Building Construction

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

Project 1

In a group of seven (7), students are to choose an architect from the given list. From the chosen architect, select five (5) buildings of the architect for case studies. The selection of buildings can be from any particular time or age. The compilation of buildings needs to be bound in a well written and composed A4 report. Students are to provide the following task:

A brief background of the architect.
Historical background of the chosen buildings.
Narrative of the materials’ experiential exploration (suitability of materials used in relation to the building

design) on significant areas or spaces of the chosen buildings together with the types, characteristics, and

physical properties of the materials. (Each building needs to have two (2) spaces or areas.)
Images of chosen buildings (floor layout, elevations, three-dimensional perspective etc.).
The overall conclusion of the application of materials by comparing the chosen buildings.

Architect - Renzo Piano

Building chosen :-

1. New York Times Building

2.Cenrtre Georges Pompidou

3.Jean Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre

4.Kansai Internatonal Airport

5.The Shard Tower London

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION

INTRODUCTION

THE SHARD 1

THE SHARD 2

THE SHARD 3

THE SHARD 4

THE SHARD 5

NEW YORK BUILDING 1

NEW YORK BUILDING 2

This assignment was an online research on the architect that was assigned to us by our lecturer. Through this assignment, we able to understand more on the choice of materials and technologies used in or out of the buildings. We able to know how the materials are used to cope with the characters of the buildings and how the building blended into the environment of the site.

Project 2

In a group of two, we are required to draw :-

TWO A2 tracing papers in a clear cover containing the following of each building elements:
1. Floor plan (traced)
2. Section (traced)
3. Jointing details of each building element
4. Axonometric of jointing detail of ONE building element.
Detailing / drawing specification

ITTKA HOUSE's INTERIOR

ITTKA HOUSE's EXTERIOR

ITTKA HOUSE DRAWINGS

Section A-A; Ground Floor Plan & First Floor Plan; Roofing Detail Drawings; Window Detail Drawings

ITTKA HOUSE DRAWINGS 2

Timber Partition Wall Detail Drawing; Timber Floor Detail Drawing; Sliding Door Detail Drawing; Stairs Detail Drawing; Axonometric Stairs Drawing

Through this assignment, I get more knowledge and understanding of building construction in drawings. I get to know more on the detailing of the building elements (how it work; what's the inter-relationship between the design and technical knowledge).