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ALA 226 – Fundamentals 07-08

07 How Does a Building Meet the Sky? All buildings must, in some way, meet the sky.

This interface, however, forces exterior walls to act differently. Similar to two cats on a roof, a parapet, functions differently that a wall that wraps a building. Further, roof lines can also us about place.

08 How Does a Floor Meet a Wall?

Not unlike other details, the way in which the floor meets the wall is often masked. Nothing like a good strip of vinyl base boards to hide bad construction. This interface, however, forces interior walls to act differently. It is also a moment in many buildings that offers an opportunity to hide services such as structure and mechanical systems.

07 How Does a Building Meet the Sky?

The building meets the sky via its roof, and this roof is intriguing due to its shape and multiple components. The base of the roof follows the contours of the main building, but hangs over the back of the building. This overhang is supported by a colonnade which wraps around a majority of the main building’s perimeter. On top of this roof is a tall fly tower composed of circular, rectangular, and triangular semistructures combined into one larger structure. This fly tower has a parapet along the triangular and rectangular portions, but the circular portion is left open and flat. The white color on top of the roof’s surface helps to cool the building because the color does not absorb heat.

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From the ground below, the building meets the sky with flat lines all around, only upon further viewing can you notice slight angles or differences in parts of the roof. The portion of the roof above one of the entrances of the building has a clear slope, a contrast to the flat appearance of the roof next to it. There is a difference in material as well. The sloped roof is completely concrete, while the rest seems to be brick all the way up before the coping.

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Interdisciplinary B has an long roof that runs from east to west. Towards the east side of the building the elevator tower continues beyond the roofs main floor with a door to access it. I chose to document this portion of the tower instead to bring close attention to details. All around the tower are brick, insulation, and masonry units.

On top there is a thin coat of roofing membrane as well as insulation, with a metal deck at the bottom. Beneath the drawing is the main element of the roof, concrete. Exploded downwards, the concrete is where roof begins.

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There is a brick protrusion near the center of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change’s roof, above the main entrance doors. Presumably, this space is an access point for maintenance to work on either the power or main air conditioning system for the building.

The explosion view is of the top South East corner. The outer layer is a brick facade where bricks overlap to meet at the corner. A gap separates this facade from a rain screen which helps prevent water and moisture from invading the interior. Next is a wall of concrete reinforced by a grid of rebar pipes. The structure is topped with a concrete slab with sloped edges to guide water and towards the roof’s gutters. Finally, the corner is supported by a steel column.

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The sky meets the Social Sciences building in different ways. The roof of the building is flat with a parapet that wraps around the whole building. The parapet has a metal cap at the top and seals and protects contents of the walls contents from weather. The sky also connects to the building through the center by way of a rectangular atrium that floods the building with light. The opening of the atrium has a canvas that spans to each side of the opening and in the center of the canvas there is a circular cut out that allows direct light into the space. The sun light from that cut out changes moves through the days and seasons, adding an interesting element of sky to the building at all times.

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The roof of Wrigley Hall (2006) connects to the sky in the most interesting way. While most of the building is built from sustainable materials, that doesn’t stop with the roof. The concrete roof parapet occupies most of the space, leading the water to the center, and off, of the roof. The roof also contains solar panels (not shown) to add to the sustainable aspect of the building.

The concrete-surrounded roof then descends into brick and window, making the building even more beautiful. The sharp corners make the building appealing to look at against the deep blue that is the sky.

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The Danforth chapel has the ceiling structure exposed. There are large wood beams that support the roof and wood panels that span from beam to beam. Due to the fact that much of the heat gained and lost is through the roof, there is a layer of insulation and a waterproof barrier underneath the shingles. The main chapel room is two stories high and people’s eyes are drawn upward by the stained glass up to the ceiling. The visible structure was an intentional design choice.

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A transition zone between shelter and openness. The space created by this particular roof style works to resolve that connection between architecture and the sky. The building meets the sky by the extension of the walls at the edge. In this case, a low brick wall constructed above the roof line that spans around the perimeter of a building. Parapet roofs often go unnoticed as they can appear as the line of a flat roof. Also, it is important to finish off by capping of the roof in this case to eliminate moisture penetration problems.

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The sky should always be taken into account when designing structures.

One of the greatest examples dates back to Ancient Rome with the oculus of the Pantheon, which was a simple, yet elaborately designed opening. My drawing depicts the skylight located in the lobby of Hayden Library. This portion of the building is underground, so natural lighting was a challenge to accomplish. Whoever designed the library incorporated a grand skylight that is iconic to Hayden Lawn located directly above. The structure supporting the skylight continues into the lower level of the library.

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The University Club meets the sky using a sloped tile roof which is not a common style of roof for the campus.

The roof is decorated on the front, back and sides by a white stone edge that also hides the gutter on the sides with two drain pipes coming down the exterior. The white stone creates a nice separation between the brick and the ceramic tile. The red brick and red tile contrast against the blue sky and the occasional white cloud as well as with the green vegetation that surround the building.

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When looking at buildings, in any location, all buildings act differently; especially when it comes to the roof and how it meets the sky. Since most people don’t see the top of a building, some seem unfinished and/or are underwhelming. This very nature makes it seem like architects only focus on the outer façade of buildings, for their aesthetic creativity. When it comes to the Durham Language and Literature Building, there are three different levels at which the building meets the sky. The most aesthetically pleasing roof, is the large section in the middle. It is a rather large portion, making it seem difficult to picture what exactly is making it structurally sound.

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The sky is one of the universe’s greatest wonders. The sky itself can change during different weather events, but buildings can also change the sky. Looking up at structures that fill the sky provides a unique perspective on how architecture can interact with the natural world to create an entirely new experience. Similar to a vast tower, the exterior stairwell at the ASU Psychology building protrudes upward, disrupting the sky above.

A solid brick wall extends from the ground above the roof of the stairwell.

This structure provides the experience for interaction with the sky, as when one looks up, the wall becomes part of another world.

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The use of parapets and a flat roof at Cowden Family Resources creates a clean, abrupt line between building and sky. An overhanging capped trim prevents water from directly hitting the brick wall beneath. Vapor barriers and sheathing are underneath the trim and used throughout the entire surface of the roof. This section of roof is a newer addition to the building which previously had no trim to prevent brick discoloration. While the function of the roof is masked from the ground, it is visually distinct.

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This is the Center for Family Studies.

This drawing shows each layer of the roof from the second floor of the building. The building is fully made of concrete, which is shown at the fourth layer. Concrete, screed and insulation are the main focus on the drawing, shown by the greater detail and broader lines. At this scale, the dimensions of the building are correct but are at the point where it is difficult to see the thickness of these layers.

Each layer of the roof has a different purpose for the relationship between the building and the sky, whether it is for protection, heating, and/or design.

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When seeing a taller building, most people don’t stop and think how this structure meets the sky. The large/ complex brick and concrete building; such as Murdock Lecture Hall meets the sky in a unique way. On top of the building surfaces a parapet to direct mother natures elements. This parapet meets the brick/ concrete wall to the roofs weather resist surface.

