Sunday, 25 May 2008

Edgewater


Its a precast concrete panel structure with suspended concrete floor system. Concrete floor is post tensioned the dark patches in concrete slab shows where the tension rods are.
This is a loop for cranege of precast panel.
The slab is poured in permanent foam work with infill slab at the perimeter.
Photograph shows false work of the and the safety rails.
Piping runs through the floor. special holes are made in the floor slab form work to allow services.


Bathroom floors are done at lower level and will be finished with appropriate tiling and slope, so the water could not flow outside .
Reinforcement is continued from the wall panel up to be connected to the next panel.

New floor level is prepared for concrete pour.

Safety caps.
detail of the water pool. the pain slab stops before the pool and the space in between will be filled later on. This was done because the concrete for the pool was made with special waterproof additives and poured separately.
The staircase frame with reinforcement.



Saturday, 10 May 2008

Ian Potter Centre

Walls of Potter Centre is made of oddly shaped steel frames with different type of panelling. The frame creates an unusual look of the building
Solid, translucent and transparent panels are placed within steel frame structure.

The shadows it casts within the atrium and the quality of light is quite amazing.



Soffit design echoes the wall .
The envelope with the triangulation is non-load bearing. The main structure is columns in decorative casement.
The steel frame is a complex system of rigid and pinned connection. Joining and members massiveness is very harmonious. Although, i believe that members are oversized.







Frames are bolted together. the bolts are very decorative as well.
Some of the panels are openable some are sealed.


The detail looking up to the envelope. The services are run in the gap between the structure and envelope.