ARC2009: Architectural Technology 2.1:

CONSTRUCTION IN DETAIL

ARC2010: Architectural Technology 2.2:

CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

ARC2009/ARC2010 Semester 2 assignment: CASE STUDY REPORT

Just as the lecture content and delivery of these modules builds on your Stage 1 technology knowledge and seeks to prepare you for Stage 3, so too, the assessment asks you to demonstrate an increasing awareness and understanding of how architectural design is influenced by structural, constructional, material, environmental and sustainability strategies.

In Semester 2 you will produce a Case Study Report which relates to your ongoing Semester 2 ‘Exploring Experience’ project, for which you are asked to research, analyse, interpret, understand and represent ways in which design and technology are integrated in an existing building. To explore and communicate how specific site and programmatic conditions have an impact on the selection of design and technology solutions in practice.

ARC 2009 & ARC2010	CONSTRUCTION IN DETAIL
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Semester 2 assignment: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS

Your CASE STUDY REPORT takes the form of an illustrated A5 portrait format booklet containing a detailed technical investigation at a range of scales related to a completed case study building. You are asked to analyse, interpret and represent the ways in which design and technology are integrated in the building. The primary objectives are threefold:

1. To explore and communicate how specific site and programmatic conditions have an impact on the selection of design and technology solutions in practice.
2. To explore and communicate some of the many ways that design and technology are integrated – how they relate, limit, enable and inform one another in practice.
3. To explore and communicate the ways in which different technological strands are also integrated – how they relate, limit, enable and inform one another in practice.

You will be assigned a case study building. The level of specific information available for a given case study varies, but generally comprises written text, photographs and drawings at a range of scales. All the drawings you submit must be your own original work. Where specific requested information is not available (e.g. a site section showing the building in its context), you should attempt to provide this based on available photographic and other information – for example making use of on-­‐line street-­‐view information.

You should undertake a thorough literature review and on-­‐line search to establish if any additional information is available.

Your CASE STUDY REPORT must be in A5 portrait booklet format. The report must be structured as follows:

A. FRONT COVER:

Complete the Case Study Building Name, Location, Architect’s Name and University ID (student number) fields.

B. SITE (max 2 pages):

How is the design of your building influenced by its location and site? Provide the following:

A written and diagrammatic site summary and plan for your chosen precedent, together with a site section showing the building in context. You are encouraged to make use of Street-­‐View and Bird’s Eye aerial photographic information (Google, Bing etc) to further understand the context around your site, in addition to any published material available for the Case Study. Plan and section should be to scale (either 1:500 or 1:1000, with a scale bar and north point)

C. PROGRAMME (max 2 pages):

How is the design of your building influenced by its programme? Provide the following:

A max. 200 word summary describing the relationships between the key spaces in your building.

Floor Plans (at least basement, ground and an upper floor, if present) – all produced to the same scale and with a scale bar to indicate the relative scale – that demonstrate these key relationships. These should be your own drawings, rather than copied/scanned.

A key Section to the same scale as the plans (selected to run through a primary space and showing any spatial or volumetric variety). This should be your own drawing, rather than copied or scanned. 1 or 2 key photographs (preferably black and white, but you may edit or amend colour to enhance our understanding of spatial ideas and characteristics).

D. STRUCTURE, MATERIALITY AND DETAIL (max 2 pages):

What elements of the building give it its architectural character, and how does structure, materiality and detail contribute to this?

Provide the following:

A max. 200 word summary, accompanied by appropriate diagrams and illustrations. Why do you think the chosen structural system was selected? Why was the chosen materials palette selected? How do the details of the building e.g. eaves, window/wall junctions etc. reflect and contribute to the overall architectural theme?

E. ARC2009 FOCUS (max 3 pages):

Select ONE theme from the three listed below and provide a written and illustrated technical summary of your Case Study:

Access for All (Approved Document Part M) Stairs and Ramps (Approved Document Part K) Means of Escape (Approved Document Part B) Demonstrate the following:

How does your building comply with Approved Document Part B/K/M?

