Weeks 5-6 In Week 5, we were given yet another set of questions to work on in our groups, it involved an intense use of the working drawings and got us to learn to identify various structural component of the building and ultimately teach us how to read structural drawings. We organised the materials we were to use in Week 6’s model making activity and assigned who would do what. We did not need to submit a journal entry in Week 5, rather we were to submit one for Weeks 5-6. On the following pages are the in-class analysis questions and our presentation on the Theology Building. In week 6, we presented out oral on the Theology Building which can be viewed on the next page, and we were given the task to make a scale structural model of using materials we organised in Week 5. We attempted to recreate the front facade of the Theology building using toothpicks and chopsticks. Again we did not understand the task properly and did not end up finishing all the structural components. But from what we did finish, we were able to deduce a load-path.
This concrete beam was modelled as it provides structural support against buckling to the vertical columns.
The Vertical beams were also modelled as they bear a significant part of the vertical load, along with the wall, from the roof.
Above are images of our scale model compared to images of the actual building. We managed to capture the main structural components of the facade.
The load of the roof is separated into two horizontal components which are transmitted down to the columns on the left, and the load bearing wall on the right. These structural components then transmit the load to the foundations where it is resolved by the foundation supports’ reaction forces The red arrows depict opposing forces.
The horizontal red arrow shows the resistance the suspended concrete beam provides to the reinforced concrete columns against buckling
Glossary Weeks 4-6 Week 6
Week 5
Week 4