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This Parapet on the Student Health Services Building entrance features complex layers made of many different materials including brick, steel beams, concrete and roof decking. The drainage on the roof conforms to the local building code for slopped roofs with a quarter inch of rise for every one foot of run. This in turn presents an elegant boxed shape for the structure, which seems to almost frame the clouds and the horizon by presenting a low profile to the landscape it sits in.

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The Lyceum Theater has a notable design near the top of the building.

Above the stage area, the ceiling houses all the machinery and lights used for the shows. Above these elements is where the roof structure begins. First, we have the wooden support systems for the stage props and curtains. Then, insulation is placed over a sheet of plywood sheathing.

After that, is a steel system of beams and trusses. This is covered by a thick sheet of wood sheathing. Finally we have a tar and gravel roof system, composed of a series of felt sheets and tar layers. The top is coated in a waterproof barrier of tar and gravel.

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This is the highest point of Old Main.

Its peak makes contact with the sky as if reaching for it. No one can see the roof of this building but everyone can see this point and those like it from the ground or from the buildings nearby.

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The roof of the Matthews center is a pitched gable roof. The concrete celling of the building is supported by steel beams. Above the ceiling, there is a system of steel trusses that are then topped with a layer of insulation and plywood. The insulation allows the building to keep heat inside and the plywood sheathing allows asphalt shingles to be applied on top. The shingles are topped with a ridge cap to guide the water off the building.

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I really like the balcony in the MU’s east side. This is an independent area from the MU. There is the place you can easily see the sky and breath the outside air. The balcony is a multifunctional place that students can eating food, chatting with friend and study. Because it is in the second floor, people feel relaxed when the stay here and can enjoy the fine view.

The important thing is the roof has the black-out cloth that can protect people from the sunlight. Therefore, here is a wonderful and special are in the MU.

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The way the roof of the physical education building meets the sky is interesting because it has two extruded boxes which allows for there to be windows. The windows on the roof help to create the effect of skylights.

Inside the building the skylights give the building an incredible lighting because it reflects on the walls the light comes from. The skylights help to see the connection between the roof and the sky when one sees through the window. The combination between the roof and the sky are an incredible experience during the night or day due to the skylights.

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Guided by jagged edges, the Moeur Building is a special design especially in worms eye view. The bricks on the first layer show a variety of heights and are a representation of history as well.

It shows a reaching to new heights not only physically but metaphorically back to when it was first made and being one of few to be completely made of adobe brick. A parapet roofing system on top of the brick design is planted to deemphasize itself yet still have a function and purpose. Not to be seen by many, the roofing system is simple yet effective when it comes to drainage and overall structure.

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The roof from the bookstore has different levels in order to add design to the building. The biggest area of the bookstore is where the roof is higher, its wall connects to the lower roof. Due to its metal material, it absorbs the heat from the sun. Thanks to its ridges, it helps to direct the water to only on side of the roof.

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This drawing shows a part of the roof parapet of the Business Administration Building. The parapet is an extension of the wall at the edge of the roof.

There are many layers in a flat roof parapet such as the insulation system and the roof decking. The layer on the top of the parapet is a sloped cap.

It allows rainwater to flow off of the parapet so that the exterior wall will not be damaged by rainwater.

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The top floor of the Hayden Study Hall is a balcony that overlooks the dormitory landscape. The wall that creates a pathway from the rest of the dormitory to the balcony meets the sky but the rest of the space is open and allows sun to hit the balcony at all times of the day. The balcony allows for open space to sit outside if it is preferred over sitting inside to study in a peaceful quiet environment. It provides a calming area to get sunlight and have access to an overlook on the third floor of the dormitory.

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The Piper Writer’s House is composed of 3 main levels, the lower level, the second level, and the roof. The pyramid shaped roof allows for a seamless transition from the top of the roof to the sky. There is also a little element extruded out from the roof on the front side of the home. This piece is important as it almost serves as an anchor for the roof to keep it attached to the home as opposed to the roof just being placed on top of the home.

That piece also has a triangular roof of its own which creates the illusion that it merges with the roof and also transitions into the skies above.

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The Discovery Hall building meets the sky at two different levels. The first level, which is the one closer to the ground, is how the majority of the building meets the sky. This first level is “flat� and completely covered with solar panels which not only meet the sky but also absorb its energy. The second level, the higher one, is where the main entrance of the building meets the sky. I found this meeting to be the more interesting one because this part of the building, though closer to the sky, is the only part which does not have any solar panels. Instead, this part of the building wears a crown on its head and that is the part which meets the sky. This is the part of the building which is conscious of itself, and it very clearly demonstrates that self-consciousness especially in this way in which it meets the sky.

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The axon presented is the north facade and roof of the Student Services building. The roof extends outwards past the facade and is held up by circular columns as well as a triangular one in its northwest corner.

Emphasized is the portion of the roof that extends past the facade due to its emitted circular portions that bring in a view of the sky, a similar pattern to the interior glass domes on the ceiling. In addition, the entire roof is covered in solar panels. Each column supporting the roof is separated into five different portions which are portrayed in the exploded axon. Each level in the axon alternated between a glass facade and brick; however, the first floor is offset due to its entrance into the building.

The expanded roof gives the feeling being inside of the building without being inside of its physical walls.

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The roof itself affects the image of a building. Assuming the ground to be horizontal and the building vertical, the building is seen as aspiring to some connection with the vault of the sky.

The roof is explored as the meeting of building and sky. With this particular building is quite simple. The typical flat roof however this building also has solar panels that runs through this huge gym facility. How the building meets the sky is important because all building act differently and this particular facility is very interesting.

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The design of the Library’s roof is quite common around campus. The top of the building is a masonry parapet with solar panels on top, although the solar panels are not shown because it was cut off from the drawing due to the scale. The parapet wall consists of masonry, cmu, foam, parapet flashing, and an air control membrane wrapping the roof. The anatomy of the roof itself consists of plywood, insulation foam, and exterior membrane all shown in an exploded axonometric view with a section cutting from the East to the West of the building.

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The Nelson Fine Arts Center consists of multiple leveled roofs that meet the sky at 15 different elevations.

Each roof serves a different purpose to accommodate for the buildings function. These different roofs allow props and several backgrounds for plays to be hidden from the audience inside the fly tower of the Galvin Playhouse. Not only do the roofs allow for a fly tower, but inside the ASU Art Museum, the rectangular pop outs allows for art installations to be displayed hanging from the ceiling, if the artists prefers. Although many buildings consist of one or two roofs, the Nelson Fine Arts center uses the different elevations to tell its own architectural story of how it meets the sky on 15 different occasions.

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When observing how West Hall meets the sky from the ground, one can see crown molding running along the entirety of the edge. Intriguingly, this plastered cornice conceals the authentic assembly and materiality of the roof, as well as hiding the flashings which protect the building from rainwater. The bird’s eye perspective of the roof was provided using an online mapping resource, revealing the material and design of the roof. The roof lies below the molding creating a basin with elongated horizontal seams rising from corroding white painted material. What is more interesting is the color differentiation of exposed material where a large tree overhangs onto the roof. This detail aided in finalizing conclusions about the material of the roof which appears to be composed of sheet metal. This materiality was verified by additional research, as conventional roofing materials in the 1930s included sheet metal, which typically did not include an insulation layer.

