This my final presentation for the major project, it shows the vertical columns structure to the exterior to create the vertical lines often seen in Mies Van der Rohe's designs. well employ a an adapted portal framing for the warehouse and a post and beam structure for the showroom and office building. my detail focused of a point where the two wall types met. We disguised the portal frame , to make it appear as a stronger horizontal element of the design, often expressed in Mies works. We also thought Rohe's use of glass would be impractical for a warehouse and instead used metal another material of choice for Rohe.

Tunnel Concretes Under Fire:
Part 1- Explosive Spalling

Tunnels in general use a large amount of concrete.This article concerns its self with the higher humidity in tunnels, around the 75% mark compared to regular buildings which experience an average of 50%. This increase the risk of explosive spalling in tunnels during fires. Concrete spalling in fire can be classified as different forms, aggregate, surface, explosive, corner, sloughing-off and post cooling spalling. This article presents the concepts behind a test program on large-scale specimens aimed at separating out for the first the underlying mechanics of explosive spalling.


The above information is taken from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 40,Num 10, November 2006 "page 62-63

Edgewater

This is a series of photo taken in conjunction with Richard Israel, this photo's depict prefabricated panel walls and their arrangement, also present on sight was a concrete pouring crane that was used to lay suspended slabs on the higher floors. i also saw temporary supporting structure for the suspended slabs. it also shows the use of concrete to support the prefabricated concrete panels.

New-Concrete Society Technical Report 67:

This Article discuses the types of movement, restrain and cracking in concrete structures.It acknowledges the loading bearing nature of concrete, but focuses more on other factors such as temperature, early-aged construction, humidity effects, creep and long term shrinkage. They say it important to understand the difference between the type movement and the source of movement, as it usually caused by multiple sources. It also discuses the importance the restraint to minimize movement. This can be done in several ways reinforcement, temperature differentials at interfaces.

This is an extract from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 42, Num 4, May 2008" page 26

If this was England, it would still be bad










Comic taken from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 42, Num 4"

Sustainability Scores for Concrete

This article is based on the research at the time, about the long term sustainability of concrete in the long term. They even go as far as to suggest that in 40 years people who have brought a lightweight timber home may be regretting their decision, as their homes may regularly over heat. The findings of the research states. That over the life of a home, the whole life operational CO² emissions of a house have far more environmental impact than the embodied CO² of the materials used to build. In The UK 50% of the carbon emissions are due to the energy used to heat, cool and light buildings, thus amplifying the importance of evaluating the energy consumption a building when selecting construction materials. The study uses future climate conditions to further understand potential needs of buildings in the future. It was deduced that thermal massing can reduce air conditioning needs as well as the capture of solar gains thus reducing heating fuels. It id these savings that will slightly off set the embodied CO² in masonry construction.



This taken from "Concrete for the Construction Industry, Vol 40, Num 6, July 2006" page28-29

The Geelong Deakin Waterfront Campus Construction site.

This a series of photographs that depict the wing of deakin. the pictures show a variety of steel column connections with each other, The preparation joints where extra structure will be added with help of cleats. they also show the use of existing
structure to allow for larger window and shaping the suspended concrete slabs to reveal maximum views


















































these photos where taken in conjunction with Richard Israel.