Final Posters

Corner of Portal frame. 3D model

SHowing the reinforcement of the footing and the collumn.



Shows the Precast concrete slabs put in place as the internal walls.


Shows the C sectoin girts and the precast concrete beam attatched to the collumn


The connection is set into the concrete collumn ready for the precast beam to be put into place.


This shows the C section girt running horizontally, behind which is are the purlins which are connected using supports which set into the concrete beam.


The safety mesh over the purlins


The box gutter and the kliplok roofing, below which is the layer of haunching.


Showing the brick wall and the box gutter.


A section through the bricks showing brick ties and flashing


The external walls showing inverted diagonal corner and the brick collumns adjoining top and bottom.


The final design

Site Visit

Today I visited office works and noticed the central space had some interesting support systems enabling the space to be open.

Tension supports are provided a few feet below the roofline to reduce the need for collumns.



Image showing the apex and the roof at a slight angle, with insulation visible behind.

Site Visit: Deakin Uni

This image shows the crane attatched a precast concrete panel ready to be elevated into place. Notice behind it the blue bins are in place as a safe way of transferring rubble to bins below.


The connection of the concrete panel to the crane. A fixing was cast in place for the clasp to attatch to.


I beams connecting to a UB with using heavily bolted connections.


The underside of a box gutter.

Article Review: "Zaha does it her way"

This is an article on Zaha Hadid's proposal for the Business Bay area in Dubai.
The masterplan had called for two towers but Zaha’s loose interpretation takes the form of a huge sculptured cube.
It is interesting how she proposes to acheive this sculptural form out of a glass structure and would no doubt be a revolutionary use of the material if completed.
It is to be constructed of three separate towers united so the building will appear as a singlular unified whole, with a distinctive void. The interiors of which will be clad with a fully engineered curved class curtain wall to allow for eye-catching views into the void.
The building boasts an AAA-class rating and has 87 per cent space efficiency.

Article Review - Goma: Qld Museum of Modern Art

The article (Architecture Australia) begins by stating that this is a magnificent solution to a very problematic site, being described as a 'former wasteland.'
The competitions for the design of this Museum were being held when Federation Square was being completed in 2001. The controversy surrounding the Melbourne gallery obviously played into the minds of the architects of Goma, the finally design could not be more different to Fed Square in a reply to the modern day, 'trans-millenia' confusion as to where modern architecture is headed.

Article Review: MCG reconstruction

The $425 million MCG redevolpment was, as do most modern city landmarks, undertook an intense construction management process, being scheduled around major sporting events. The new design was to enable the stadium to seat 100 000 people.
Steel Construction of the new roof over the Northern Stand was a major contribution to the entire scheme. The new roof is elegant, light, and transparent but still maintains the MCG’s iconic status and complements the Great Southern Standwithout replicating it.
It won an Australian Steel Institute Award for Steel Design.

This is a compilation of some of the type of sketches I was doing when coming up with ideas for my final scheme.

Site Visit 2

This site is a construction for new offices on the corner of Hope st and the Geelong Highway, constructed with pre-cast concrete slabs.

At present, the walls slabs have gone up and connections are being put into place ready for the roof system.

This is a view from Hope street showing the overal form of the building, the crane is finishing putting the concrete slabs in place.


This is a 3D image showing what the offices will look like upon completion.






This Image shows the supports in place to hold up the concrete slabs. Notice the roof support system is on the ground ready to be put in place.



A close up of the supports connecting to the concerete slabs.

Site Visit - Recreational Centre (North Geelong)

These are some images showing different techniques to create tension across a wall, making the curved roofline possiple for this portal frame.



Showing the portal frame connections at the roof and the insulation in the wall and roof is visible. The circular pads are noise reduction units.


Image of the roofing system showing the apex. The purlins are visible along with skylights providing natural light.

This images show the use of geometric shapes, in particular through voids for interesting lighting effects, that Kahn uses through is architecture. It is a very unique approach to architecture and makes Kahn's buildings recognisable as distinctively his own.

Phillips Exeter Academy Library

The Exeter Library is another inspring building of Kahn's.
What I find interesting is about this building is the play between truth and lies about the load bearing masonry system.
In these images, notice the clever system of the brick 'collumns' which are distinguishable as solids in between lines of windows. The arch above each window allows the windows to subtly get wider as the building rises. This obviously means the 'collumns' get narrower as it rises, demonstrating the load system, wear the bases is copping the brunt of it.
The other interesting feature is at the corners of the facade, he has place a small diagonal wall which is set back against the right angled main walls. This creates the illusion that the main walls are not load bearing and are simply a screens about the building.
Inside you see the geometric voids that Kahn is so well known for.

First Unitary Church

I used the First Unitary Church as inspiration, I found the flow of brick facade very intriguing. Hollowing out certain sections for windows, yet the facade is still united, giving it a feeling of movement as the protruding collumns link together almost like a maze. If I could incorporate a system like this into my portal frame it would be an interesting feature of the structure. I am think I will make this an enveloped system, possibly making every protruding brick 'collumn' wear the load bearing collumns are merely for a suggestive role of wear the loads are travelli