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Wilson Hall is three stories high, the top of the building seems to be a flat roof. The roof seems to be made up of wood, concrete, and gravel on the top. The top of the gravel also seems to be white to keep the building cool.

The roof helps protect the interior by resisting the weather such as rain, and the hot heat.

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ISTB II’s roof is an angled roof. From the ground it appears as though it is flat, as the underside of the roof is fl at concrete. However, when you look at the roof from above it is apparent that it has a significant curve to direct water off of it. The picture to the right is a display of the roof, the third floor’s floor, and a small portion of a wall extending from the first floor to the roof. The floor and the roof are both supported by steel beams, and are structured with concrete.

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A roof does not only cap a building, but can evoke its own presence through materiality and aesthetic. In the Schwada Classroom Building, the roof is built through the use of layers of thick precast concrete slabs, adding a heavier weight to the building’s appearance. The connection to the sky is one characterized by a concrete grid which hangs off the edges of each façade, making its structural elements known to viewers. Another slab with ellipsoidal carvings and slots for the grid is placed on top, covering the top of the building with a flat slab, providing a base for the parapet above, and also showing the carved structural connection slots used to tie these elements together.

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The stadium is designed to be open to the sky with no shades or barrier to the sky. The seating surrounding the rectangular field with curved angles provides an open area to the sky. The seating is angled at a certain slope to provide each viewer an open space or view to the field. The open air and open space also allow for the view of fireworks.

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The Engineering Research Center meets the sky at the different heights of its cubed brick volumes with parapet roofs. The different elevations which make up the form of the building join together to create an interesting and staggered roof plane. The ‘flat’ roof slopes slightly towards the center and is made of a concrete slab with layered roofing insulation and a waterproof membrane. Concrete masonry units ‘wrapped’ by the brick veneer facade form the extension of the parapet. The parapet is capped by a fully adhered waterproof angled metal flashing, supported by wooden joists, that extends beyond the brick as a drip edge. Where the parapet meets the slab is a triangular cant to prevent water from flowing towards the right angle edges.

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To one side of Coor Hall is a concrete structure whose program is mainly to provide classrooms. From the second floor of the main Coor building, people can peer out to the top of these classrooms, taking in the vast dead space and stained drainage pipes. The wall on the backside is the large metal wall spanning the length of Coor, and the roof is slightly sloped per building codes to allow for drainage. This roof is the only one visible (and accessible if you are agile and try hard enough) for the building. The space could be utilized better as right now it is white and bland. I propose that design and art students should have a go at it.

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When it comes to meeting the sky, the stadium completes the task in a mildly interesting manner as the place was intended more for a specific view rather than a meeting of elements. The bleachers rise up to the press-box, which has a small but functional sloped roof made of nothing but sheet metal and a few supports. The roof is nearly invisible at some angles from the ground due to its height and position, making the building seem almost taller and more intimidating than it actually is.

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The way this stadium reaches and reacts with the sky is quite interesting, considering the shape and function of the building’s interior. Due to the flat grade of the roof, there is a parapet on top, along with many solar panels which help to power the party inside.

As a stadium, large sloping bleachers are necessary to fit a substantial number of spectators inside. The exterior of the building slopes outward and evens out at the top to appear uniform from skyward angles. While successfully utilizing Arizona’s yearround sunshine, the roof makes a way to normalize the otherwise peculiar problem of seating 14,000 people.

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This structure meets the sky in a particular manner. Although the building is surrounded by a parapet, which serves as a low protective wall for the roof, the sky is distinctly met by a seating area. A series of escalating steps forms a viewing space, which lies over the central building. Therefore, the flat roof which is surrounded by a parapet and covers the building, does not provide any protection for the viewing space. Thus, a relationship is formed; there is direct interaction between spectators occupying the viewing area and the sky itself. This relationship becomes very rewarding in various ways: weather conditions are not filtered by ventilation, the sky is not covered by a roof, and there is no barrier from the interior and exterior.

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Roofs and ceilings are very important in a building especially when it comes to rain. Most roofs have to be sloped to direct the water off, avoiding any kind of collapses or leaking. Besides, just like walls, roofs have a structure that needs to be maintained. It is also the best way to benefit the space above the building where the architecture meets the sky. In this case, this building has a flat roof draining the water from one side. It has multiple layers that stop water from coming through even with the heaviest rain.

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The way how the sky meets the building is by different heights. Since the heights from some sections of the building are different, it gives it a different look when one is looking at the building. The building is divided into 4 different sections represented in the image. Another way the building meets the sky is by the different widths of the building. Same way how the building has different heights in each section, it’s the same with the sizes of each section.

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The Urban Systems Engineering Building meets the sky in two ways.

The first is the more traditional meaning of a roof, with a sheet of corrugated metal that sits atop a series of I-beams. A parapet runs along the top of the roof to encourage proper water runoff. The second, more unusual condition of meeting the sky, is found in the series of metal Z shaped louvers that run horizontally along one side of the building. The spaces between the louvers bring the outside atmosphere down to the users’ level, allowing fresh air and views of the sky into the interior of the space. Thus the roof is acting as a boundary between the building and the outdoor air, while the louvers are simultaneously mixing sky with architecture.

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Reaching two stories towards the sky, a red stucco tower supported by eight rounded columns sits at the corner sidewalk of South Mill Avenue and East Gammage Parkway. At eye level, the highest point seems to be the smooth lines of the thick round parapet circling the perimeter of the roof.

Upon accessing the roof, however, its discovered that a raised circular mound sits at the center of the tower, and a spherical skylight atop it connects the dark interior room to the outside; all of which sits four feet higher than the surrounding stucco edge. It’s an interesting space, separated from the surrounding buildings in location and also in the shape; functionally, the tower doubles as outdoor foot traffic through the columns below, and a quiet space on the second floor for teachers to get away from the bustle of the halls in the Music School.

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The Goldwater Science and Engineering Center meets the sky six stories above the ground. The parapet in this specific location lies on the east side of the building which juts out from the exterior of the building about 8 feet. The first three levels shown show the parapet cap coming together to keep nature’s elements out of the building. The fourth level is the roof deck and the last level are the exterior walls on this particular portion of wall. The walls are brick veneer panels as well as gray panels which seem more of a decorative feature especially surrounding the windows of the building. In this portion there is also a large vent that suggest there to be a need for ventilation in the interior.

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The way in which Neeb Hall connects to the sky is interesting because it follows a lot of very intricate procedures that one would often overlook. This building appears to have a flat roof due to the fact that it has fl at parapet that surrounds the perimeter of the building. However the building has a slight slope in spite of its concrete construction which allows water to fl ow down. The crafting of this axonometric representation highlights the way in which these different elements connect to the sky.

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When looking at the building from the bottom it gives particular understanding of the structure with relevance to the sky that makes the entire building seem outstanding. No matter the time of the day the sky will always be seen as a complement to the exterior of this structure. As the structure is covered in concrete and the grey color of the material changes with the sky. While, looking at the top of the building the roof has an exterior of parapet that makes it seem as the structure is inside another structure. It can also be found the air vents and water tonal are also located at the top of the building.

Which makes the parapet more important as it stands a ground for the mechanical parts of the building.

