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n e e d e d t o c r e at e a s c a l e m o d e l o f
the queens college building a s t h e b u i l d i n g i s n o t t h at c o m p l e x w e wa n t e d t o s e e a l o t o f t h e d e ta i l i n t h e building w e d e c i d e d t o c r e at e a
1:20
model of
this section to show this
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l e t
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s
b e g i n
w e s ta r t e d w i t h t h e p r e c a s t c o n c r e t e wa l l s to do this we cutout the sizes of each s e p e r at e wa l l o u t o f b o x b o a r d w e j o i n e d t h e m t o g e t h e r w i t h d r aw i n g pins t h e p r e - c a s t wa l l s m a d e t h i s v e ry e a s y t o construct
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n o w
w e
n e e d
a
r o o f
l o o k i n g at t h e d o c u m e n t s w e f o u n d o u t the demensions of each of the rafters we used balsa wood to cut these out t h e r a f t e r s s pa n e d t h e s pa c e at
9000mm
of roof
900centres
so we needed
10
r a f t e r s t o s pa n t h e
roof section we also needed raftes for the verandah/ poarch area
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c e i l i n g
next we needed to add the ceiling joists for the building a g a i n l o o k i n g at t h e d r aw i n g s w e f o u n d out the dimensions of the ceiling joists t h e c e i l i n g j o i s t s s pa n n e d
600centres
thus again we
6 0 0 0 m m at needed 10
ceiling joists
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f i n i s h e d
m o d e l
i t h i n k o u r f i n a l m o d e l wa s a r e l at i v e ly a c t u r at e r e p r e s e n tat i o n o f o u r s t r u c t u r e t h e p r e - c a s t wa l l s g av e u s a g l i m p s e of how easy they are to use and put up c o m pa r e d t o f r a m e d wa l l s o r m a s o n a ry next time we’ll buy thinner boxboard but a pa r t f r o m t h at i t wa s a l o t o f f u n
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