Daniel J Chambers. 700130336.

Major Project Development

Glazing detail. I don't want the widow frames standing out this detail will give me a 1cm exposed brass edge at the head of the glazing externally and a 1cm exposed edge at the foot of the window internally. I also like this detail because it allows me to have a flat sill with a hard edge, and a continuous wall line internally with maximum shadow line externally that emphisise the depth of the concrete walls. I have decided to base the form work, major grids, ceilings and floors on a primary and secondary Tatami Matts. Primary: 2400 x 1200. Secondary: 1200 x 600. So glazing panels will be 600 x 1200 with a silcone join between.

Daniel J Chambers, 700130336.
Major Project development sketch.
NorthElevation showing entry door, low glazing to showroom and offices,
and form holes. I have expressed the joint as shown to get the form holes on the centre line of entry door.

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Major Project development sketch.
EastElevation showing heights, entry line and form holes. I need to raise the awning slightly so that it fall centre between two of the form holes.

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Major Project development sketch:
I have chosen to develop the 5m x 5m around the entry of the showroom and office. All primary structural elements (Floors, walls, roof) will be made from reinforced concrete, cast in-situ. There will be structural columns and beams internally at 5m (approx depending on size and economy of form work). The low roof over the entry will darken the space, contrasting the light colour of the concrete outside (the cave), the glass over will lighten the space beyond. The formwork will be made from marine ply and will be reused for the dropped ceiling over the showroom. There will be a 600H window along the full length of the north and west wall, from floor level up on both floors. Walls over these windows will be hung from floor/roof over.

Tadao Ando’s Church of the Light is located in Ibaraki, a residential neighbourhood 25 kilometers north-northeast of Osaka. The building can be described simply as a bare concrete box with a wall cutting through it at a 15 degree angle. The heavy cast-in-place walls help separate the religious experience inside the small 113 square meter chapel from the outside world. The delineation between sacred and profane is important on this site, which does not permit much distance between two streets and the church itself.

Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka prefecture, Japan, 1989

The Westin Awaji Island hotel on Awaji Island, Japan. Tadao Ando.

For the Major Project I have chosen Tadao Ando to base my Warehouse and Office Complex Scenario design on. Formally a boxer, Tado is a self taught architect who's work is rich in architectural merit and simplistic in form and style. The predomominant material in his buildings is cast in-situ concrete, with a focus on form production and its impact on the finished serface.

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Cadraw

Here is a link to a great site I found, Cadraw. There are lots of documented drawings and photos of the buildings.

Portal Frame Details

Portal Frame Details
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I really like the timber portal frame Nicole found, you can see it @ Nicole Anderson (Construction & Structures 2).

I think it is important to think about the fact that steel has a very high embodied energy, we are told it is fully recyclabe but I doubt that much of it is, and if it is I'm sure it would be melted down first in most cases. I think timber is a much better option in most situations.

Portal Frame Elements.
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This fascia beam must be close to 1m deep.

I think these members are stopping the floor beams from turning out.

Here is typical detail of the suspended slab, note structure is only supporting the slab and not any roof loads.

Introduction to Albury City Library Museum

This is a view of the more promonant facade of this building, note the clever use of space frames inplace of columns. This element is borrowed from a well known train bridge from the area that crosses the Murray River linking Albury and Wodonga (good symbolism). The typical suspended floor detail seen later is taken from the right hand side of this image.

Background

Hello, and welcome to my BLOG.

The Albury City Library Museum Project is the first in a multi-staged development. It will be one of Australias first fully intigrated regional Library Museum Complexes.

The new Library Museum is a partnership between Albury City, NSW Ministry of the Arts and NSW State Library.

Client: Albury City
Architect: Ashton Raggatt McDougall
Contractor: Zauner Construction pty ltd