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This is at the NE corner of the art warehouse. The roof structure has a basic roofing with visible steel beams along with corrugated steel sheets above it, which I thought was interesting considering I’ve only seen corrugated steel on the exterior of some building roofing structures. Then I assumed there would be insulation between 2”x4” beams with two plywood sheets on top and beneath the insulation. Then the actual roofing seems to have some sort of EPDM or TPO roofing material due to its flat roof, which I know is flat, because there are parapets on the edges of the roofs.

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The roof is the top cover of the house or building,and roof is the closest part of the building to the sky. The sun refracted through the sky will be blocked by the roof, and people will not feel hot. On the second floor of a building at the Whiteman Tennis Center is a relaxing area and where you can see the athlete’s training. There are a roof on this building, it is a interesting roof. The shape of this roof is curved, not flat. I think the curved roof can protect the material of the roof, which means that, when it rains, the rain will fall to the ground through the part of the curved surface, and it will not form the stagnant water on the roof.

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The Sun Angel Stadium meets the sky through the manipulation of concrete pieces. These pieces include three varying in height columns that hold the stadium up. On top of these columns rests the structure of the stadium and then the pre-cast concrete steps.

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This roof helps to define an area with a new atmosphere that’s not entirely outside nor in. This overhanging feature does not necessarily attract attention, but it does not release it once it’s been acquired; in other words, it cannot be unseen. The roof itself is likely comprised of a concrete slab with rebar reinforcement, a vapor control layer, insulation, a water proof membrane, and finally a parapet. The configuration of the building shifts from the structure itself, to the overhanging concrete sky, and then to nothing at all, allowing for a smooth transition between the built environment and nature.

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The facade of the Combined Heat and Power Facility conceals the core of the building. The facade is hung with a system of support beams. A similar system exists on the inner side of the CMU block wall. The parapet on this building is very tall- over 15 feet- thus requiring the additional reinforcing. The purpose of this additional height is to enshroud the HVAC systems which are housed on the roof. With these systems hidden to pedestrian viewers, this building has a clean and elegant dialog with the sky.

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This building meets the sky through a brick parapet. On the top there is a smaller building for maintenance.

The flat roof is what the Computing Commons is equipped with. On the top of the parapet there is a cap that is slanted inward. Under that is the membrane that covers the entire surface. The composite concrete deck sits under the membrane and then sits on top of a supporting beam. I chose this part of the parapet because the maintenance building is set into the parapet,and continues the parapet to the to top of it and repeats the process.

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The church like resemblance of the tall tower at the front of the Sonora Annex is the buildings main distinguishing feature. The tower creates an open square at the foot of the main entrance door and shoots up 30-35 feet in the air. From below at eye level the top of the tower seems to be simply end with a flat square rooftop, but when seen from a distance a pyramidal roof can be seen. This tower as a whole reaches to the sky not too differently like that of the obelisks in Egypt.

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Most buildings on the ASU campus meet the sky through a flat roof with a parapet. However, the Sonora Center meets the sky differently, with a sloped roof. This structure is where the complex meets, making it highly important. The most interesting aspect of this building’s connection to the sky is how there is a section of the roof that is an octagon shape with a flat area in the center of the rooftop. There is a structure that sits on top of this sloped, octagonal roof piece that looks like an outdoor viewing tower. While this space looks inaccessible to the public, the tower’s design looks like it’s built for someone of hierarchy to be closer to the sky and above others. This complex geometry is the driving force for this building’s connection to the sky and while walking down the courtyards center path, it leads and forces you to see this structure and how it blends in with the sky.

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The roof of this building is supported by wood framing. It connects to the sky via corrugated metal. This metal is wrapped around the second level of the building and continues to meet the sky. The interior of this building meets the sky via a hung ceiling. Standard plasterboard is hung from the wood framing that holds the metal roof up.

This roof slopes down slightly in order to guide water away from the building.

The roof cuts the building before it can reach the sky because the metal provides a slight overhang.

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I drew the inside of Farrington softball stadium showing the bleachers, dugout box, and part of the field. The bleachers are in fact much higher up from the field so they can look down to watch the game. The building is meeting the sky at the bleachers because the bleachers are much larger and taller than the posts at the bottom of the field. The solar panels are acting as the roof of the stadium and is the highest part of the stadium. This shows the true representation on how the Farrington softball stadium meets the sky

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The ASU Soccer Stadium reaches the sky unlike most buildings. Instead of the function being found inside the core of the building its found on its roof. Hundreds of people fill the stands to witness ASU play teams from all over the country. The press box is used by reporters and staff to record film and stats. The press box has a temporary shade structure that sits on top of a concrete slab braced by steel members. Steel tubing creates a boundary and guardrail that surrounds the press box that has one entrance and exit.

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To sustain the moist environment that you normally couldn’t have in Arizona but still allow natural light, this roof provides what is needed through it’s materials and construction. The base of the roof is a large precast slab of concrete; this concrete provides a shelter from the rain over the classrooms and entrances within this building. The slab has a square hole in the middle of it; attached to the inner edges of the hole are railings.

The railing continues all the way around the square hole. Attached to the railing are steel, coiled wires that provide the support needed for the cloth material. This cloth material allows water through when it rains and assists in holding the moisture in the building. There is a small hole in the middle of the cloth that allows enough natural sunlight into the atrium of the building. This alone provides the plants inside with the moist environment and sunlight that they need to survive. To add to the sustainability of this building, solar panels were added which provide all the electricity the building uses.

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Engineering Center A is flat-roofed with a parapet on the outermost exterior of the building. Enclosed in the parapet is a block of cement, layered with screed, followed by insulation. On top of the insulation is the parapet flashing topped with the final layer of reflective coating. These layers help seal water and air out of the building, separating the two environments. The walls of Engineering Center A are brick veneer, which the model depicts wall ties on the inner most layer, followed by insulation in the middle and brick on the outermost layer. There is also a scupper and down spout on the NW side of the building, as shown.

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The rooftop of Bateman Physical Sciences B-wing mainly houses air conditioning units, ventilation pipes, and electrical boxes. This is a flat roof with a parapet that directs water off of the roof instead of having the water run down freely off of the brick walls. The top piece of the wall is used to shield the inside components of the wall from water damage. I consider this building to connect with the atmosphere because it releases chemical gases from the labs out of the building. This may be harmful to the environment, however it keeps the people inside the building safe from dangerous fumes.

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All structures have a moment where they meet the sky. At this point the structure stops and allows the space above it to exist. There is a contrast at this moment between tangible, limited material and the vast endlessness of space. This meeting between space and structure can often be made of here in building 104A. This particular drawing shows the building itself, all of the components on the roof such as air condition vents, solar panels and other utilities. Additionally this drawing shows the cladding of the building, and it’s relationship to both the building and the sky.

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The roof of the Fulton Parking Garage contradicts itself. The roof meets the sky, but takes from the sun. It takes from the sun, but creates shade. What remains of the sun passes through and strikes the floor. The sun that was taken from the sky is transformed into power, supplying the whole garage and every building attached.

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The Brickyard meets the sky through its different parapets. It presents a series of parapets throughout the building due to its multiple roof design.

