This document contains details and drawings for the Salim Publishing House project completed by Mark Thornton for his third year of Architectural Technology studies. The project involved adapting a four-storey office building located in South Korea to accommodate retail units on the ground floor and open office spaces on the upper floors, ensuring it complied with Irish building regulations. Drawings include floor plans, elevations, sections and construction detail drawings.

1. MARK THORNTON
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY YEAR 3
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SALIM PUBLISHING HOUSE SOUTH KOREA
GROUND, FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD 3D FLOOR PLANS
SOUTH EAST ELEVATION
ISOMETRIC BUILDING CORNER SECTION
RENDERED VIEW OF TOILET INTERIOR 1:200 STRUCTURAL MODEL
MIXED USE PROJECT
GALWAY DOCKS
The building for our third year Detail and Design studies is the Salim Publishing
House located in South Korea. It is a four storey office building with an basement
car park. We had to adapt the building design to accommodate retail units on
the ground floor and an open office on the first second and third floor and
ensure the building was designed to Irish building regulaƟons.

2. FAÇADE SECTION AT CURTAIN WALL
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
PARAPET, INTERMEDIATE, AND BASE DETAILS
MARK THORNTON
ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY YEAR 3
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PAVING SLAB ON SAND CEMENT BINDING
FIBRE CEMENT CLADDING BOARD
100mm RIDGID BOARD INSULATION
DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE
FIBRE CEMENT CLADDING BOARD
100mm RIDGID BOARD INSULATION
DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE
300mm CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
RAISED ACCESS FLOOR
TRIPLE GLAZED ARGON FILLED PANELS
SUSPENDED CEILING FIXED
TO SLAB AND 600 x 600mm
ACCOUSTIC CEILING TILES
300mm CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE
LAMATHERM FIRE STOP
100mm RIDGID BOARD INSULATION
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
RAISED ACCESS FLOOR
TRIPLE GLAZED ARGON FILLED PANELS
300mm CAST IN-SITU CONCRETE
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
100mm RIDGID BOARD INSULATION
TAPERED RIDGID BOARD INSULATION
ALUMINUM STEEL CAPPING
STAINLESS STEEL HANDRAIL 1100mm HIGH
400 x 100mm STEEL HOLLOWCORE SECTION
300mm CAST IN-SITU REINFORCED
CONCRETE WALL
INSULATED SPANDREL PANEL
WITH LAMATHERM FIRE STOP
SUSPENDED CEILING WITH 600mm
CEILING TILES
HANDRAIL 1100mm HIGH
RAISED ACCESS
FLOOR
NORTH WEST ELEVATION
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ROOF AND PARAPET
300MM CAST IN-SITU CONCRETEWITH DPM LAID UNDER
100 MM TAPERED RIGID BOARD INSULATION WITH 2 LAYERS
OF TORCHED ON BITUM 2 70MM C SECTION CHANNELS
WITH 400MM STEEL SHEETS FIXED EITHER SIDE FOR
PARAPET WITH 100MMRIGID BOARD INSULATION
WRAPPEDAROUND PARAPET DPM TO BE WRAPPED
INSULATION AND OVERLAP 100MM WITH INSULATION ON
THE CONCRETE WALL PARAPET FINISHED WITH ALUMINIUM
CAPPING
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CURTAIN WALL
CURTAIN WALL CONSTRUCTED FROM 50mm X 150mm
ALUMINIUM MULLIONS @ 2000mm C/C WITH TRIPLE
GLAZED GLASS PANELS WITH ARGON GAS IN CENTRE TO GET
DESIRED U VALUE TO COMPLY WITH TGD PART L 600mm
SPANDREL PANELS FIXED AT FLOOR INTERVALS WITH
LAMATHERM FIRE STOP 1000mm X 2000mm WINDOW
OPENINGS LOCATED AT EACH FLOOR TO PROVIDE
VENTILATION
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CLADDING
100MM RIGID BOARD INSULATION FOR DESIRED U-VALUE TO
COMPLY WITH TGD L STEEL BRACKETS FIXED TO CONCRETE
WALL AND VERTICAL RAILS FIXED TO BRACKETS AND
HORIZONTAL KINGSPAN BENCHMARK CARRIER RAIL FIXED TO
VERTICAL RAILS AND 480MM LONG FIBRE CEMENT CLADDING
FIXED TO CARRIER RAIL WITH BENCHMARK BRACKET