Tuesday, May 22, 2007

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.

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Bunnings Warehouse

Bunnings Warehouse
Bunnings warehouse is a perfect example of a large spanning building.

Main View

Main View
This interior view of Bunnings warehouse gives an idea of the long spans required for the structure using minimal supports. Collumns run along each wall and down the centre of the structure only, allowing maximum space for storage.

Lateral Support

Lateral Support
This gives an idea of the repetition of supports (cross bracing) along the roof, and the connection to longer spanning beams.

Collumn and Roof Spanning beam. Corner connection

Collumn and Roof Spanning beam. Corner connection
This detail shows a close up for the 'I' beams used in the structure and the connection system used.