Some separated by walls, others by curtain walls. All the parapets were constructed at a slant to avoid corrosion in the walls in case of rain.

Furthermore, the Brickyard provides a draining system equipped with hoppers, downpipes, and a fullyadhered water control membrane at the top of the parapets. An interesting component on one the parapets sits on the very top the Brickyard. A circular parapet is raised higher than the other ones. It doesn’t only work as a parapet, but also works a fundamental structural support for the curtain wall beneath it.

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The building meets the sky through the rooftop solar panels. The top level of the parking garage is open to the air and the walls extend to railing height. Therefore, it is the columns and solar panels that connect above which continue extending upward.

This creates a connection between the sky and building as the solar panels function with the Sun’s rays.

Additional connection happens due to the openings between the rows of solar panels, which allow the fresh air to permeate down into the top floor of the structure. The solar panel structure works in parallel fashion to the foundation piles, through visually anchoring the building to the sky, in contrast to physically anchoring the building to the earth.

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The structure that is at the 45 Solar Parking Lot is connected to the sky by the columns that hold up the solar panels. The solar panels are connected to the sky by an all around border that has beams throughout it horizontally so that the solar panels can be supported. These solar panels are important because when the light from the sky hits them, they are able to collect the light to save for later to light up other areas. The solar panels are probably one of the more important aspects to be connected to the sky because a lot of things end up benefiting from it. This structure also benefits from connecting to the sky because then it has the ability to provide shade when the sun is really strong.

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08 How Does a Floor Meet a Wall?

In Grady Gammage auditorium, the floors and walls meet roughly the same way in each story of the building: a carpeted baseboard covers the connection. On the first floor, some of the walls are clad with a stone material which sits proud of the structure underneath it, while the walls along the small staircase and hallway are clad with stucco, which is flush to the structure underneath it. The baseboard is taller on the walls clad with stucco and shorter on the walls clad with stone because the stone protrudes out while the stucco does not.

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The wall meets the floor in several different ways throughout the building.

The most interesting is typically when two different wall materials are interacting with the floor near each other. The glass and plaster walls meet the floor in different ways. The glass wall is set into the floor in a manner similar to the tile, while the thicker plaster wall has thick baseboard that creates a distinct contrast between the floor and wall.

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On the second level of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change there is a corner where a brick veneer wall meets drywall. The drywall is noticeably worn where the two walls intersect. Both the drywall and brick wall both have rubber base boards.

This effectively protects the bottom of the drywall compared to the exposed corner. The drywall transitions to a rubber stopper and wooden door that lead into the adjacent room. Both rooms contain tiles which rest upon a concrete slab floor. The interior of the brick wall begins with a thin mesh sheet that prevents moisture from damaging the insulation behind it. Behind the insulation is a rebar reinforced concrete wall that acts as support for the ceiling.

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The connection that the ground makes to the wall in the Social Sciences building is one of function only. The most interesting connection in the building is where the floor to ceiling glass meets the concrete hallway.

The aluminum framing encloses a silicon gasket that cushions and holds the glass in place and the channel is held in place to the concrete floor with construction adhesive. The entire window frame extrudes into the hallway just an inch and a half out from the rest of the wall. On the right side of the glass is drywall with a vinyl baseboard on the bottom and to the left there is a door that is raised off of the ground leaving a fraction of an inch between itself and the concrete.

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Regarding how the floor meets the wall in Wrigley Hall (2006), I chose to show the entryway. My building begins with a concrete wall, leading to a curtain wall, then descending into a total concrete flooring. As the building is arguably ugly, the setup is quite nice, especially in the entryway. The whole building is open, giving off a feeling of being included within, apart of the sustainable energy.

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The Danforth Chapel deals with the walls meeting the ground by hiding them. There is a six-inch-tall rubber baseboard that runs along the base of the walls. The walls are made of brick and the stage is made of wood and drywall. It is interesting that there is no baseboard covering the joining of the stage and the wall, because the materials blend together well. This begs the question how necessary are the other baseboards throughout the rest of the church? The carpet is relatively tall and thick which would be able too hide any discrepancies.

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It is common for a wall to meet the floor with baseboard wrapped around.

There is usually wooden or vinyl board covering the lowest part of an interior wall. The purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface and the floor.

It was important for me to show an interior wall meeting the floor because of how it’s simply sitting on top of the slab acting as a barrier between two spaces yet it isn’t separating the foundation between the rooms.

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The way a wall meets the ground is typically more complex than it appears.

I, however, found a wall that seems to meet the ground in a simple and typical fashion. It is an interior wall located in the lower level of Hayden library. I believe it was a non-loadbearing wall because of the amount of structural columns located nearby it. My drawing shows the bottom plate bolted to the concrete slab, with drywall attached to the framing on each side. There is also a 3� high rubber base molding which seals the gap between the floor and wall.

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The University Club floor meets the wall like any conventional interior wall with a baseboard hiding the seam where the carpet meets the drywall. However, the wall has an unconventional aspect as that a desk is made part of the wall and covers a larger part of the caret compared to the baseboard. From underneath the floor meets the wall in a different fashion; using the wall as a support the floor is partially inserted into it making this exterior union more intimate than the one found inside the building.

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There is an interesting way that a floor will meet a wall. Most people don’t notice it, but all bottom portions of a wall that meet a floor, are covered up in some way. The intersection of these two features don’t flow or mix well. With cracks and gaps there, it has to be covered up. At the Durham Language and Literature Building, there is a unique part of an interior wall on the second floor. There is a brick façade on an interior wall that meets unevenly with a three foot wood panel, which is all covered up with a rubber baseboard. The way they all interact is incredibly strange, making it seem like these walls were rushed.

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The interaction between walls and the ground beneath them can reveal a lot about a building. At the ASU Psychology building, there are many interesting instances of this on the exterior. The ground around much of the building is sloped, causing the walls to accommodate that irregular shape. The interior of the building is lined with rubber baseboard. However, there is one location on each of the three floors that exhibits a different material. The interior of the bathrooms have a tile detail along the bottom of the wall that touches the tile on the ground below.

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The interior lobby floor at Cowden Resources uses the linoleum tile as the baseboard. Wrapping the floor up into the wall creates a visual continuity. Six inches above the baseboard, the main wall starts. It juts out from the current plane, creating a sense of depth.

Specially cut and formed, the linoleum tile curves up without interruption with a golf ball sized arc. The tiles at the wall are slightly lighter in color than the main floor tiles. This creates a border on the floor in addition to the walls.

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This is an interpreted floor structure drawing for the Center of Family Studies. This drawing is an elevation section. The building is completely concrete with a simplistic approach to design. There is rebar inside that connects the wall to the floor below.

This kind of relationship is unique because it demonstrates that the floor is rising into the wall rather than the floor being inserted into the wall. The floor works as the foundation slab and the bottom building floor with carpet and insulation. The focus is the bottom plate slab that connects the floor and wall directly, being bolted tightly.

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The connections between walls and floors are more than just 2x4s or 2x6s.

The connections develop more within the building of Murdock Lecture Hall.

Sitting on top of a deep concrete foundation; the floors are connecting to the wall at multiple different elevations.

