Technologies 3 Construction, Materials & Structures 2012-13

construction, materials &

structures
technologies 3
John Lee
MSc DipArch RIBA
Senior Lecturer
Chartered Architect
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overview

Lecture 1 Introduction
References
Legislation

Lecture 2 Rigidity & Flexibility

Design for Structure
Design Strategies
Structures: Hybrids

Lecture 3 Skeleton & Mass

Frame Selection: Rigidity/Flexibility
Frame Material: Concrete/Steel
Ground: Foundations

Lecture 4 Skin & Making

Envelope Performance
Envelope Legislation
Envelope Facade Typologies
Envelope Detail

Lecture 5 Material Technologies

Sustainability
Material
Emerging Technologies
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core references
Constructing Architecture: Materials Processes
Structures
Andrea Deplazes (ed.) (Birkhauser)
Mitchells - Structure & Fabric Part 1
Foster (Longman)
Mitchells - Structure & Fabric Part 2
Foster & Harrington (Longman)
Facades: Principles of Construction
Knaack, Klien, Bilow, Auer (Birkhauser)
DETAIL journal
(Also, in DETAIL & DETAIL construction manuals)
Introduction to Architectural Technology
Silver & McLean (Laurence King)
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sources: theory

Constructing Architecture - Materials Processes

Structures
Andrea Deplazes (ed.) (Birkhauser)

Studies in Tectonic Culture: The Poetics of

Construction in 19th and 20th Century Architecture
Kenneth Frampton (The MIT Press)

The Idea of Building

Steven Groak (Batsford)

Ontology of Construction
Gevork Hartoonian (MIT Press)

Material Matters: Architecture and Material Practice

KL Thomas (ed.) (Routledge)

An Engineer Imagines
Peter Rice (Ellipsis)

Informal and Element

Cecil Balmond (Prestel Verlag)
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sources: theory
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sources: online
Technical indexes databases
CIS Construction Information Services & Specify-It
All Saints Library
Trade Literature
Manufacturers websites
RIBA Product Selector online
www.ribaproductselector.com
(RIBA library at All Saints Library)
ASC
www.ascinfo.co.uk
Journals
Detail, publication & online www.detail.de/english
Advisory/trade organisations
British Constructional Steelwork Association
www.steelconstruction.org
Concrete Centre www.concretecentre.com
Trada www.trada.co.uk
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sources: printed
Journals
Detail and In Detail (Birkhauser)
2G (nexus GG Editorial Gustavo Gili)
Building Construction Textbooks
Mitchells Building Series (Longman)
Constructing Architecture (Birkhauser)
Design Guides
Architects Pocket Book, C.Baden-Powell
Architects Data, Neufert
New Metric Handbook, Adler
Building Design Easibrief (Haverstock)
Local suppliers/manufacturers
Local directories eg. Yell.com
The Building Regulations
In print, and online at: www.dclg.gov.uk

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legislation 1

Building Regulations
These are a series of documents approved by the
Secretary of State as practical guidance on Schedule 1
and Regulation 7 of the Building Regulations 1991.

The purpose of the Building Regulations is to secure

reasonable standards of construction, energy
conservation and the convenience of disabled people.

There is no obligation to adopt any particular solution

contained within the approved documents, providing
evidence is produced to show that the relevant
requirement has been complied with in some other
way.

The Approved Documents (ADs) are published by the

DCLG.
www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/
buildingregulations/

Revisions Apr 10 (Part G) and Oct 10 (Parts F, J & L)

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legislation 2

CDM Regulations 2007

The purpose of the latest Construction (Design and
Management) Regulations 2007 is:

to ensure H&S issues are considered from the

beginning of a project and to consider the H&S
implications during the life of the structure in order to
achieve a safe working environment during
construction and beyond;

To ensure the professionals appointed are competent

to comply with the CDM regulations: designers,
planning supervisors, contractors;

To see that a H&S Plan is prepared for the construction

period and that a H&S File is prepared for the
completed structure;

To ensure that adequate resources are allocated to

comply with the legislation imposed by the Health and
Safety Executive (HSE).
See www.hse.gov.uk
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other standards

BBA
British Board of Agrment
Assesses and tests new products and systems.
Certicates issued to products that meet relevant
standards.

BSI
British Standards Institute
Publishes British Standards (BS) which give
recommended minimum standards for materials,
products and processes.
Components that comply are marked with BS kitemark
and relevant BS number. They also publish Codes of
Practice (CP)

EU
European Standards
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further reading
Constructing Architecture - Materials Processes
Structures
Andrea Deplazes (ed.) (Birkhauser)
Mitchells - Introduction to Building
Chapter 1 - The requirements of a building
Chapter 14 - Building processes
Mitchells - Structure & Fabric Part 1
Chapter 1 - The nature of buildings
Chapter 2 - The production of buildings
Mitchells - Structure & Fabric Part 2
Chapter 1.2 - Site organisation
Buildability in Practice
Ian Ferguson
Introduction
Chapter 2 - Designing for Buildability
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next

Lecture 0 Introduction
References
Legislation

Lecture 1 Rigidity & Flexibility

Design for Structure
Design Strategies
Structures: Hybrids

Lecture 2 Skeleton & Mass

Frame Selection: Rigidity/Flexibility
Frame Material: Concrete/Steel
Ground: Foundations

Lecture 3 Skin & Making

Envelope Performance
Envelope Legislation
Envelope Facade Typologies
Envelope Detail

Lecture 4 Material Technologies

Sustainability
Material
Emerging Technologies
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