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Assignment
PREAMBLE As future architects it is critical that you not only understand how to construct your designs but consider how the structure and construction can contribute to what you are trying to achieve. An understanding of timber and masonry construction is a central aim of this course as is being aware of the limitations of structure.
To successfully carry out this project you will need to observe actual buildings being built or already built, make use of the various texts referred to in handouts and lectures; ask questions of yourselves, fellow students and tutors as you work. It will be important that you consider the different possibilities that standard solutions offer and amend the solutions while not compromising the pragmatic reasoning behind the standard solutions.
The project brief requires the design of a timber or timber and masonry structure. The main primary and secondary structure of you scheme is to be developed to a level that explains how it could be built.
BRIEF In ARCH 1101 – Architectural Design Studio 1 you have designed a Fishing Club and Life
Saving Tower at Gordons Bay. (If not discuss with your tutor to make alternate arrangements). During this course you are going to develop and change the design through a series of exercises exploring the construction of the floors, wall and roof in timber or timber and masonry.
The idea is that as the design changes you make the design not only feasible to build but more interesting. You are to use your new understanding of structures and construction to explore the aesthetic and pragmatic potentials of timber and masonry construction.
APROXIMATE SIZES Surf Life Saving Tower 20m2, Fishing Club 30m2 and Bathing Facilities 25m2. The Life Saving Tower is for up to three people who are to have uninterrupted views across the bay. The Fishing Club requires some storage, two work benches and a place for members to catch up.
The Bathing Facilities are to be provided as required and may be largely outside. SITE The site for your building is Gordons Bay.
PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS For the assignment there are four components: The Logbook, Construction, Stability and Span Tables.
Logbook
1. Your logbook is a record of what you have been doing both in the tutorials and as self-study. Keep a
record of all the work you have done in the tutorials, any reflections you have on the lectures/ tutorials
(not lecture notes though) and any self study. Try and explain why, what and how things are done. This is an opportunity for you to show us how engaged you are.
Construction
2. You are to produce a 3D computer model of all the main structural elements used in your design. This can be done in sketch up or any other computer program you like. All structural elements must be shown including the following if used: footings, masonry including cavity, bearers, joists, studs, noggins, top plate, bottom plate, posts, rafters, beams, battens and stair structure.
Stability
3. Consider the lateral stability of your Gordon’s Bay building. Look at wind actions from two directions in plan and think about the way your structure resists actions that tend to turn rectangular panels into parallelograms. Employ one or several of the three stable rectangle methods (diagonal bracing, ridged frame. action or shear wall) over all levels from roof to foundation to achieve stability against wind from either direction.
Consider the connections of your building’s components and idealise the joints. Show this in a system diagram including the forces. Using two-dimensional and/or three-dimensional sketches, demonstrate in separate drawings viable load paths from each point of application of each of the two lateral loads at the top of the building to a footing at the ground. In separate system diagrams Also show the action effect diagram of key structural elements under the two loads.
An example how this looks for part of a small building is provided below as a guide. It shows a picture of the building, a simple 3D sketch with bracing, two system diagrams in elevations showing the load path and a plan indicating the direction of the forces. You also need to provide a separate sketch with the action effect diagram of your own design.