Journal: Week FourThis week’s activity involved taking a set of measured drawings and being able to understand what is being represented through the plan, section and elevation drawings. This includes things such as scale, basic symbols and codes. This provided good training for the spanman option for A02 Full Size.

This introduced knew knowledge that no doubt we will continue to work on. Although it can be quite difficult if there are missing pages or they aren’t back numbered correctly, and understanding some of the symbols, but it does give a better understanding of the building, in terms of material structure and dimensions.

Journal: Week FiveIn week five we were assigned to groups, myself being placed with Akla and Emma in order to complete an in-depth, x-ray study of an assigned case study building, ours being Ormond College. Using the plans provided we were able to complete a slideshow presentation that focuses on primary and secondary structures. The task further touched on previous skills in ability to identify different structural materials, joints and fixings through reading of plans, section and elevations, while introducing new concepts such as sustainability, embodied energy, recyclability and economic implications. Attached you will find the slideshow presentation.

Journal: Week SixWeek six saw ourselves working in the same groups as allocated the previous few week’s to continue working on our case study site. We were given a relatively small time frame in which to complete the model, of materials we bought in. We used pasteboard to construct walls, with thin wooden sticks for beams. The activity required knowledge from the past few weeks of being able to read plans and section and elevation to achieve a correctly scaled model. It also revisited the idea of primary and secondary structures. Constraints were mainly the time in which the model was to be completed.

-Measured drawings/plans of the Ormond College Reception, which we were to make a model of. -Shows the relevant wall dimensions.

-Beams made from thin wood to show location and structure in the model.