This report aims to analyse the reasons behind delays in site set up and why costs may have increased at the newly proposed Office building.

F104TEC Assignment 1 Word Count 2983 Calum Stringer 0600532 Question 1 I assume this question relates to a complete new build and structure when answering this question. Design methods are strategies that are employed to reach the objective and the design processes are sets of activities essential to reach the objective. The value of using a design method is to produce something that improves the built environment. Design processes can be broken down in different phases. These are analysis, synthesis, evaluation (or appraisal) and production. A team is usually assembled to plan the tasks and processes to enable the construction of a building from the stage of drawing and specification to construction of the building and occupation. The design can consist of specification and plans or drawing, prepared by a team that can include client or employer, an architect, designer or building surveyor, building services (M&E) engineer, structural engineer, quantity surveyor and CDM co-ordinator. After the final designs have been completed then the project can be put out to construction companies for tender based on the design and specification. The design method has to be easy to amend and improve in order to deal with any issues and alter to the client’s needs. Where a design team is involved then they can be aware of their part within the

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SPATIAL ISSUES OF SUSTANAIBLE DEVELOPMENT

Coursework: CW1 – Issues of Sustainability Module: UEL_7_SPL Sustainable Places SPATIAL ISSUES OF SUSTANAIBLE DEVELOPMENT The term ‘sustainable development’ was presented in the early 70’s: “The phrase ‘sustainable development’ appears to have been first used in 1972 by Donella Meadows and other authors of the Limits to Growth and by Edward Goldsmith and the other British authors of Blueprint for Survival in the same year” (Wheeler 2004, p. 19) In 1987, the phrase ‘Sustainable Development’ “has come to represent mainstream thinking about the relationship between environment and development” (Baker 2004, p. 6) after the World Conference on Environment and Development (WCED) in its report “Our Common Future” known as well as the “Brundtland Report” which defined this term as “development that meets the needs of the present without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (WCED, 1987) quoted in Wheeler et al (2004, p. 53) In 1992 the United Nations organised the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) which was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and today it is known as “the Rio Earth Summit”, and later, in 2002, “the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) where were spotted the normative principles for an action plan for sustainable development for the future

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Building Technology - selecting materials for floors and walls

Calum Stringer 0600532 QUESTION 1 Steel stair construction has been selected. Provide a drawing of the section of one flight of stairs to Stairs 3, including the landings, to an appropriate scale to fit onto an A4 sheet. (30 marks) See Attached Plan QUESTION 2 Describe the performance requirements of platform flooring in the offices and select a suitable platform floor, with reasoning, for the offices. Provide a sketch to show the section of the platform floor with the floor and finish. (35 marks) A raised access flooring system is defined in Platform Floors (Raised Access Floors) - Performance Specification as “load bearing fixed or removable panels supported by adjustable pedestals to provide an under floor space for the housing and distribution of services” (PSA Specialist Services, 1992). The functional requirements of the office floor structure will depend on whether it is ground or an upper floor. The floor is required to have sufficient load bearing capabilities without causing any undue deflection, sufficient fire resistance requirements for the building, thermal capabilities, adequate sound insulation, and for the (ground floor) damp proofing. Performance factors will include things such as delivery and construction time, the availability of labour, the compatibility of the office’s construction, requirements for the layout and spacing,

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Organizing Space Adolf Loos' Raumplan

Organizing Space – Adolf Loos' Raumplan Introduction Architecture encloses spaces within a volume of mass. These spaces creates various experiences as people stay in them or move between different spaces. Spaces are created with various methodologies. Spaces are also articulated and defined in various ways. In this essay, methods of creating and articulating spaces used by Adolf Loos will be analysed and how they demarcate spaces will be discussed. Loos’ Villa Muller will be used as an example to show how spaces are articulated with different methodologies and their corresponding effects. A conclusion on these questions how spaces should be created and articulated shall be done. The Context of the Project Spaces in houses of modern architecture were not merely created without reasoning. The composition of spaces within a house is created with different methodologies according to various reasons. For example, the relation to the site, ease of access etc. The features of the composed spaces are further enhanced by articulations created by methods such as varying datum levels, positioning of openings etc. Transitions in between spaces are also dealt with methods such as interlocking two different materials used by two different spaces next to each other. There are also approaches in which boundaries in between space are not well defined. There are

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From Syntsalo Town Hall to Finlandia Hall Alvar Aaltos Space of Humanism

Jonathan Boyle 0510276 From Säynätsalo Town Hall to Finlandia Hall: Alvar Aalto’s Space of Humanism Finnish architect Alvar Aalto was famous for his meticulous manipulation of space concerning human scale and spatial experience, which I would like to call humanism. One typical aspect of his humanism is his regionalism. (Schildt and Aalto 1998, 8-9) Combining modern method of dealing with the space and Finnish local condition and culture, he managed to develop a humanist solution which satisfied local residents both functionally and spiritually. Here I would like to take two of his works that were finished in different period of his career and discuss how he blended the idea of humanism into his work and how he developed humanist solution throughout his career. One example is the Town Hall located in Säynätsalo, a small city in central Finland. [Fig.1] This building was designed during a competition in 949 and completed in 1951. Primarily the building intended to be a municipal office. While Aalto transformed it into a complex which included residential and commercial space apart from municipality. (Schildt and Aalto 1998, 74-81) The other example is the Finlandia Hall built in Helsinki during 1967 to 971 which was about 20 years later after the completion of Säynätsalo Town Hall. [Fig.2] An extension of congress wing was built soon after the completion of the

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Practical Form in Architecture. To support my idea, I will make analysis of Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe.

