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Week 2 notes - Masonry

Where the building is placed, materials to suit location?

Material construction techniques.

What kind of decisions you make in relation to you building and location?

What are the inputs and outputs of the building. Two way system

Filing portal

After planning permission is given then you have to do building regulations. What type of materials will be used?

Materiality is linked to other things. Such as the materials used in the area, e.g Portland stone

Characteristics of masonry materials, is a reflection of society.

Materials come from the earth

How we deal with the mass productions of materials.

Recycled masonry elements. – Ningbo Historic Museum by Amateur Archiects

Architects go to the factories where the materials are made. To see the production of the bricks for example and how you can change certain qualities and to gain a greater understanding.

Foundations are slightly wider than the building.

External walls and internal walls have to be considered because internal walls are not loadbearing.

Increase strength of foundation by reinforcing the material used.

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Technology week 1 Introduction notes

Make decisions now!

How does the opening work?

What kind of stair?

What kind of façade?

What is the upper floor made of, different to ground floor?

Window heights?

-       stair width is bigger in public building

-       Stair handle .9m high

What are all the parts in your physical model and the personalise it to your concept

Steel work, block work? Explain and annotate everything.

-       Has to be complex and detailed

-       Draw the full range of types

-       More complex = find out more and learn.

Architects understand everything but don’t have to specialise at everything.

Show how its built. The structure, what comes first.

The horizontal elements then vertical.

Take pictures of the different stages to show how its built together.

 Set up 2a1 drawing and add notes and keep building on it

1:50 is min construction scale

1:100/1:200 (if big) is planning

1:50/1:20 model

Always have the north direction sign

Engage early and do better

They don’t want to see perfection, they want to see understanding

Material decisions, this understanding will help you get a job.

 Most small building is Masonry. Timber

Cross laminated timber

Concrete is cool, you have to make complex moulds and the formwork.

You can put insulation in concrete

If you’re doing Masonry you have to show each block

 - Timber is futuristic and sustainable, and warm

- Steel is recyclable

This is a constant relationship of making notes at meeting and consult back to the team

Communication is key

How to be apart of the working world!

Being organised

-       Must be done in the computer

-       How bolting works

-       More complexity = more time

-       Part of design scheme

-       Use Indesign

-       Do models quite small to begin with and add into it

-       Foundation to roof

-       Must consider who is occupy the building

-       Is it public of residence?

Think about how the construction would work.

-       Needs to be in a complex urban environment.

-       Put it next to other buildings

-       Take really nice pictures

-       Time base photograph to show construction process

-       500 word – annotations

Bring these personal qualities into the model.

Working with different layers that link to different parts of the building

What type of cladding?

Reveal the decision making through the model.

Develop more complex moulds for concrete and show what the steps of the building being built not so much the process of making the model!!

Relate it back to how the actual building is being built.

 example -using ceramics and explain

 -       3d model and then exploded axo

-       if you do a bit more you’ll get more marks

 BIN modelling

Defining what you like and what you’re interested in.

You’re designing a relationship how something interacts with something else.

 Relationship in space = architecture

Construction

Loads of processes

Currently your client is your design tutor

Planning permission – planning drawing

Council meeting about it

Building regulations

Building contractor

You need a building and scheme

Foundation to roof

You don’t take responsibility

You responsibility is to guide the client

And explain what their getting for their money

Should be explained through drawing

Loading diagrams

Where does building materials come from?

Elements

How does the building work?

How light is controlled in a space

ETFE skin?

Express a relationship between different materials and how they hold together!

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ARCT1070 Brief

ARCT 1070: Architectural Technology 2 2016/2017

Construction drawing and Construction model with Diary

You are asked to produce a cut-away construction drawing and detailed laser-cut model of a building project at 1:50 or 1:20 or 1:10 on an A1 size area. The cut-away construction drawing should demonstrate how your detailed laser- cut construction model would work with other details in a building project. The structural detail must incorporate an interesting and inspiring junction in your building from laser-cut thin white card or paper. You will annotate your drawings with 500-700 words to communicate how the construction of your building from foundation to roof relates to the concepts in your design project and to related research on other buildings.

The following will be the assessed criteria:

1: annotated cut-away axonometric drawing showing construction from foundation to roof, submitted on moodle as PDF.

2: annotated and photographed physical laser-cut model showing a detail in construction from foundation to roof, submitted on moodle as PDF.

3. Online diary of case studies, lecture notes and your ideas in technology, submitted on moodle as PDF.

Consider the following construction methods:

01 Frame 

02 Sheet 

03 Block 

04 Hybrid

In cooperation with two of the following materials:

Masonry

 Steel 

Timber 

Concrete

Consider carefully how you will connect each part of a building proposal from foundation to roof. This will include part of the buildings foundation, wall envelope, floor structure, staircase, window detail, roof detail and infrastructure or key point of contact with its occupants. You will demonstrate how the parts of your building are connected in detail. You will research and present your ideas through your tumblr blogs every Thursday. You will add notation to your drawing that thoroughly explains how the parts of the building come together. Think of the double-skinned construction and having additional pieces of paper for support and structural integrity. You will go through a series of draft models until you reach your final model. Find inventive ways to connect the paper parts of your building detail. Make sure the model is clean and tidy and you cut each part with precision and accuracy. Photograph the structure while developing your ideas and post on your tumblr.

Submission Requirements:

Format:

1. Two A1 construction drawing at scale 1:50 or 1:20 or 1:10 of your proposal with details.

2. Do the annotated layout in Adobe Indesign

3. Photograph your paper model and annotate with drawing details in Adobe indesign.

4. Upload two A1 drawing and additional material as a PDF onto ARCT1070 on moodle.

5. Write 500-700 words about how the construction details relates to a site context and environmental, technological and social issues.

6. Present the research and ideas through your tumblr blogs and submit in moodle as PDF.

Appearance: 

Your construction drawing and laser cut model should relate to how you present your design drawings. The notation should be clear and explicit. Put your name, title or module, course code and name of tutor on the two drawings and PDF Diary.

Assessment Criteria:

The following assessment criteria are used to award marks: Does the drawing and model describe the construction of your design in detail? Has the drawing been made with precision and is ambitious? Is the technical solution appropriate to the design proposed? Is the submission complete and well presented?

Final Hand-in on Moodle on 6th April at 1600