Week 3 journal: site visit Location 1: Oval pavilion-redevelopment
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Figure 1 shows the material of wall structure of the building is mainly timber and during the construction, unfinished structure needs to be supported before it turns stable. The top part of foundation which wasn’t able to be photograph and the pipes underground are also recognized. Figure 1 This figure shows the steel reinforcement for concrete blocks or walls. The yellow ‘hat’ on the reinforcement can protect people from fall down on the reinforcement.
Figure 2 Figure 3 shows the isolated layer for the basement As it can protect the basement from permeation of water and Other reactant in the ground. Figure 3
Week 3 journal: site visit this figure shows the decking which seems to be the reinforcement of the celling that helped fixing the slabs on it. Figure 4 Location 2: ORMOND THEOLOGY CENTRE RECEPTION
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Figure 5: The main materials of this building is concreat, glasses and steel. The structure system includes concrete and steel columns, long steel beams and concrect slabs. It’s rain water collecting component is on the top of the building (circled in figure )
Figure 7 Figure 6 These two photos show the concrete column with steel reinforcement inside and the water pipe next to the wall. Also as the glass wall dose not carry loads, there must be long beams for more then 6 metters across the celling to carry the loads.
Week 3 journal: site visit Location 3: QUEENS COLLEGE EXTENTION
9 Figure 8 This building is mainly structured by concrete, steel and timber. Frame structural can be recognized at the constructing area. The concrete wall in the constructing area seems to be supported by timber structure back inside.
Figure 9 Location 4: MSLE BUILDING (LINK BETWEEN BUILDINGS)
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Week 3 journal: site visit This building is a connection of two buildings. On the wall of the front door there is similar structure of the roof, but the distance between bars are much longer so they might have different uses or just part of the architecture design. The rain water head with the water pipe is connecting to the next building. Figure 11
Frame, or more likely hole on the wall can be found inside the building and the bearing part is reinforced by a thicker brick wall. Figure 11&12 The back of the building also has long strong beam but wasn’t photographed. Location 5: EASTERN PRECINT STUDENT CENTRE (LINK BETWEEN BUILDINGS)
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Week 3 journal: site visit This photo shows special the beam structure that is designed by engineers and precast especially for this linking part. There is no bearing column, the beams carried all the loads and transmit them to the bearing wall of two buildings.
Figure 14 This is the steel control joints between two concrete floor slabs that stops concrete from unexpected cracking. (Chin, 2008) Figure 16 shows how the concrete will be without the control joint under long time weathering. Figure 16
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One extra structure that analyzed during site visit is the edge of the roof: Wind will push the rain water along the slope at the edge upwards to the roof into and rain water collecting component instead of dropping downwards into the building.
Reference list: Francis D.K. Chin (2008), Building constructing illustrated, Fourth Edition Google map (2013), Google map, America, viewed 21/08/2013 https://maps.google.com/