Practical Form in Architecture ________________ Contents Introduction 1 Text: Practical Form 2 .Form and Environment 2 2.Form and Function 4 3.Form and Culture 5 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 7 ________________ Introduction Form is an important way of expressing one’s artistic thoughts and emotion in architectural design, and it has been valued, thought deeply, and talked about by lots of architects in history. Because of their work, there is a wide variety of architecture forms created these days, with more and more buildings designed by architects. These forms provide the public with enormous visual pleasure and spiritual fulfillment. However, even if the form seems good, the creation of form could be a failure when it fails to reconcile with reality. So I believe that form must be practical. Here practical means the creation of form is likely to be effective or successful in a real situation. In this research paper, I’m going to elaborate this idea in mainly three aspects: form and environment, form and function, and form and cultural context. To support my idea, I will make analysis of Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe in these three aspects. ________________ Practical Form A practical form is one that adapts to the real world, and in turn, has good impacts on it. To achieve practicability, many factors

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Mies Van der Rohe's Farnsworth House: Transparency and the Problem of Privacy.

Queen Zackereius 2011502338 ARCH 1024 Research Paper Keyword: Transparency MIES VAN DER ROHE’S FARNSWORTH HOUSE: TRANSPARENCY AND THE PROBLEM OF PRIVACY Abstract Privacy, defined as: “the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people,” is a basic need of every human being to feel safe and secure, whereby a house, apart from a structure to provide shelter, is also a personal space where adequate privacy is crucial for comfortable dwelling. Glass on the other hand, is a popular transparent material in architecture, that not only creates views of the exterior from the interior of the house, but also exposes the interior of the house and this therefore affects privacy. Thus, “one who lives in a glass house” is often used as a metaphor to describe one who exposes too much of his private life to an extreme extent. This research paper will analyse Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to determine whether the use of glass is a threat to privacy in the house. The house will be analysed in three different scales: the house and its relationship with the site, the glass house itself as a stand-alone structure, and the transparency within the house. The paper invites readers to rethink the suitability of transparent glass as a dominant material for dwelling spaces in terms of privacy, and also whether openness and transparency

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the eiffel tower

THE EIFFEL TOWER I am going to talk to you about one of the world's most outstanding pieces of architecture. Today what is known to be one of the worlds's most sticking tourist attractions lies in the center of pairs. Named after its designer Gustave Eiffel it attracts an average of 6 1/2 millions people per year. The Eiffel tower. During its time of construction the tower was once the tallest building on earth and retained its title until 1930. From the construction of the tower to the finished product the Eiffel tower truly is an amazing structure. The Eiffel tower was built from January 1887 to March 1889. The tower was built as the entrance arch for French Revolution. Out of the 700 proposals submitted in a design competition, a radical creation from the French structural engineer Gustave Eiffel was chosen. Who is Gustave Eiffel you may ask. Gustave Eiffel, born in Dijon, France in 1832, and died in 1923, was a famous engineer who founded and developed a company specializing in metal structural work. Eiffel's company also created and designed the statue of liberty, which now stands in Manhattan, in New York. Originally, the Eiffel Tower had a permit to stand for 20 years. In 1909 it nearly got demolished; thankfully for us it was allowed to remain due to its valued communications purposes. The Eiffel Tower it is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the

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Local Study of Warrington.

Local Study - Part 1 Warrington became a settlement mainly because of the River Mersey and its crossing point, which was in Latchford. The Romans decided to march north from their fort up at Deva in Chester, when they came upon this ford (shallow crossing point), so a small settlement grew up here. The Romans called it a veratinium. When archaeologists from Victorian times dug up Warrington they found Roman pottery and glass but on our local study we found no evidence of Roman remains simply because its either all underground or has already been dug up. The Anglo-Saxons took control of Warrington after the Romans had left, so they now controlled the rivers crossing point which had now moved down to Howley. For many centuries from then on Warrington was the scene of war and violence because of armies trying to take control of the River Mersey's crossing point. The first building I studied on my local study trip was St. Elphins church. This was hard to date but I think it was Victorian because of its gothic style, with finial spires and tracery windows. There was smooth sandstone which meant that the building had been worked upon throughout time and also an old medieval crypt around the back of the church but we did not have access to it. Around the side of the church we found cannonball holes. Our teacher told us that this was done by Oliver Cromwell and his men

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The decline of inner cities is irreversible. How far do you agree with this statement? What are the implications of this for urban planning policies?

The decline of inner cities is irreversible. How far do you agree with this statement? What are the implications of this for urban planning policies? An inner city is 'an area found in older cities, surrounding the CBD, where the prevailing economic, social and environmental conditions pose severe problems.' - An integrated approach, David Waugh. Geographers have acknowledged a decline that affects many inner city areas. Non-residents of inner city areas often gain negative views about these areas and perceive them as an area, which is full of poverty, overcrowding, poor housing, racial tension and unemployment. To a certain extent some of these views are true, the decline of inner cities has become a big problem and a focus point for many government schemes and urban planning policies. During the industrial revolution urban population increased dramatically as many people moved to the cities to be close to their work. In Nottingham it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the town expanded geographically. After the industrial revolution many inner city areas became overcrowded and unhealthy. By the first world war the working class housing was located in St Ann's, Sneinton the Meadows and New Lenton. Inner cities have become sites that lack basic amenities, they have overcrowding as a result of slum clearance between 1946 and 1967 which led to many people

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