1. BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1
[BLD 61403/ARC3514/ ARC3512]
ASSIGNMENT 2:
CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS
NAME: CHONG CHIN PIN
STUDENT ID: 0319595
TUTOR: MR. KHAIROOL AIZAT
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN
CENTRE OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE STUDIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (MASSA)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS) (ARCHITECTURE)
2. CONTENT
INTRODUCTION
PRECEDENT STUDY
FACADE PRECEDENT STUDY 1
FACADE PRECEDENT STUDY 2
FLOORING SYSTEM:
ROOFING SYSTEM
FACADE DESIGN SCHEMES
FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 1
FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 2
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVES
SECTIONAL DETAILS
REFERENCES
3. INTRODUCTION
Proposal of a community library
SITE: JALAN HANG KASTURI
Area: 1200-1500 sqm
AREA: 3-5 storey
The site is located in a bustling street
whereby it is near to the tourist hot
spots such as Central Market, Kasturi
Walk and Medan Pasar. Despite of the
passing of time and development in
and around the street, Jalan Hang
Kasturi, the buildings sits on the street
still remains its pre-war distinctive
facades. The shop lots on the streets
have been preserved and re-adapted
to fulfill the needs of the users today.
Situated in a central district, the
movement of people are high. I decide
to create community library as a place
for social interaction and knowledge.
The community library is not just
learned through intellectual resources
but let the community to exchange
their skills or knowledge and learn
from each others.
To achieve the high permeability and
transparencies but without neglecting
the condition of the site, sun shading
devices plays an important roles to
provide thermal comfort for the users.
Therefore, due to diverse needs of the
spaces, the spaces are defined by
using transparency, translucent and
and opaque design.
Site Plan
My proposed site,
Site B
4. FACADE PRECEDENT STUDY 1- GREEN FACADE
LE NOUVEL, KUALA LUMPUR
ARCHITECT: JEAN NOURVEL
Le Nouvel KLCC is a
twin-tower luxury residential
apartments just opposite the
Petronas Twin Towers. The
facade integrating with lush
tropical greenery into the
concrete jungle. The facade
is a compose from vertical
rectangular aluminium posts
and horizontal cable rods for
climbing plants.
MATERIALS USE
● Cable rods,
● Rectangular hollow street post,
● Aluminium planter boxes,
● Creeper
● Flowering plants fertile soil
ADVANTAGES
1. Reduce noise level within the building
2. Decrease the use of artificial
DISADVANTAGES
1. High maintenance and construction cost
2. Requires costly nutrient, pruning and
irrigation equipments
Cable
Rod
Plants
Aluminiu
m grid rail
CONSTRUCTION METHOD
System made up from the following components:
1. Containers
2. Insulated container
3. Maintenance remote automated irrigation
4. Fertilization system
5. Wall mounting system
The tensile cable rods are designed to extend from permanent vertical
steel beams for plants to grow and climb around from the planter
boxes, covering the fade.
5. FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 2- LOUVES SYSTEM
GSW HEADQUARTERS, Berlin, Germany
Sauerbruch & Hutton Architekten Louisa
Hutton, Matthias Sauerbruch
The GSW Headquarters building which is a
real estate company of private property. It is
the first skyscraper to be built in Berlin after
the fall of the Wall in 1989. Sauerbruch
Hutton Architects designed the expansion
and renewal of complex GSW Headquarters
in Berlin ended in 1999 by proposed a
innovative concepts of mechannical
engineering based on natural ventilation.
CROSS AND STACK
VENTILATION
The louvers systems and double
skin facade give effective use of
sunlight and add an interesting
complexity to the exterior.
Factors for air movement and
natural ventilation inside space:
1. Different in air temperature
and pressure between indoor
and outdoor
2. In and out air vents with easy
path
Air exhaust: Inside air is
evacuated towards the
outside.
Air supply: Outdoor air is brought
to the inside of the room or into the
ventilation system.
MATERIALS USED
MEMBRANE CEILING
The canopy covered by a membrane of
polyester and PVC is built on the top of
the roof of the building, with its
convenient reinforces ventilation form
used Venturi effect.
COLOURED PANELS
The double skin automated colored
panels on the west facade create a
cavity that helps manage solar heat
gain and natural lighting.
ADVANTAGES
1. Reduce internal noise levels
inside building
2. Reduce artificial lighting
requirement
3. Reduce the use of artificial
heating and cooling.
DISADVANTAGES
1. ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE
AND OPERATIONAL COSTS
2. OVERHEATING PROBLEM IF
DOUBLE SKIN FACADE
SYSTEM NOT PROPERLY
DESIGN.
