Still working on how to do peel away,
Had an issue with floor plan, must resize masonry wall to match 8″.
corrected thickness here.
Author: Prz_Macks (Page 3 of 4)
ACTUAL SIZE 18X24
SAME IMAGE SCALE OFF FROM RESIZING
SAME POST PROCESSING
SAME IMAGE
SCALE OFF HAVE TO FIX POST PROCESSED PHOTOSHOP
ORIG. IMAGE PROCESSED BY DIGITAL CAMERA
MISSING WINDOW FRAME
DIMENSIONS
STONE FACING OPENING AND CMU OPENING
WINDOW SILL/LEDGE
MASONRY WALL CONSTRUCTION APR. 04 2020
3 PAGES:
NOTE DETAILS ON:
JAMB DIMENSIONS PARTIAL
STONE AND CMU ALIGNMENT
GASKET/SEALANT DETAIL
DRAWING LOGIC/BUILDING PROCESS
THICKNESS OF MATERIALS IN ACTUAL ASSEMBLY
Initial draft, missing details,
checked the actual guideline image will redo.
This is done on 8×11
Iano and Allen’s section on Stone Masonry, with some overlap on bricks refer back to the basic idea of materiality for building i.e. some Vitruvian basis on Utilitatis and Firmitatis.
That being said, building material has to exhibit aesthetic and functional aspects. Building fundamentals on stone masonry cover the general mechanics of material , porosity, tensile/compressive attributes without going into the quantitative aspects. Such an example would be stone cladding versus stone masonry whereby the binder is either mechanical(metal clips) or chemical (mortar). This example elucidates an important point in material treatment. It is so because it differentiates mode of adhesion if it can be said. With that in mind the chapter goes on to discuss and furthers the stone/masonry section with reference to ASTM standards which is important for everyone involved in the building industry.
With Vitruvian aspects, it follows how grain and external aspect affect the choices an architect has to be aware of. With this in mind the chapter goes to close on important key terms.
Reading blueprints is important in architecture and allied trades as well. Any profession requires some amount of visual information or mapping. It is heavily used in design fields like architecture and building construction because any idea to be implemented requires instructions on how to build the design.
At any point an instruction manual will always carry some graphical explanation of instructions. Architectural design is the same, but relies heavily on graphical information to orchestrate and document process, not just for building houses but for other problem solving issues like scheduling or general concept mapping.
Graphical plans are written without words, as such constant exposure to drawn plans will engage a student or individual, in constant learning or reorganization of ideas from experience and personal vernacular.
Being able to read plans fast is important for the building trades as some drawing conventions differ from others. Like any language it requires constant drills to develop fluency.
Working in groups also overlaps with reading plans if not in projects but also in exchanging ideas. Learning to find workflow with other designers, students is vital to any collaborative work or project. In this way, a plan reading exercise helps students and designers alike to constantly reshape their personal and collective ideas about blueprint reading.
Francis Ching, in his book on Building Illustrated, first and fourth edition, classifies stairs under special construction. Egress is a means of exiting a place and so, it follows that egress is implied departure from a building or enclosure, or it could be open, depending on context. But in Ching’s notes, egress is specific to exiting a building in case of accidents or hazardous conditions to humans.
Stair design in general is considered as special construction for two reasons, first it is internal and it is listed together with spaces that have overlapping areas with mechanical, electrical services or multiple servicing.
Stairs are a means to circulation up or down for occupants( in an enclosure). Constant foot traffic and movement must be ensured to safety by the stairs themselves. If people are moving, the generalized strides up/down must be comfortable and safe. It is for this reason that stairs and egress stairs are designed with safety fire codes and comfort.
In times of general fear and panic people behave like water, constantly rushing without regard to path. Trampling and mob behaviour are displayed in such times; fires, hazards and others. In this way, egress staircase must ensure that foot traffic is not choked or endangered.
Knowledge of how to design staircases are important also because of the occupants. If a design is a safety hazard it cannot be implemented or in more dire cases, an architectural designer will be sued for the hazard caused and may lose livelihood and or license to practice profession.
Construction Elements are basic components of a building or any enclosed structure that may be considered for human occupancy. Material is what composes majority of manufactured goods in the industrial and construction industries
For Architects, Building Elements refers to components of a design, building, residential or industrial. It follows that any element , component or member must be made of some substance or matter. In the area of architecture and construction, all materials can be made into parts that compose, for instance a simple enclosure.
The main purpose of understanding the basic mechanical and technical behaviour of material, is that it aids any draftsman or architectural designer to create concepts (components or organization of space) based on how material behaves.
To create any enclosure, the designer has to know the basic requirements of how walls can be made sturdy but at the same time, allow cooling and heating the area it covers, without discomfort to living occupants , in that space.
Before an architectural designer implements a design, the external conditions of a site, programming and local building codes have to be satisfied. A good knowledge of materials can free the designer from constant rework of any plan.
The architectural designer organizes the logical idea of his/her design proceeds to pick the materials best suited for the design and troubleshoots the plan or idea before fully realizing it.
Knowledge of how things behave in a specific environment, can be applied to ideal environments and know if the desired result can be obtained or not.
Making designs or concepts must be supported by actual material data if it is to be executed as a building or residential project.
Referencing Iano et al, architecture is a blend of theoretical know how and some amount of actual processes such as knowing the materials, using the different construction methods and similar ways of application. Initial thoughts prior to Iano et. al, architecture for most readers is about the aesthetics and design aspects, but post reading Iano one begins to see that there is a required amount of theoretical knowledge coupled with not just procurement of material but its current manufacturing states; wherein most manufacturing companies are making everything ecologically viable. In this sense post reading Iano ,architecture or anyone involved in construction and manufacturing of building materials must work to leverage more reduced carbon foot printing and pollution because there is a lot of greenhouse effect that is happening due to use of fossil fuels.
To wit, Architecture is consideration of design, procurement of materials, its viability and then ultimately its operation ie. post occupancy evaluation via, performance and upkeep of the realized design.
