Project brief 2 btech1 march 2016

1. Building Technology 1 (BLD61403/ARC3514/ARC3512): March 2016 1
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN
Centre for Modern Architecture Studies in Southeast Asia (MASSA)
Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Architecture)
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1 [BLD61403 / ARC3514 / ARC3512]
Prerequisite: Building Construction II
Assignment 2 – Construction Solutions
40% of final marks (individual)
Submission date: 23 June 2016 (Week 12)
Assignment 2 Individual
LO
4,5,6,8
40% A3 bound report
Hardcopy and digital
copy
Figure 1: A sectional perspective showing the construction details of a space
Introduction
This assignment is aligned with the Studio Design Project (semester 4 and 5) and aims to facilitate students in the
technical studies and development of their design. It deals with the analysis and establishment of the structural and
the envelope systems of the student’s design to ensure that the design has logical and workable construction
systems. It also encourages students to think about construction as integral part of the design and not just an
afterthought. Most of the times amateur designers tend to design their spaces without thinking about the construction
aspects and later on have to change and redesign their schemes due to the designs were unbuildable. This
assignment was design with the intention to tackle this issue and to increase the technical competency of students.

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Objectives of Project
1. To encourage analytical and critical study of the principles, practices and details of building technology in the
student’s own design.
2. To encourage students to consider the construction aspects throughout the design process.
3. To adapt and implement the alternative construction systems into the students’ design.
Learning Outcomes of this Project
4. Analyse and document construction methods and materials
5. Evaluate existing construction system and detailing of the selected project.
6. Critique issues pertaining to construction principles, materials, techniques, codes of practice, process of
assembly, and detailing.
8. Generate alternative construction solutions by means of sketches and drawings.
Tasks - Methodology
This assignment relates to student’s CURRENT studio design project (studio 4 or 5) however the final product may
not be the same as the final design in the studio. It consists of TWO parts:
Task 1: Alternative Design Schemes (20%)
1. Conduct some precedent studies of recent, complex
or unique construction systems that could be applied
in the design. They should include the following:
A) The roof system (reinforced concrete flat roof,
green roof and the common roof trusses are
prohibited)
B) TWO (2) facade systems (the common glass
curtain wall systems are prohibited)
C) The structural system including the floor
system (the common reinforced concrete post-
and-beam system is prohibited)
2. Next, conduct a thorough study on all the systems to
answer the following questions:
i) What is the type of construction system used?
ii) What is/are the material(s) used in the system?
iii) How is the system constructed? (i.e. detailing)
iv) What is/are the advantage(s) of the system?
v) What is/are the disadvantage(s) of the system?
vi) Why did you choose the system considering the
advantages and disadvantages of it?
Your answers to the questions should be in the form of writing and sketches and accompanied by images from
the precedent studies.
3. Then, using the similar systems as the ones in the case studies, produce TWO (2) alternatives of façade
design schemes for the current studio design project. Each design scheme should include only the front and
the rear façades (in scale 1:100) together with the neighbouring buildings. The drawings can be created based
on the students’ current progress in the studio.

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Task 2: Sectional Perspectives (20%)
Task 2 on the other hand is intended to facilitate students to develop practical construction solutions and detailing for
their own design through the production of sectional perspective drawings of spaces. Students are required to
produce detail sectional perspective drawing of TWO interesting spaces (as shown in Figure 1) in their design;
which consists of a room on the ground floor and a room on the top floor.
The sectional perspective of the room on the ground floor should show the connections between the foundations,
ground floor slab, façade, structures and the upper floor slab. On the top floor the sectional perspective should
highlight the connections between the floor slab, structures, façade, and the roof. The drawings should be produced
in appropriate scale (between 1:50 to 1:30), clearly annotated and accompanied by dimensions.
Submission Requirement
1. A3 bound report of the precedent studies and analysis of the construction systems.
2. TWO (2) alternatives of façade design schemes for the current studio design project (included in the A3 report).
3. Fully annotated detail sectional perspective drawing of TWO interesting spaces, one on the ground floor and
one on the top floor accompanied by key plans to indicate the location of the spaces.
Suggested content for the A3 report (not limited to the following)
Item Description
Cover page
To include assignment title, module name and code, student name and ID
number, tutor’s name and to include a TU logo.
Table of contents With proper sections, sub-sections and page numbering
Introduction to the studio design
project
- Name and location of the project, functions of the building, design statement,
etc.
Precedent study and analysis of
the construction systems.
-Studies on the structural system (including the floor system), roof system and
TWO (2) facade systems.
-Background of the precedent study; the building can be different for each
construction system studied.
-The analysis should answer the questions asked in Task 1.
-To include appropriate images and other related information.
TWO (2) alternatives of façade
design scheme for the studio
design project.
-The façade design should implement the system used in the case studies
-The design schemes include the front and rear façades.
-The drawings should be in the scale of 1:100
Detail sectional perspective
drawings of TWO (2) spaces
- Preferably showing the same design as produced in the studio
- Fully annotated detail sectional perspective drawing of TWO interesting spaces
one on the ground floor and one on the top floor.
- The drawings should fit nicely into A3-size papers in the scale of between 1:50
to 1:30
- A small key plan to indicate the location of the space.

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Marking criteria
Marking Criteria
Marks
(%)
Acquired
TGC
FAIL POOR SATISFACTORY GOOD EXCELLENT
Precedent study and
critical assessment of
the construction
systems
A)Roof (25%)
B)Façade (50%)
C)Structural including
flooring (25%)
10
3.1,3.2
Poorly
conducted
precedent
studies and
analysis of ALL
construction
systems
(<20%)
(max. 2)
Poorly conducted
precedent studies
and analysis of
ONE system and
moderate for the
rest
(20 – 49%)
(max. 4)
Moderately
conducted
precedent studies
and analysis of
ALL construction
systems
(50 – 69%)
(max. 6)
Moderately
conducted
precedent
studies and
analysis of ONE
system and
sufficient for the
rest
(70 – 89%)
(max. 8)
Excellently
conducted
precedent studies
and analysis of ALL
construction
systems
(90 – 100%)
(max. 10)
TWO proposed
alternatives of façade
design scheme for
current studio design
project
10
1.1,1.2,
1.3
NO proposal or
ONE poorly
produced design
alternative.
(max. 2)
TWO poorly
produced design
alternatives
(max. 4)
ONE moderately
and ONE poorly
produced design
alternatives
(max. 6)
TWO sufficiently
produced design
alternatives
(max. 8)
TWO excellently
produced design
alternatives
(max. 10)
TWO detail sectional
perspectives of spaces
20
3.1,3.2
NO sectional
perspectives or
ONE poorly
produced detail
sectional
perspective
(max. 4)
TWO poorly
produced detail
sectional
perspectives
(max. 8)
ONE moderately
and ONE poorly
produced detail
sectional
perspectives
(max. 12)
TWO sufficiently
produced detail
sectional
perspectives
(max. 16)
TWO excellently
produced detail
sectional
perspectives
(max. 20)
 Total 40
Total
Marks
Tips
i) Characteristics of POOR among others are: insufficient in number, very little effort and thinking put into it with
poor quality drawing/image/composition and print quality.
ii) Characteristics of MODERATE among others are: sufficient in number, moderate effort and thinking put into it
with moderate quality drawing/image/composition and print quality.
iii) Characteristics of SUFFICIENT among others are: sufficient in number, good effort and thinking put into it with
good quality drawing/image/composition and print quality.
iv) Characteristics of EXCELLENT: exceeding all the above.