8 June 2008

Major Assignment - Physical Model Complete!

Here are photos of the completed model:

I cut away at the first floor wall on one side to continue with the cut made by the bearer to show the reo connection.
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I built scaffolding to hold up the first floor to show illustrate the construction process for in-situ suspended floor slabs. Another way would have been to use a 'bondek' material to support the floor but I feel that Ando would have used removable form work rather than a permanent solution.
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The grey material is supposed to represent asphalt. The box gutter should have a 1:200 slope. The roof should also have a slight slope of 2-3 degrees so that the water doesn't puddle but flows to the gutter.
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I had a bit of fun making bar stools for the reo to sit on. These can be made of plastic as well as steel. I was thinking about it after, and I'm not sure if there would be two layers of reo in a 200mm slab like this. I think it would be up to the structural engineer to choose either one layer of heavier reo or two layers of lighter reo. It probably also comes down to cost also.

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How the bearer connects to the column. Ligatures would be more closer together at connections like these.

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