studio
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Xin Niang Xi Village Stage I (Visit In Village)
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Xin Niang Xi Village Stage I (Studio)
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Xin Niang Xi Village Stage II Individual
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Rooftop Tiles
Old Mud Brick House - Hold up by friction - Drainage the excess water - Different angle of sunlight in different season. - Can replace if the tiles are broken.
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Conclusion - More flexible to repair
New Red Brick House - Use drainage pipe to drainage excess rainwater.
- No typical tiles, but flat surface. - Rooftop is extended, block the direct sunlight.
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Floor Tiles
Old Mud Brick House - Smaller in size - Pave patterns are running bond - Much Virgile - Similar making method of tiles - Can replace easily
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Conclusion - Easy to broke down, the paving method can increase the strength.
New Red Brick House - More stronger and long lasting, won’t broke easily.
- Bigger in size - Pave pattern in grids - Made with ceramics or stone
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Windows
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Old Mud Brick House - Casement window - Made of wood only - With no finish on the wood surface Almost in small size
Conclusion - Wood absorb moisture and expand - Will swell up after absorbing the water
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New Red Brick House - Waterproof functioned - More resistant to the climate change
- Double sliding window - Made of glasses and stainless steel - Mostly larger than that in mud brick house
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Drainage System
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Old Mud Brick House - The triangular rooftop is used for draining the water by sliding through the slope
Conclusion - Rain might fall into the interior part
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New Red Brick House - Locals could swipe the water through drain pit and drain it directly and precisely - Rainfall would not go inside the interior of the house relatively
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Chimney System
Old Mud Brick House - The chimney was made of steel pipe and surrounded by brick - The exit of the chimney is on the rooftop
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New Red Brick House - People will leave a hole near the upper corner on the wall during the construction process - The hole is for making a vent - The exit of the hole is on the wall and facing the side of the house
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Old Mud Brick House
Conclusion - Most of them would not have second floor so the exit of the chimney was facing upwards
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New Red Brick House - People will leave a hole near the upper corner on the wall during the construction process - The hole is for making a vent - The exit of the hole is on the wall and facing the side of the house 57
Stairs and Ladders
Old Mud Brick House - Use ladder to climb up to the loft space
- Much flexible for storage
- Flexible as the ladder is not fixed
- Only one person can use the ladder as the size is too thin.
- The space required is smaller
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Conclusion
New Red Brick House - Able to have few people walking up or down at the same time.
- Need to have a particular size of space to build a stairs. - Usually 11-13 staircases per half floor. - Separated from the living space.
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Xian Nian Xi Village STAGE II (Individual) The Study of Construction on Old Mud Brick House
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1. Thinking of Topic: Relationship between Structure and Space? Beams?
Extension? Space Created?
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2. The Study of Construction on Old Mud Brick House I then moved to a larger area in order to extend more.
About how different materials are combined and create a space?
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By seperating the building process and sequence, I can study the different steps and materials from large scale to small details.
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Overal Structure of The Mud Brick House
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Foundation
Lime Motar(Mud) Mud Brick
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Mudbrick Motar(Mud)
The villagers covered a layer of lime on the walls in order to resist the moisture of mud bricks.
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The foundation usually around 20cm deep, the proportion of the rock is 1/3 of the whole wall.
Formwork
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Windows
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RENEWAL OF BRICKS Red Brick Mud Brick
Using the wood to support the upper part, and remove the old mud bricks
Mostly the mud bricks around the door and window frames were changed to red bricks due to reinforcement and the moisture of mud bricks destroyed the wooden frame esily.
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Final Layout
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