Terri Meyer Boake, BES, BArch, MArch, LEED AP
Professor School of Architecture University of Waterloo
email: tboake@uwaterloo.ca

 

My Aunt Virginia's Front Porch, Eugene, Oregon

Arch 172:
Building Construction 1

Fall 2015:
Final Term Project


project outline - revised

last updated November 19, 2015 11:59 AM


THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

Given the variety of building shapes and materials that are resulting from your Arch 192 final project I am offering the following revision to this final project. The intention of this project was to use your 192 project as a quick start for the 172/125 work, NOT to infer any revisions to your 192 project prior to your studio crit. It is enough to handle on its own.

So, here are your options:

OPTION 1: IF YOUR STUDIO PROJECT IS MOSTLY SUITABLE FOR A DIRECT USE: (Wood frame, above grade, not too tall, has windows facing directions that the sun shines) For this project you will be taking your final studio project and preparing a set of drawings that extends the nature of the materiality expressed in your studio set to include construction and environmental issues. This recognizes that we use different types of drawings to convey different messages.

OPTION 2: YOU MAY MAKE SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR STUDIO PROJECT TO ADAPT IT FOR THIS PROJECT. This will be your call and might require some redesign to include wood framing and windows with solar access.

OPTION 3: FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH EXTREMELY TALL TOWERS, OR, SUNK IN THE GROUND WITH NO ACCESS TO SUNLIGHT, OR, MADE MOSTLY OF CONCRETE. You need to design a separate small building for this project. It will be less work than to modify your studio project. See this link for the outline.

This project is done in conjunction with the final project for Arch 125. The grading will be quite separate as each course is asking for a separate set of drawings. It will be best to read both outlines carefully before proceeding.

Drawing #1: STRUCTURAL AXONOMETRIC

Prepare a structural axonometric of your entire building at 1:25 scale (NOT 1:50). Please rough out the axo on trace first and select a drawing sheet size that fits. This drawing is intended to show the frame of of the building, including the foundations. Do NOT show any cladding. You may use a 45 or 30/60 angle as suits the building to make the drawing clear. This is an axo that is generated from a normal plan view (not an isometric that would require you to redraw the plan at 30/60). Please LABEL key components, in METRIC. Canada switched to metric in 1975.

Drawing #2: DETAILED WALL SECTION

Prepare a complete wall section drawing of the SOUTH elevation at 1:10 scale that shows the complete make up of the building. This is a construction drawing, the type that would be given to contractor to facilitate the construction of the building. The assumption is that the south side will include your shading devices and significant glazing. Be sure to cut the section through these elements.

Select a sheet size that allows you to create a section without any cuts. The drawing needs to extend from the bottom of the footing to the peak of the roof.

LABEL the drawing. I will demonstate my preferred labelling method in class. So "gang label" all assemblies (walls, floor, roof) and spot label the miscellaneous elements that sit between the major assemblies.

You need not prepare a plan as you will have created one for the Arch 125 final project and I am grading in tandem.

Materials/Drawing Requirements

My preference is for pen on vellum or mylar. If you find pen too difficult, you are free to use a soft lead (nothing harder than HB). Either way, you must use the differentiated line weights as were demonstrated in class and included below.

Please Follow this Guide for Lineweights:

Follow this Guide for Labelling (not details!)
Your project does not require any dimensioning. You do need to hatch the materials.



 

Reference Texts and other Materials:

The following texts will be used for BOTH Arch 172 and Arch 173 (Winter term).

CMHC. Canadian Wood Frame House Construction. Available as a downloadable PDF. here

Allen, Edward. Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods.
Sixth Edition preferred. If you are using an older edition, please refer to the chapter titles (rather than chapter numbers) and read the appropriate sections. Honestly, whatever you can get your hands on will do. This is an expensive text but it is also used for Arch 173: Building Construction 2 and will serve as a reference for the balance of your student career.

50 Architects You Should Know. Prestel Press.
http://www.amazon.ca/50-Architects-You-Should-Know/dp/3791340433

Course notes. Available online. As linked throughout the course outline, or find them all here:
crsnotes.html

Wood Resources:

Below are links to pdf copies of some fantastic guides put together by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation on different construction practices in Canada. They are fairly hefty in size, so download with a good connection. Each has a series of details contained within the text. The one on "Wood Frame" would be applicable to most areas of Canada. Since BC is so wet, they have developed a special set of details for BC construction. You could also refer to these for your work -- they are just "better" from a building science perspective. The BC guide also includes some more developed information on different assemblies.Those of you detailing roofs without attics, need to look in the BC guide under roof assemblies for a sandwich type roof that is comprised of rigid polystyrene insulation rather than batt insulation. You need to vent batt insulation as it can retain moisture and freeze/leak. Rigid polystyrene (the blue stuff that comes in boards) is a closed cell system and does not get waterlogged. It is used on flat roofs and below grade around foundations.

CMHC Best Practice Guides: Wood Frame Guide, BC Wood Frame Guide, Brick and Block and Brick and Steel Stud

All of the CMHC Best Practice Guides are available in binder as well as CD form in Musagetes.

Just looking for neat ideas of how to build in wood? Look at the Wood Design & Building periodicals in Musagetes!

 

Powerpoint Presentations:

The files listed below will take you to some interactive powerpoint files. Upload the files then go to the slide show mode. Every time you click your mouse, the detail will "build itself". You will be able to see all the materials and the sequence of assembly. They are all for wood frame with stucco or wood veneer. You will have to extrapolate the sequence as it applies to masonry veneer situations.

Window Head link
Window Sill link
Door Sill link
Exterior Stair Landing link
"Saddle" (where a roof parapet from a lower roof meets a wall) link
Exhaust Vent link

 


last updated November 19, 2015 11:59 AM