Technical Feature – Page 59
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Technicalities: Dogma design
In his film The Five Obstructions director Lars von Trier set his mentor, Jorgen Leth, the challenge of remaking Leth’s film the Perfect Human, but with a series of impediments.
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TechnicalIn detail 14: Tower of London environs
Tower Hill, the main approach to the Tower of London has been transformed by a new 200m-long public square. Three pavilions on the western side house visitor facilities. The whole square ramps down towards the river to the south at a 1-in-20 gradient avoiding the need for landings. On the ...
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Hot off the pressA new guide to underfloor heating has been published by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Domestic Building Services Panel. The Underfloor Heating Design & Installation Guide — to enable architects to understand basic principles and design techniques — covers floor structures and finishes, ...
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TechnicalIn detail 13: Moggerhanger House Restoration
Restoration work at John Soane’s Moggerhanger House has revealed a two-storey “tribune” which acts as a lobby between the main stair and the rooms on the east side of the house. An opening in the first floor and a roof lantern are being reinstated and this will bring light ...
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TechnicalHidden treasure
Research and paint analysis have revealed Soane's Moggerhanger House to be one of his finest works.
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TechnicalTechnicalities: Reversible fortunes
In working with historic buildings we are advised by statutory bodies that alterations should be "reversible". I must admit to having severe difficulties with this advice.
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TechnicalWith paint technology, the walls can talk|
Microscopic paint analysis is a process whereby a section of paintwork is analysed under a microscope and photographed to determine the build up of layers. The resulting image is sufficiently detailed to enable the individual pigments of colour to be identified within each paint layer and there-fore allows a ...
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TechnicalIn detail 12: Kingsdale School auditorium
The centrepiece of the new ETFE-covered courtyard at Kingsdale School in south London is a 314-seat auditorium and library. A geodesic timber structure encloses a space for assemblies, screenings, lectures, performances and music events.The auditorium seating has the same bent birch-faced plywood profile as the school's standard 1960s classroom chair ...
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Goodbye Windy Miller
Why do wind turbines have to spin like windmills? A new concept to be applied between Oxford and Cambridge, suggests they don't.
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Future performanceA key event at this year's Building Performance exhibition, which explores the future of property, will be a two-day Building Performance is Business Performance conference on October 6-7. The conference will draw together speakers including Richard Saxon of BDP, Mark Way of RMJM and Roger Madelin of Argent. The ...
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TechnicalIn detail 11: The Public, West Bromwich
A self-supporting envelope encloses a single massive volume. Inside, a splayed tapering steel H-frame supports the roof, a mid-level “table” floor and all the independent forms which populate the space. “Jellybean” windows appear to have been cut out of the facade to reveal the inner space.
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TechnicalFantasy facade
There's nothing shy about Alsop's designs for The Public in West Bromwich. Gareth Gardner reports on this arts centre project
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Facade body A professional body for those interested in facade engineering has been set up by CIBSE to provide architects, engineers and manufacturers with a forum to share information. CIBSE recognises that the Society of Facade Engineering is needed to ensure that all those involved in facades work more closely ...
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TechnicalGlazed over
A new report on facades calls for architects to break the glass habit and consider more environmentally friendly ways to glaze.
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TechnicalTechnicalities: Time to see the light
The current fashion is for full-height glazing. This is an effective demon-stration of cladding technology, but does it deliver in practice? The standard for natural daylight is the average daylight factor — a room’s illumination compared with outdoors on a bright overcast day. The human eye is comfortable ...
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TechnicalIn detail 10: Youl Hwa Dang Publishing House
The four-storey concrete-framed publishing house headquarters sits on a concrete basement undercroft used as a car park.
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Better buildings bill on horizon
Report backs a single national code for sustainable buildings
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Talking trash How about a rubbish bin that never needs emptying? Swedish company Envac has designed a waste collection system that sucks waste from a bin once it is full. An underground network of pipes is installed 2m deep, and this transports waste by a pressurised vacuum from the specially ...
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TechnicalIn detail 09: Y’s, Tokyo
The centrepiece of the new flagship Y’s store in Tokyo is a series of four sculptural display units. Three of the four units conceal 980 x 980mm concrete columns.