A focus on the connection between a wall and floor is a perfect example of the interior wall that connects the upper level lecture floor. The brick wall meets with the rugged carpet topping on the concrete at that elevation over seeing the whole Hall.

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This section of a CMU Wall can be found in the entrance of the Student Health Services lobby which is decoratively concealed with a walnut façade. The baseplate is also clad in the same material and unlike standard base-plates commonly found in homes, this piece features an almost matching extrusion to the wall it’s attached to.

The flooring is a polished exposed foundation slab which creates a very distinguished transition to the wood by not having overlapping elements to conceal construction like most drywall and flooring connections incorporate.

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The Lyceum Theater, like all buildings, is unique in the way it solves its design problems. It is impressive how the masonry construction merges with the concrete foundation. The basement level girders act as a base for the masonry columns, as well as supports for the ground floor. However, this connection must be hidden from view.

To a typical guest, seeing the wall going down into the ground might scare them into thinking the floor is unstable, or worse, designed halfheartedly. To prevent this, a wooden baseboard 5 inches high is placed at the bottom where the floor meets the wall.

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The stairs make contact with the sandstone wall in a seemingly simple way. The sandstone as well as some sealants are used to hold the concrete into the wall. There are also likely metal supports such as rebar somewhere in this equation. The rebar is present mostly in the concrete portion.

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The floor of the Matthews Center is constructed so that the wall is supported by the floor. The walls have a brick veneer that is attached with ties to keep the brick up. After the brick veneer, a cavity and a waterproofing membrane allow condensation and excess water to drain out of the building. The wall itself is constructed with metal studs and filled with insulation. The floor is supported by beams that are connected to the wall by steel angles. This particular section of the floor is part of a kitchen and it likely has a raised floor to accommodate for the drain located in the floor as well as other piping.

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The connection of the wall and floor is in the MU’s basement. The area between wall and floor are surrounded by aluminum strip. The wall is using to separate the stair and reading area. And it is make by wood, so the connection area is not flat. The slivers are also the decoration of the room.

Because the color of the strip is the same as the floor’s brick. I draw the section to display the connection.

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The section of the wall and floor is located at the main entrance of the Physical Education building, by Orange st. The most common connection people look for is the one they can see from the floor to the wall, but they don’t look for how the wall meets the top floor. The way these two connections meet can be more interesting than the one we can see because it could have a better union of materials and also more complex. The main materials for this wall and floor are wood, concrete, steel and insulating material an interesting mixture.

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When passing by a building, its easy for someone to recognize the structure just as the building on the ground. In terms of the connection between the ground connecting to the building, this space especially caught my eye. The various levels that are walkable due to two lower level walls show a more significant connection. The ramp itself sits between the two walls in a way where from different angles, it would not be seen at all. The direction of the ground is emphasized to the one door at the bottom also indicating that there is a lower level basement.

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The floor at the bookstore is connected to the wall by a fake piece, by a man-made footing that mirrors the intersection, also connects to the wall by a man-made door frame. The footing is a faรงade to the wall, while the door frame is used space so it opens up to the floor instead of meeting it.

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This drawing shows how the floor meets the wall in the Business Administration Building. There are footings located below the interior wall.

Inside the wall, there is the insulation system. The square pieces inside the wall are connections for the different layers. The long piece at the bottom is for covering up the connecting part.

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The building in the Hayden Hall vicinity is built on a concrete foundation because the building is set on uneven ground. The majority of the concrete base rises about one foot above the ground, but surrounding the building it varies. This is a section view of what I assume is how the wall meets the ground, with the bricks set on the concrete (since externally that is how it is viewed) and the other walls possibly set into the ground to have a stronger base when placed vertically.

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The Piper Writer’s House is filled with many decorative elements and the way the wall meets the floor is no exception. The transition from the floor to the wall features a very beautiful baseboard which is very decorative.

The baseboard itself is very large and to an extent, quite larger than it needs to be but that is the beauty of it. The baseboard is a gray color with a slight brown hue which helps it stand out even more from the white wall. The baseboard the most important element of how the wall meets the floor as it carries on the very decorative design cues that can be found throughout the home. Without this baseboard, the walls would feel disconnected from the rest of the home.

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Almost all of the walls in the Discovery Hall building meet the ground using the same baseboard technique. There is a clear border between the ground and the wall; the materials are different and the colors contrast strikingly. There is one condition, however, where the ground comes up, much like an ebbing wave, and collides with the bottom of the wall. This condition is special because there is no border between ground and wall, there is just wall and ground. This condition creates an almost seamless flow from floor to wall.

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The isometric drawing shown is a depiction of where the interior meets the exterior on the east side of the Student Services building. The way in which the floor meets the wall is unique compared to the rest of the building because it extends past the wall turning into a balcony/terrace.

This particular wall portrayed is a ribbon window which extends around the building. Its frame is steel and becomes the form supporting at the bottom connecting to the carpet and then concrete ground. Shown is a column which extends ground to ceiling in the building as structural support.

In a way, the railing on the outside balcony/terrace becomes its own wall and meets the floor in a similar way as the columns.

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How the wall meets the floor is aesthetically important in many cases.

Some wall may have skirting boards, were wet-plastered to cover the junction of floor and wall and account for the difficulty in achieving a neat stop edge to the plaster at the bottom of the wall. In this case it meets with a small rubber skirt about a couple of inches in width. This brick wall is located near the entrance of the sun devil facility which is very eye catching when you first walk into the building.

The wall is undoubtedly the most interesting way of the wall meeting the floor.

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For this part of the project, I thought that it would be more appropriate to create an oblique section to communicate how the wall meets the ground both two dimensionally and three dimensionally. I chose the same wall on the first project of this semester since I wanted to study its anatomy further in a section. With a section cutting from the North through the South, I saw how the gypsum wall meets the concrete floor, which is a common type of construction here in ASU. However, what interested me about this wall is seeing the primary wall’s relationship with the exterior retaining wall.

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The ASU Art Museum contains several galleries in which their interiors all look identical. The wood laminate floor meets the interior drywall while sitting on top of the concrete slab that lies beneath. Since drywall and wood floorings don’t have a smooth joint, there is a 4� baseboard that covers the joint, while also being a decorative piece of construction. Although the baseboard only covers the interior wall, the entire wall is made up of the exterior wall plus the interior wall. The exterior is constructed by CMU blocks with rebar with a thin coating of plaster and paint. Whereas, the interior wall is made up of wood framed construction with batt insulation, gypsum board and paint.

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The way the floor and the wall meet in West Hall is conventional in its construction, with a typical brick veneer faรงade, and a stucco interior wall. The exterior and interior wall footings are then leveled appropriately underneath the ground, to connect the concrete slab covered in plastered tiles to these walls. What is interesting to note is the amount of detail that went into the materiality of the walls versus the materiality of the floors. The walls are neoclassical in style, and the floors are that of a typical southwestern home.

The floor and wall do not seem to be connected stylistically; however, structurally, are connected.

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08 - 49

Wilson hall connects with the floor just like many other buildings do. The wall show is made up of materials such as studs, plaster, and contains insulation inside the wall. The ground is concrete and has tile flooring above it. The attachment of the ground and floor are covered by a rubber baseboard.

