The need for ‘houses now’ also presents problems, the Government are eager to see 300,000 dwellings built annually, and historically the industry has fallen significantly far of that mark.
Innovation in private homes, temporary accommodation and parasitic architecture is growing, and is being popularized through television and social media as ad-hoc solutions to the housing shortage.
As the cost of houses continues to increase, homeowners assess the feasibility of upgrading their properties through conversion and adaptation schemes against moving home. These conversions have to meet current building regulation standards irrespective of the standard of the existing stock.
As a Design Consultant, you have been approached to provide a material and services strategy for a design project issued by Mr T Hillier of Archibuild
Your design strategy must include the possible structural options for the building and environmental strategies for construction and comfort.
Develop a visual design strategy including sketches, drawings and a commentary on the specifications. Calculations should be used where possible to reinforce the decisions made. Your strategy will need to be justified to the client, including policies for disposing of waste.
Your design strategy and commentary should include the following details:
An evaluation of how your chosen strategy takes the following sustainable principles into consideration
- Environmental Profiling
- Lifecycle Assessment
- Cradle to Grave/Cradle to Cradle
- Product Declaration
- Environmental Certification
Your design strategy should consider a range of perspectives to inform your discussion, for instance, how has the small scale tradesperson been impacted, in comparison with the national contractor/merchant with regard to those above?
For the chosen material strategy which should be informed by minimising resources and waste, Create a sketch graphical section illustrating the choice of materials used to produce your design including a waste management plan for the disposal of material used on the project.
Using the data provided, illustrate the results for compressional strength of concrete, including averages
Using these results, discuss appropriate solutions for materials that could be used in the design referring to material properties such as compressional strength, ductility, and thermal conductivity. Also assess the choices of structural materials that could perform functions such as lintels, beams and columns
Describe the material choices in terms of enhancing the balance of the indoor environment and human comfort. Your choices should take into consideration:
- Thermal Comfort, ventilation and condensation
- Natural and Artificial lighting
Calculate the thermal transmittance through the section of wall, floor and roof you have designed. Assume a U-value for glazing of 1.0W/m2K
Calculate the heat loss through both fabric and ventilation for one room of the completed proposal.
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