Wednesday, May 30, 2007

These were the images that became my construcion assignment.
I focused upon the structure behind the suspended cieling. The cielings are held by CSR Gyprock hangers, with brackets designed so that the weight of the cieling tightens the brackets grip of the wire. The timber panels are held by a second set of hangers, which are separated from the set which holds the lower cieling by a batton upon the purlin. The design of this panel was a direct immitation of that which CRM used for the library of the Glasgow School Of Art, and is modified to become the ballustrade of the decking.
The roofing is a form of kliplok by bluescope steel. It had a relatively deep profile, required for the 15 degree pitch of the roof.

Above is a metal saddle exposed column connection between the box beam and the purlin.

I connected the Column to the ground with a modification of the U-Bracket upon a metal upstand which is found in the NAFI Timber Joint Design Manual. I placed the steel support within the Box beam instead of around. I also hid the rise, which is built to prevent ground water reaching the column, by building a box around the steel. The box would appear from the outside to be simply a continuation of the column, but in fact is separated by a 20 mm gap to, and is not a structural component of the column.

I was unable to create a photo of this detail, as well as many others I spent a long time building. I did not know how to render in microstation, and so I was dissapointed with the result, as the images I created did not show the full extent of the detail. For this reason I submitted the model itself on a CD, in the hope that this can be marked instead of the images.

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