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The third floor of ISTB II rests upon a concrete slab. This slab extends well past the walls on all but one of the building’s sides. On the concrete lies a thin carpet, the kind found in most public offices or classroom spaces.

This carpet directly meets the window frames, which rise from the floor to the ceiling. Where the windows stop, drywall begins. The meeting between the wall and the floor is made with rubber moldings, which also meet the metal window frames on either side of it.

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The way a floor meets a wall is hidden behind baseboards and the building’s finished surfaces. In the Schwada Classroom Building, an interior wall, separating an egress stair landing and the building’s third floor, appears disconnected through the concrete floor slab which extends below the tile of the third floor and through the landing of the egress stair as a balcony above the staircase. The thickness and bulk of the floor allows for the HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems to flow through the ceiling of the floor and allows for a structural support, through trusses, to be able to hold the concrete floor slab above.

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The floor of the stadium which is the seating area of the stadium is sloped at a certain angle to allow the audience to watch the game. The seating area is supported with massive columns that supports the sloping floor.

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The floor and walls of the Engineering Research Center’s interior are of the same concrete material, with medium sized exposed aggregate. The continuous use of concrete throughout the building creates unity within the spaces and a seamless connection between the floors and the walls.

The reinforced concrete slab sits on furring channels and work together as the floor which extends into the vertical reinforced concrete wall. The composite steel floor deck is secured by steel channels supported by trusses which create a foot-tall space for ductwork, piping, wiring, etc., referred to as the plenum space. The plenum space is supported by an I-beam that separates the concrete walls. This creates a drop ceiling then covered by gypsum panels which are attached to the steel channels above.

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On the 6th floor of Coor Hall, the rows upon rows of offices are walled off by opaque glass panels between a top and bottom grey painted steel sills. The ground is concrete with a glossy finish; the grey of both the window sills and ground compliment each other despite the similarities in color. The variations of grey is also reminiscent of Coor as a whole. The intersection of the glass panel and the ground is seamless as if the glass panel is simply resting on the ground without any evidence of glue.

This seamlessness is what makes it the most interesting relationship between a wall and the ground.

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Inside the press-box, one of the few enclosed rooms of the building, the solid brick wall meets the concrete floor along with a series of utility pipes.

One of the pipes goes completely through the floor and ends up on the topside, the others are positioned on the bottom and surface at different points or not at all. Another concrete piece exists on the side of the box in an attempt to hide the unenclosed pipes from the public.

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The interior of the stadium is fairly basic yet uniform throughout. A black rubber baseboard runs around the entirety of the corridor that runs beneath the stadium seating. This corridor is a high traffic area, housing many restaurants, shops, and facilities.

Knowing this, it becomes easier to understand why a cheaper, durable baseboard material like rubber was chosen to line nearly the entire interior.

The exposed concrete floor merges with a brick wall, and a paneled concrete column through the simple covering of rubber.

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In this structure, the concrete floor slab is polished to work as the flooring.

Since the wood framed building is finished with drywall throughout, the wall meets the floor with a standard two inch high, black, rubber floor trim.

However, there is one wall which differs from the rest. A storefront wall, which is made of glass panels with black aluminum trim, works as the front wall where the main entrance is located. The glass windows allow for the entrance of light and a connection between the interior and exterior. The wall meets the floor with an aluminum trim that runs throughout the wall. This trim is utilized to enclose and protect the interaction between the glass panels and the concrete floor. The storefront wall provides no structural support and simply rests on the concrete floor.

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The ground of a building can say so many things about it. It defines the way people walk into it as well as its function. In this case the floor is covered with white tile since there are many labs inside. It tells the visitor, indirectly, what he is about to walk into, which is a scientific building. On the floor corners, there is a black rubber piece that covers where the wall meets the tile. All that is situated on top of a concrete slab that is supported by a bearing wall couple feet deeper into the ground.

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The way how the wall meets the floor is in a very simple way. Most of the ways how the floor met the wall in this building were not “professional” looking. This wall was one of the only few that didn’t look really bad when it was connected to the floor. The interior brick wall looked a bit skinny as if it only had two layers of brink to make it.

It was all stuck together with cement.

The section drawing shows what it would look like within the ground. The floor was made of a smooth, waxed, stone and it met up with the brick wall in the two corners of each side of the wall.

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The second floor landing of the Urban Systems Engineering Building is composed of a concrete slab strengthened with rebar, steel decking, and I-beams. The floor sits into the wall, and a rubber baseboard covers the joint between the floor and drywall.

On the top of the floor system, is a thin layer of linoleum. The landing is connected to a flight of stairs that connects the first and second stories of the building. Because the concrete slab in the floor is attached to the concrete forms that make up the stairs, there is a steady flow from the lower to the higher level of the space. This continuation of material is visually available to users within the space and effectively connects the separate floors.

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The interior of the School of Music usually follows a strict design method where floors meet the walls; off-white tiles or grey textured carpet run up to cheap vinyl or plywood baseboard which is backed by white drywall. Near the stairway at the front entrance one spot in particular catches the eye and breaks the mold. The same cheap carpet laps up at the wall messily, but there’s no baseboard to be found; an aluminum framed window is paired up with a brick wall, both beautifully worn from years of abuse but still standing effortlessly, the materials acting as a baseboard of their own. Its one of the few locations actually mirroring the exterior condition of the building where it meets the ground on the outside, shockingly less worn having held up to forty years of weathering and ceaseless use by Arizona State’s musicians traversing its eight winding floors.

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The single glass panel spanning from floor to ceiling surrounded by an aluminum frame sits on top of the concrete ground which is also the separator between the exterior of the GW Science and Engineering Center and the interior of the building.

The interior portion of the storefront connects to what seems to be brick like tile on top of concrete while the exterior portion is connecting to just solid concrete. This connection is unique because of its location, being the main entrance of the building as well as that it sits on top of the floor while many other walls connect to the floor by going into the floor instead of sitting on top.

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The way in which Neeb Hall’s walls connect to the floor can be described in a very simple way. Cheap. Not only did they use a roll of plastic to cover up and protect the corner connection, but the way in which it was crafted has caused some of it to begin peeling and in some occasion be missing entirely.

The building’s floor is continuous and the walls are simply placed on top, which is why an axonometric best describes the way in which all of these elements come together.

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The wall on the inside of the building connects to the ground with rubber board as it would not connect with the drywall alone. It needs the rubber to hold the two different materials together. If the wall and the floor would not connect the building would not be able to hold itself together. In this drawing you can see the outside of the building wall and the inside as well.

The middle of it represents what is inside the wall and what one cannot see when looking straight at the wall, however, this representation shows how the wall and the floor truly connect to one another.

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In the Art Warehouse the wall is met with the floor with a rubber base board.

There is a concrete flooring and the wall is drywall. Based on the only what is seen, the wall is leading to the ground with the floor meeting the wall at ground level.

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The corner refers to the angle formed between the bottom end of the wall and one side of the ground in the building.

There are different types of curves in different places, and the structure is different, such as the corners of the bathroom and the bedroom. There are pipes in some corners of the edge of the toilet to facilitate drainage. The shape of the corner in the image on the right is not a cube, but a curved angle to place the wire. When putting some angular objects such as a table, the curved corners can protect the wall from being damaged.

