So today I hit my first 1000 views on this blog and I'm actually buzzing! I just wanted to thank everyone who's actually spent time either reading my posts or just come to check out my blog. It's definitely helped motivate me and hopefully I'll still carry on posting. Also I'll be submitting this in two days and I still have so much to do, so bear with me! :)
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So these weeks tech and services lecture was on Electrical design, an element which is essential for when designing our own buildings: Nowadays pretty much everything in terms of technologies or appliances is powered through electricity For us as technologists its very important: - The function of the room - The potential furniture layout - provide enough sockets for each room - ensure codes and regulations are met - consider costings Lights:
A lighting outlet with light fixture is essential outside all entrances and exit doors. Ceiling lights should be installed in: - Children bedrooms - Kitchens - Bathrooms - Large closets - Stairways - Garage - Extensions So we've been given a final timetable for all of our submissions as you can it is quite intense to say the least! In terms of submissions we do have the most compared to the other two years but after talking to the third years I can definitely say they have very tough work to produce as well!
However all I can say these next couple of weeks will be incredibly tough but it will definitely be rewarding, anyways as you can see I have to submit this blog in a few days so I best start getting posting! :) Mechanical ventilation is essential when designing a build as it is apart of Section F of Building regulations. Ventilation types: - Passive ventilation - Mechanical ventilation, either through fan assisted or manual control ventilation In terms with the amount of the ventilation required for a space, each space and space usage has a different ventilation requirement. Therefore we have to consider the dependent on occupancy rate and possible pollutants. The following systems are available: - Specific heat extract - Space specific extract - Ventilation with heat recovery - HVAC without heat recovery and centralised system - HVAC with heat recovery and centralised system - HVAC with heat recovery and de-centralsied return Peter also provided drawings from a project he's company has worked on: In all honesty the drawings did look scary but at the end of the day as technologists we would only have to draw the fundamentals, but we should be aware of the different systems. But a mechanical engineer would design the overall ventilation system. Looking forward to choosing the ventilation system for my own building as it does seem very interesting!
I know I haven't mentioned anything to do with Autodesk Revit yet however we have been using Revit from Week 2/3 this year and if I can say anything about it, it would be that it is an amazing piece of Software. It is also a BIM supported software.
It has many benefits, for example the way I explain it is that it is a combination between Google Sketchup and AutoCAD but it is more efficient. For example you can draw in any view you wont for example, in plan, elevation, 2D or 3D and it will draw it for you in every view. Which basically means you draw a building in plan you will be able to view that element in elevation mode, which also means when you change something it will change it in every view. However I haven't managed to find anytime to be able to create Revit tutorials yet because the work load this year is crazy! But I'll make you one promise as soon as I get time I will start posting Revit tutorials, so stay tuned :) Overall I was regretting this pin-up because I did feel like I didn't have enough time to produce a decent amount of work because I've fallen behind quiet a bit. However I did manage to get there in the end, and really it went a lot better than I though it would, some improvements mentioned by Peter and James (Course Leader of 3D Design):
- The spans of my glulam beams could be longer, and glulam is a lot more effective in aesthetics when the depth is really big so try spanning with 10 meters - Work more on the sectional drawing - Connect precedent more to design project - Figure out roof design - Try and keep things simple and dramatic - Connect the 2 studio flats with the main building, maybe partially underground - Work with the slop of the site - Produce structural model These were the main improvements which I was asked to work on, and hopefully I can make them pretty soon whilst I have a few ideas in my mind. So this week I've been trying to work hard as we have a pin up presentation this Friday and as I haven't actually produced enough work I've been working hard to try and produce a decent amount. So i decided to base the first A1 around the research side of the project, so for example I included my precedents, chosen materials, initial concepts and sunlight data. This A1 was based around the overall design of my concept, I included floor plans, elevations, sections and a 3D Model.
As I have a pin-up this Friday I decided to try and complete my Revit model so I'm able to produce a few renders to include within my A1 sheet, to help my colleagues and those viewing understand the overall form I'm wanting for my building.
In all honesty there wasn't much to do however I did come across a few problems with the roof of my model, the main reason was because it sloped at different angles and in different positions. So I did end up spending a few more hours trying to figure out how I could do this within Revit. A few hours later I did manage to produce a roof (shown in image above) and this was the furthest I could get. I didn't really want to spend too much time as I have loads of other work to do to for my pin-up. However once I do have time I will pend it trying to fix the roof and completing the rest of the model. I also made a few changes to the South elevation, I created a curtain wall system which I wanted as this would allow natural light to penetrate through the workshop areas. So today I finally started to use Revit to create my 3D model, as I know have plans to work from and finally figured what kind of form I'm wanting. Revit was introduced to us this year, and has been a really interest software. I'm used to creating 3D models using Sketchup, but I thought this would be a great opportunity to getting to know Revit.
I also went and spoke to Peter today, and he made me do a quick presentation in front of the 1st years, it was funny because I told Peter that I didn't have much to show however he still put me on the spotlight. However it wasn't as bad as I first thought it would be, however it was difficult to understand whether or not the first years was actually impressed with it. I think some people did like it, but because it's not completed I don't think everyone saw the overall vision for the form of the building. But I enjoyed using it in all honesty the way I feel about new software is: you can;t be really good at it unless you put the practice in, with this particular task I did enjoy it. |
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