Constructing Environments James Brown
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Week 4 – Case Studies – CONT'D 1.EASTERN PRECINCT STUDENT CENTRE (LINK BETWEEN BUILDINGS) Potential construction constraints: * Spatial – width – structure must fit comfortably between two pre-existing structures Links to other buildings: * ERC to the south * Doug McConnell Building to the north Construction type: * Tensile (??) Structural system(s): * Framework structure * Example of a cantilever seen inside Materials * Steel * Glass * Wood panelling and timber (aesthetic value) * Concrete (interior floor) and brick (exterior floor)
Fig. 1 – Satellite imagery of Eastern Precinct Student Centre – taken from Google Maps
Week 4 – Case Studies – CONT'D 1. EASTERN PRECINCT STUDENT CENTRE (LINK BETWEEN BUILDINGS) Photographs of building interior/exterior
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Week 4 – Case Studies – CONT'D
Fig. 6 – Plan “S004” - One of many architectural plans pertaining to the Eastern Precinct Student Centre
Week 4 – Case Studies – CONT'D In this week's tutorial, we were divided into groups * ELEVATIONS: Shows distinctions and each group was assigned a specific building. between separate floors, stairwells, Ours was the Eastern Precinct Student Centre elevators, ceiling and subspace. (ERC). * SECTION: Used to show intimate We began reviewing the architectural plans of the details of project – internal ERC (Fig. 6) endeavouring to understand how they composition of walls, floor and are composed and how they convey information to ceilings, etc. the viewer. * DETAILS: Used to show TITLE BLOCK: Contains pertinent information information specific to sections of the about the project. plan – materiality, etc. DRAWING CONTENT: Dimensioned according to industry standards, in centimetres. 1:100 scale on plan; 1:10 and 1:20 scale used for sections, due to obvious reduction in size. Annotations made to key parts of plan, information that needs to be noted by construction management * PLANS: Shows main structural components of the project – ceilings, walls, columns, beams, doors and windows, amenities.
Week 4 – Workshop This week also marked our first workshop session. The class was divided into groups and tasked with fashioning a one-metrelong beam in such a way as it would withstand a point load placed at its centre. Each group had to use a different combination of materials – ours was allowed two pieces of pine and two pieces Fig. 7 of plywood. As the pine was over one metre in length, we had a bit of room to move – we took about fifty centimetres off each end and used them as a brace between the two larger pieces of pine. Once this was done, we attached a piece of plywood to each side (Fig. 7 – 8)
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Our beam withstood a considerable point load – at one point, in excess of four hundred kilograms – before collapsing (Fig. 9 - 11) Fig. 11