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Walls at the Sun Angel Stadium meet the floor similar to a curtain wall where a wall is hung off of the floor. Here the floor is separated from the wall by a one inch gap. This gap is created by a welded plate attached to a structural concrete beam found under each of the staircases. This is significant because it allows water to drain from the floor of the stadium.

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This floor meets the interior wall in a way that’s not dissimilar from most other buildings: they join together at a perpendicular angle. However, unlike most buildings, the walls in ISTB1 are likely made up of a steel frame system to help support the structure without adding too much additional weight. Although the building is busy with activity, the halls are quiet which suggests the walls are likely insulated.

There are also vinyl tiles covering the reinforced concrete floor to dampen the echoing sounds of footsteps.

Lastly, a vinyl baseboard gracefully conceals and further joins the floors to the walls.

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The exterior of the Combined Heat and Power facility exists to cover the power equipment housed within and establish an aesthetic cohesion with the surrounding campus. More care was put toward the details and finishing of the exterior of the building than the interior. The interaction between the interior wall and floor is covered by cheap black vinyl strip as the small ‘finished’ portion of the interior is office/ meeting space for construction and maintenance which does not require meticulous, high-end finishing. The exterior exposed CMU wall which is visible to the public was carefully laid and has a clean finish.

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This interior wall is located in the Computing Commons building. I chose this pony wall because it acts like a guard railing to the large sunk in floor in the center of the room.

On each side of the wall there are different materials that seal the floor.

On the upper part of the floor there is tile flooring and baseboard. On the lower part of the floor there is carpet and vinyl baseboard that protects the drywall. The main part of the pony wall sits on the first floor slab. Then there are thinner studs that lay against the foundation and stud framing in order for the wall to reach the bottom of the sunk in floor slab.

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The exterior walls of the Sonora Annex include a combination of stud walls and concrete block covered with white stucco. Towards the bottom, the stucco meets a three-foot patch of brick veneer which runs throughout the perimeter of the building. The inside to the building also uses white stud walls but the brick is replaced with black plastic base boards running along the bottom of each wall. Along a narrow hallway leading toward the staff offices a peculiar wall with a column can be seen. Unlike the columns in the Barcelona pavilion by Mies, these columns have a big enough circumference that the column can be seen on the other side of the wall.

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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08 - 138

This particular view of the Sonora Center takes place just outside of the second story dorm rooms. The floor of this complex consists of a concrete balcony that sits on a solid slab of concrete with reinforced steel running throughout. The wall it connects to is the main entrance wall to the living spaces. It is a brick facade with cinder block being its main component. The steel running through the wall connects flush into the floor and is supported throughout. The connection of these two pieces are important because they entertain two peaceful purposes for the students in the complex. For instance, when you are standing on the outside of the wall you are welcomed by the fresh air and views of the green landscape with students walking by that you can see from your balcony.

However, when you follow the floor into the rooms you are more secluded and confined to your own personal space, away from others, for your own personal comfort.

08 - 139

08 - 139

This building connects the ground to the wall as a concrete masonry unit wall sits on top of a concrete slab.

The inside of the wall is drywall with a layer of plaster. At this specific moment, the floor transitions from tile to carpet at a rubber strip that connects to the baseboard. The floor and the wall meet on the interior at this rubber baseboard. Although this seems like one connection, there are two important moments that make up the connection from wall to floor. The first is that the wall is sitting on the slab foundation, and the second is where the materials of the wall meet at the baseboard.

08 - 140

08 - 140

I drew how the field (floor) of Farrington Softball Stadium meet the outer wall at the end of the field. I chose this wall because it represents the end boundary of the stadium. The field continues on until it hits this wall and the wall defines the true end of the field. I also liked how this wall is curved because it represents the shape of all softball fields with this curve. Therefore in my drawing, you can accurately predict that this wall is defining the end of a softball field.

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08 - 153

Most of the walls at the ASU Soccer Stadium primarily focus on structure to hold up the stadium seating above.

They are made of CMU’s and steel members. Some walls however have been built out to create more refined finish. The CMU wall was built out with steel studs and gypsum board completed with wood base boards. The walls meet the concrete slab covered with tile. Scribing in base moldings and tile hides imperfections in structural components. Tile is placed on the concrete slab creating a sturdy water resistant floor.

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The exterior walls of this building are supported mainly with the columns.

The interior walls, however, seem to rely on the structure brought by each floor of concrete. The bottom floor of this building is poured-in-place, concrete, waffle slab construction. The waffle slab flooring allows all the pipes and wiring to run below the surface of the floor, unseen, and the walls to be placed on top. The walls are first just rods of steel placed into the setting concrete of the floor. They are organized in a fashion that is needed to make the building successful. Then, after the concrete was cured, the walls were built in their specific place and the building came to life. Other floors were added using this same slab and rod construction.

08 - 006A

08 - 006A

Engineering Center A is enclosed by a brick veneer wall. Focusing on the first floor, the initial contents are the same throughout all three floors.

The wall meets the floor by sitting on a slab, rather than going through a slab because of the existing concrete contents. Although, the floor wouldn’t meet the wall without the stabilization of footings. Targeting the exterior of the building, the footings are a focal point and can be better examined from the exterior rather than interior walls.

Additionally, an axonometric view will also benefit the reader to be able to analyze all parts of the model.

08 - 053A

08 - 053A

This floor is located at the ground level west entrance of Bateman Physical Sciences B-Wing. This is a concrete floor that is set inside of the wall for structure. The wall is supported by a concrete footing below the ground. The baseboard is made of rubber and seals off the space between the floor and the wall.

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Instead of meeting the ground, the pillars and wall pass it. Where is the structure? The structure is at the ends of these pillars. The floor is its own entity. So by passing the floor, the wall and pillar interact in a subtle nod to each other. This nod is how they meet.

08 - RP01

08 - RP01

The building’s main focus is on the brick material that attracts uncertainty by how it is connected to the floor.

The Brickyard on Mill does not present any type of baseboard on its walls.

However, its walls are buried into the ground to provide more individual structural support. Although, the brick is just an allusion, the building is composed of a steel-based structure working with sheathing, coating and studs all throughout the building. The facade is just one layer of brick.

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In this building, the wall and floor materials are each made up of precast concrete. This system of construction allows for elements to be stacked and fitted together. Thus, the meeting of the wall and floor relies more on the puzzle-like connections than bolts and nails. This reveals the design process of the building, that the connections were planned out from the beginning, fabricated prior to construction, and thus simplify and expedite the on-site assembly. This mentality matches the use of the building, as individuals drive quickly through the space before parking, spending the minimal amount of time there before moving on to somewhere else.

08 - RP03

08 - RP03

The floor to wall aspect that shows up at the 45 Solar Parking Lot is one where the columns meet the group.

The concrete columns that hold up the solar panels meet the asphalt ground with no interruption. The columns just sit right on top of group as if they were placed there at the end of the project.

With how the wall meets the ground brings a simplicity to the site the makes it not so busy and over the top that no one would want to be in the area at all.

The particular area that was chosen to be drawn has no sort of significance only because the structure meets the ground in exactly the same way all throughout the space.

08 - X80

08 - X80

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