Under Construction Site Visit #4

This was a site on Yarra St. I was just walking past and got a glimpse of it through a hole in a massive fence. I thought it was interestin to see how high the reinforcment is for the collumns. I guess the structure is going to be pretty big.

A closer view of the concrete slab and steel rods.

Unbder Construction Site Visit #3

Site under construction on Malop St.

Sorry couldn't get any better angles.
Reinforcement for concrete footing. It was really great to see this in real life. Sometimes its hard to imagine when you are lookin at a flat page.

A different view:

Under Construction Site Visit #2

This is a site under construction on Ryrie St.
I found this one interesting as it incorporates curves but it is executed in a fairly simple manner.
From what i could see it appears to be a steel and conrete composite construction.

Just a picture to show the concrete in the walls and floor, although it is very unclear as i could not get in closer.
Some more photos:

Here we can kind of make out the connections used with the steel.

Under Construction Site Visit #1

The building is located on LaTrobe Terrace.
It is to be used as a showroom and for office spaces.

From afar we can see the layout of the building which is very rectangular. the walls are made from precast concrete panels, which have openings for windows. In the picture below you are able to see a metal frame next to the panels.
Just a close up of the metal fram and concrete slab connection.
The concrete slabs are being held up by temporary metal rods. My guess would be that they keep them there until the roof is in place, but im not quite sure.
Just some more photos through the barbed wire fence:

Major Assignment Research

I have decided to take a different direction with the assignment. I have chosen to study Mies Van der Rohe, and use him as my inspiration. Mies buildings have very specific aesthtical qualities about them.

Crown Hall:
The above picture shows how Mies incorporated steel and glass into his designs. I wanted to work with these elements in order to find out how they work. This is what drew me to the glass paleis. Concrete was also a main feature. His building usually did not have load bearing walls but in fact if was the steel portal frames that carried the structural load, and the walls merely gave shape to the buildings.

Toronto - Dominion Centre
From the above photo we can see how Mies accentuates the structural elements in him buildings. He wanted to show the construction process in his finished structures. He achieved this my exposing certain element, such as can be seen here with the steel column.


Below: Farnsworth House
Although the structure is not of commercial use, therefore not quite large it was important for me to study this as i realised the simple nature of Mies' work. He got rid of all ornamentation in his buildings with the only thing remaining are the necessities. I think it makes building look quite elegant.

GUTTER DETAIL 4

GUTTER DETAIL 3

GUTTER DETAIL 2

GUTTER DETAIL 1

SECTION OF COMMERCIAL BUILDING (DOUBLE STOREY)

SECTION: Portal Frame 2

SECTION: Portal Frame