TECH 1

2011

 

NOTICES:
Students are strongly encouraged to attend DesignEx at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, April 13-15.

 

 

Getting into a tutorial

Tutorial Lists

 

Course Information

Semester Timeplan (subject to revision)

 

Course Guide Part A Part B

Part B contains information regarding assessment tasks

 

HOUSES

Students are not to visit these houses under any circumstances

 

Boston Villa, Nest Architects   

Architecturals   Structurals   Images

 

Brent Knoll,  March Studio     

Architecturals   Structurals   Images

 

Smokey Town,  Judd Lysenko Marshall

Architecturals   Structurals   Images

 

 

Lectures

Introduction and the case study houses   Notes   Images

Generic Timber Construction – Stuart Harrison.  Notes   Images

Engineering and Architecture – Stuart Harrison. Notes   Images

Modelling Making – John Cherrey. Notes

Structures – Forces, Elements and Systems  – Richard Fooks.     Images   Links

Building Services: Now and the Future – Graham Crist   Images

How much does your building weigh? – Richard Black   Images

Future of Domestic Construction - Stuart Harrison   Images

Regionality and the Sun - Stuart Harrison   Images 

 

Work Examples

 

1:50 Model:

 

 


1:1 Models:  

 


Final Hand-in:

 

 

References

 

Materials & Construction

Timber:

Timber Framing Drawing

Timber Framing Interactive Game

 

 

Brick:

Brick Bond Types    Brick Types   Brick Veneer

 

Windows

 

Span Table Diagram

 

 

Links

Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA)  - Education Resources

 

Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA)

RMIT Architecture

 

Students are encouraged to obtain:

Wilkie, George, Building Your Own Home: A Comprehensive Guide for Australian Owner Builders, New Holland, 2003

 

Contact

Stuart Harrison

stuart.harrison@rmit.edu.au