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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTATION GUIDED TOUR: EASTERN PRECINCT STUDENT CENTRE PAULINA PYTKA
TITLE BLOCK List the types of information found in the title block on the floor plan page. • • • • • • •
Contractor Client Project name Drawing title Scale Orientation Drawing no.
Why might this information be important? This information provides a general overview of the project.
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DRAWING CONTENT - PLANS What type of information is shown in this floor plan? • • • • •
Walls Openings Context (adjacent structures and existing features) Section references Electrical conduits
Week 04 Why are some parts of the drawing annotated? Illustrate how the annotations are associated with the relevant part of the drawing. ●
Annotations refer to specific aspects of the design, relevant to a particular area and are thus indicated by arrows.
Provide an example of the dimensions as they appear on this floor plan? What units are used for the dimensions? ● ●
The dimensions are in millimetres 2500mm corresponds to 2.5m
Illustrate how the locations of sections are identified on the plan. What do these symbols mean? ● Viewing direction ● Section name/no. ● Page reference
Is there a grid? What system is used for identifying the grid lines?
Illustrate how references to other drawings are shown on the plan. What do these symbols mean?
Vertically labelled with alphabetical letters Horizontally labelled with numbers Why is some information found in General Notes? This information applies to the whole project and subsequently, all drawings. What is the purpose of the legend? ●
The legend describes the reference symbols
Drawing No. Page Reference How are windows and doors identified? Provide and example of each. Is there a rationale to their numbering? What do these numbers mean? Can you find the answer somewhere in the drawings? Doors and windows are numbered numerically, clockwise around the edge. Door labels start with D… and Window labels start with W…
DRAWING CONTENT - PLANS Illustrate how floor levels are noted on the plan? The level number is included in the title on plans Are some areas of the drawing clouded? Why? Clouds surround areas where changes have been made.
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DRAWING CONTENT - ELEVATIONS What type of information is shown in this elevation? How does it differ from the information shown on the plan? Elevations provide information about vertical heights and the aesthetics of the design
Week 04 Is there a legend? What does it identify and how is it used? A general legend elaborates on the short hand reference labels.
Are dimensions shown? If so, how do they differ from the dimensions on the plan? Provide an example of the dimensions as they relate to the elevation. More detailed elevations of smaller sections use smaller dimensions What types of levels are shown on the elevations? Illustrate how levels are shown in relation to the elevation.
What types of information on the elevations are expressed using words? Illustrate how this is done. References are made to the appearance of the faรงade, including materials and their finishes.
Level 2
Illustrate how the doors and windows are identified on the elevations. Door
Windows
Level 1
Is there a grid? If so, how / where is it shown? Vertically labelled with alphabetical letters Horizontally labelled with numbers
Are any parts of the elevation clouded? Why? A cloud surrounds the whole of Section KK, perhaps because an aspect that applies to the entity of the faรงade has been altered. Illustrate where this elevation is located in relation to the plan? A01, A0427
DRAWING CONTENT - SECTIONS What type of information is shown in this section? How does it differ from the information shown on the plan and elevation?
Week 04 Provide examples of how different materials are shown on the sections.
The sections provide information about the interior finishes, insulation and show basements.
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Are dimensions shown? If so, how do they differ from the dimensions on the elevation?
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Steel frame Plywood Concrete Brickwork
The dimensions are provided under the same conventions however they provide different details such as that of floor thicknesses and ceiling heights. What types of information on the sections are expressed using words? Illustrate how this is done. Material finishes of the interior as well as the uses of spaces are denoted.
Find where this section is located on the plans. 02, A0207
Illustrate how the section drawing differentiates between building elements that are cut through and those that are shown in elevation (beyond).
Roof that has been cut through Student desk shown in elevation (wood panels)
DRAWING CONTENT - DETAILS
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What sorts of things are detailed? • Pre-existing components of structure that are to remain • Some crucial choices of materials and their uses are justified by structural engineering • Joining structural components (i.e. anodised black vermon mesh to perimeter of shading device) Are the details compressed using break lines? Why? The use of black lines may prevent the details from being confused with other written information and thus improve legibility of the drawings. Provide examples of how different materials are shown on drawings at this scale.
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Timber batten sliding door
Find the locations of these details on the plans, elevations and sections. C, A207