If it doesn’t, how could compliance be achieved by retrofitting or redesign?

You should present this section as a table in the following form, with accompanying dimensioned diagrams to demonstrate your results for each clause:-­‐

Relevant Approved Document Clause	Clause Requirement	Building provision	Compliance Y/N	Potential retrofit/redesign to achieve compliance
1
2
etc…

Suggested scope for each is provided below:

Access for All (Approved Document Part M): Choose from ONE of the following areas:

How we APPROACH the building: Approach and access routes–often from public transport/car parking

How we ENTER the building: Entrance steps, ramps and doors

How we MOVE inside the building: Widths, heights and dimensional provision for stairs, ramps, lifts, doors, reception counters etc.

What ACTIVITIES are provided within the building: Activities and requirements (especially toilet and wash provision)

Based on the information you have available to you, your study might be highly specific, for example:

You may focus on an individual entrance lobby and analyse its doors, access controls, signage, dimensions, materials, lighting etc in the light of Approved Document Part M. You may analyse a particular stair and demonstrate how it’s design takes into account the requirements of the Approved Document e.g. in terms of dimensions, finishes, colour etc.

Or you may choose to do something more general:

Analyse the journey to the entrance of the building (perhaps using published photos together with street mapping/views) to see how it facilitates ‘access for all’ in the light of Approved Document Parts M and K:

Stairs and Ramps (Approved Document Part K)

Based on the information you have available to you, your study might well be specific, for example: You may focus on an individual stair or ramp and represent and analyse its design, dimensions, layout etc confirming how the stair, handrails, balustrades, landings etc conform (or don’t conform) with Approved Document Part K.

Means of Escape (Approved Document Part B):

Based on the information you have available to you, your study might well be specific, for example: You may focus on an individual escape stair (lobbies, landings, stairs, final exit doors etc) and demonstrate how its design, dimensions, layout etc conform to the requirements of Approved Document Part B.

Or you may choose to do something more general:

Analyse the travel distances for a typical floor within the building and show how these conform with Approved Document Park B, indicating the escape route(s) and distances available from a chosen room. You may then consider how many people are likely to be occupying each storey of the building (based on the Room Occupancy table in the AD) and confirm the required minimum widths of each staircase, corridor and final exit, based on these.

F. ARC2010 STRUCTURE (max 2 pages):

Provide the following:

Max. 200-­‐word summary of your Case Study’s structural system explaining why you think it has been chosen and used – with particular reference to the Case Study site, programme and chosen design language. You should also indicate how you feel structural considerations may themselves  have impacted on the wider design or contribute significantly to  the  overall  tectonic  intentions  of  your Case Study. Is the choice of structure a good one? What might an alternative system be?

Provide analytical diagrams, drawings or annotated images of your Case Study relating to structure – this MUST include, but is not limited to, diagrams of the following:-­‐

How does the building transmit loads from roof to foundations? How is the building braced against wind?

What are typical structural spans and how do they relate to the chosen structural system/material?

G. ARC2010 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (max 4 pages):

Provide the following:

A max. 200 word summary of your Case Study’s Environmental Design strategy, explaining why you think it has been chosen and used – with particular reference to the Case Study site, programme and chosen design language. You should also indicate how you feel Environmental Design considerations may themselves have impacted on the wider design or contribute significantly to the overall tectonic intentions of your Case Study, paying particular attention to the following:-­‐

How does climate and microclimate influence the design of your building? How are your building users kept warm in winter?

How are your building users prevented from overheating in summer? How are your building users provided with fresh air?

Is reducing energy in use an issue for the designers of your building? How is it addressed? How could it be improved?

Is reducing embodied energy an issue for the designers of your building? How is it addressed? How could it be improved?

How might a ‘one planet living’ approach to resource use impact on your building?

