SLAB XRAY: NERVOUS SYSTEM

Posted on July 19th, 2014 by tberesford

Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction

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All slab-bourne conduit serving level 03/level 02 ceiling electrical, IT and A/V devices. (courtesy Mulvey Banani Intl Inc.)

 

These are images of the electrical nervous system to be embedded in the concrete slabs supporting the graduate design studios at the new U of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture.  Lines shown in cool/blue tones indicate conduit that will serve devices mounted to or embedded within the exposed concrete ceilings below.  Lines shown in warm tones indicate conduit that will serve floorboxes at the top of the floor slab.  If we are lucky, we will be able to embed/conceal all of these conduits within the congested 12 inch thickness of concrete also containing hydronics for radiant cooling/heating, reinforcing bar, and voids that will reduce the slab’s dead load self weight.

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There are two major bottlenecks that correspond roughly with the locations of the “spinal cord/brain”: the electrical and IT closets located at the the northeast and northwest stair cores, respectively.  From these locations, conduit fan out in all directions.  However, the local bottlenecks are exasperated by a large, floor-through penetration right at the center of the plan, which corresponds with a large amphitheater sunken to the level below.  We will try to mitigate the need for additional slab thickness at areas of congestion by omitting slab voids in those locations.

 

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Detail of data (orange) and electrical (yellow) conduits serving cast-in floor boxes at the graduate design studio level. (courtesy Mulvey Banani Intl Inc.)

 

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Joseph Reed Gets a Face Lift

Posted on July 15th, 2014 by achang

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, construction

The Historic Facade of the Bank of New South Wales is an essential element of, what is lovingly called, The Concrete Lawn.  In the competition stage teams struggled with whether to relocate it or to integrated it into the new FABP  building.  We chose the latter.

 

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JOSEPH REED’S BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES FACADE  PRE-DEMOLITION 

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APRIL 2013 – HISTORIC FACADE BRACED

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JULY 2013 – EVERYTHING BUT JOSEPH REED IS DEMOLISHED

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DEC 2013 – PRIMARY STRUCTURE ERECTED

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JUNE 2014 – DRYWALL FRAMING

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JULY 2014 – DRYWALL ALMOST COMPLETE….

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JULY 2014 – FIRST COAT

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