“Wing roof
When the wind blows from the east or west, the
aerodynamic shape of the wing accelerates the wind
passing over the stove. Conversely, if the wind blows
from the north or south, a series of suspension fins
make it to swirl.
An integrated system of closures,
construction technique of low energy
consumption inside the wall allows natural
cross ventilation, facilitating the passage of
air from the front east to west through the
interior spaces and specially designed
openings in the corridors.
SYSTEM DETAILS
6. FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 2- LOUVES SYSTEM
MSF’S CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND
COMPONENT MECHANISMS
EXHAUST-AIR FACADE
PRIMARY CURTAIN-WALL FACADE
CONSTRUCTION
STEP 1 : Components Manufacturing
STEP 2: TOP PART OF
FACADE CONSTRUCTION
Grating fixed on steel
cantilever element
Insulatio
n
Aluminium
Frame
Outward Opening
Hopper Windows
Extruded Aluminium Sections
Toughened Glass Infill
Air gap for
ventilation
Ventilation
Flaps Glass
Louvers
STEP 3: BOTTOM PART OF
FACADE CONSTRUCTION
aLUMINIUM SHEET
FRESH AIR FLAP
Spindle Motor
STEP 4: BETWEEN THE
TWO SKINS
Sunscreen shutters are
adjustable by pivoting and
sliding
STEP 5: AIR INLET FACADE
Ventilation
louvers
Toughened
single glazing
White enamel single
glazing
7. ROOFING SYSTEM- SAWTOOTH FLOOR
LEVERING TRADE
ATELIER ARS°
CROSS AND STACK VENTILATION
The louvers systems and double skin facade
give effective use of sunlight and add an
interesting complexity to the exterior.
Factors for air movement and natural ventilation
inside space:
1. Different in air temperature and pressure
between indoor and outdoor
2. In and out air vents with easy path
CONTEXT AND FUNCTIONALITY
CONSIDERATION
1. Allows lights to enter a deep plan building
2. The light that enters is indirect which does
not cause any discomfort or disability to the
users but the light entering bounces into the
spaces.
3. Fast and simple in construction as the
trusses
4. Able to reach large spans
MATERIALS USED
ADVANTAGES
1. Hardness natural daylighting
2. Reduce artificial lighting
requirement
3. Higher peaks may provide the
opportunity for either vaulted
ceiling or loft living space
DISADVANTAGES
1. Steel sheet covering sawtooth
roof may cause overheating
because of day-long exposed
under the sun. The heat of the
ceiling increase and influence the
temperature internally.
2. High maintenance
3. Higher chance for water leaks if
not well design
INSTALLATION
The hollow section steel joist are laid base on a grid
and welded to the structural i-beams. The webbed
trusses are laid at the perpendicular sides of the
framework. Trusses are then bolted to the structural
i-beams using gusset plated.
The sawtooth roofs design and
vierendeel beams would be repeated
along the facade provide good lighting
into interior spaces. Variations of the
surface of facade allow manifesting the
different conditions and requirements of
the inner space of the building, such as
the warehouse, private offices, meeting
rooms and other spaces. Moreover, the
steel latticework helps reduce solar
radiation and protect the windows from
possible vandalism due to the marginal
conditions of the zone at night.
Steel Metal Covering
Protective film
Light Gauge
Steel Truss
Insulation
I-beam
Columns
CONNECTION DETAILS
Rectangular
hollow section
(Rhs) is used for
the joists
Light gauge steel
trusses are
manufactured by
C-shaped
galvanised steel
profile
Sawtooth Truss
A variation of the north light truss is the
saw tooth which is used in multi-bay
buildings. It is typical to include a truss of
the vertical face running perpendicular to
the vertical face running perpendicular to
the plane f the sawtooth truss
The doubled height inner workspace limited by
OSB panel walls that add a friendly
atmosphere at low cost, and also maintaining
the industrial character. To add to the building
a craftwork sample, palm leaves were used to
weaving the gaps between the handrails.
8. FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 1
FRONT ELEVATION
SCALE 1:100
Space between glazing layers
reduce low frequency noise such
as traffic from heavy vehicles.
11. FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 2
FRONT ELEVATION
SCALE 1:100
Daylight can significantly reduce the
requirement for artificial lighting within a
building.
Louver design for
fire staircase
ventilation
12. FACADE DESIGN SCHEME 2
REAR ELEVATION
SCALE 1:100
Louver design for
fire staircase
ventilation
Green facade