Analytical diagrams, drawings or annotated images of your Case Study relating to Environmental Design – this MUST include, but is not limited to:

Analysis showing overall environmental and sustainability considerations including site planning, programme arrangement, internal volumetric strategies (e.g. stack effect, atria etc). This should include a site plan and section diagram that illustrates the building’s orientation and positioning in relation to sunlight, shading, views, exposure and topography. You should show the sun angle for the specific location of the precedent calculated for the summer and winter equinox. Diagram any additional sustainability considerations e.g. water use, sustainable drainage, landscape etc.

Develop a simplified 3D solid model illustrating the building form and use this to calculate the Form Factor of the building. You should also calculate the overall area of glazed openings to total surface area of facades and provide a breakdown for each façade and define the orientation of each.

Develop a heating and ventilation schematic for the building. This should include 2D sectional diagrams showing summer/winter, day/night strategies and a simplified 3D axonometric showing vertical and horizontal services distribution.

Develop a diagram to illustrate any measures that have been adopted to actively reduce the buildings CO2 emissions e.g. the use of LZCGT.

Isolate one building element from any of the following: - Ground Floor, Exterior Wall, Roof. Provide a detailed annotated section through the element clearly showing the depths of each element, manufacturer/supplier and material Lambda value. Use this section to calculate the U-­‐ Value of the component and discuss in relation to Part L Thermal regulations and suggest ways in which the thermal performance of the component can be improved and discuss any implications arising from this.

H. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (max 2 pages):

SUMMARY: Using the Harvard Referencing system, list any publications or sources of information referred to or used within your Case Study. Provide a separate list of any photographs or illustrations that are not your own that you have used within your Case Study, noting the source and attributing origin.

ASSESSMENT 2 – MODULE MARKS

The submission is a joint ARC2009 and ARC2010 submission. For the ‘background’ sections (A to D) marks will be shared across both modules (the mark for each section will simply be split 50/50 between the two modules. Section E carries an individual ARC2009 mark and Sections F and G carry individual ARC210 marks, as follows:

ARC2009/ARC2010 Semester 2 assignment

	ARC2009	ARC2010
A. FRONT COVER	-­‐	-­‐
B. SITE	5	5
C. PROGRAMME	5	5
D. STRUCTURE, MATERIALITY AND DETAIL	5	5
E. ARC2009 FOCUS	20	-­‐
F. ARC2010: STRUCTURE	-­‐	10
G. ARC2010: ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN	-­‐	20
OVERALL DESIGN & CLARITY	5	5
TOTAL	40	50

The 40 mark total for ARC2009 comprises the remaining 40% of the 20 Credit Module Mark (the Semester 1 mark accounts for the initial 60%). The 50 mark total for ARC2010 comprises 100% of the 10 Credit Module Mark.

NOTE: Both Part 1 and Part 2 of the ARC2009 assessment must be passed in order to pass the module. If a student fails one or both components, they will be required to resubmit and achieve a passing mark at the second attempt for the failed component(s), in order to pass the module. If a failed component is subsequently passed, the mark for the module as a whole will be capped at 40%.

ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK AND MARK SHEET

Refer to the ASSESSMENT FEEDBACK AND MARK SHEET on Canvas for details of the assessment criteria.

HARVARD REFERENCING SYSTEM GUIDELINES

Referencing enables you to acknowledge the sources of information that you use in your work. Referencing is not only used when you directly quote someone or reproduce their artwork, it is used when your work is based on information or ideas from someone else’s published work. In addition to the professional courtesy of acknowledging sources used, referencing allows the work to be checked and verified and prevents plagiarism.

The Harvard system is a popular referencing system for academic works and is often referred to as the `author/date` system, which distinguishes it from the Vancouver or `numerical` system. Citations within the text include the author’s name and date. The list of references at the end of the document starts with the author’s surname, and is arranged in alphabetical order. For example:

Citation: (Deplazes, 2013). (embedded in the ‘body text’