Major Assignment Plan and Poster

Above is the final poster I produced and below is a detailed floorplan scheme for my site.

Week 4 & 5 Tutorial Exercises

Major Assignment

Research for my chosen architect. Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre (pictured above) was the main focus for the design and for the structure.

The steel tubed truss structure and towers support a wide span roof over 35 metres wide and thus this system could be adapted to and open plan space like the warehouse.

Site Visit - Deakin University

Concrete flooring extension.

Close up of a steel connection in the new space.

Concrete fire stairs.

New Atrium space required to provide lighting to the adjoining spaces.

Camberwell Residence

Residential house using pre-cast concrete panels

Detail of the concrete panel to steel joinery and support

Extensive use of concrete panels.

Concrete panels in combination with a timber

roofing system

Coles - Shannon Avenue

Coles redevelopment on Shannon Ave.

Props in place supporting the panels.

Steel connection to the panel

Detail of the panels and the connection where the
steel startebars will be cast into the panel and slab when
it is poured.

Recent Tutorial Exercises

beavs bar geelong

My chosen site was Beavs Bar situated on Lt. Malop St. in Geelong.

The focus of this building shows examples of timber construction. Although the actual timber truss method of support is relatively

simplistic and common, the exposed rafters are both functional and attractive.

Images above and below picture variations of the use of timber in traditional or common truss technology with the various triangulations. The chord size and web configuration would be determined here by the span, the load of the roof as well as the spacing.

As for the light steel rods connected to various members, I am unsure

whether or not they are actually structural components

or have been added for other reasons.