Saturday, January 12, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Trial Pits
Trial pits dug by Brian Sinclair the JCB driver/owner of Sinclair Plant Hire, with geotechnical advice by engineer David Mathews and Soil Contamination Analysis by Pat Kerr. Assitance by Neil Gaffney.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Timber cladding decision
I got the go ahead today for timber cladding following a meeting with building control and discussions on the fire regs. Above are the calculatiosn based on "the enclosing rectangle method". The excel calculation is the interpolation of the size of the rectangle and published tables.
phew!
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Monday, December 03, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Rafael Moneo:
Reduction is always risky, but [Alvaro] Siza's observations [on his working process] could be simplified in this manner:
"place: origin of all architecture."
"distance: provided by the fact that it's others who build."
"discussion: pay attention to those who will be using the building."
"contingency: the solutions to the specific problems of each job are to be found in the conflicts that accompany the reality of the context of the work."
"uncertainty: thanks to the vagueness of the goal being pursued at the start of the job. The reaction is not resignation. On the contrary, that all well-done jobs end in surprise is a source of satisfaction."
"mediation: architecture as something that calls for group work, accepting one's limitations (constructive, functional, legal, etc.), sacrificing direct personal expression."
"nonsatisfaction: every architectural work is, in the eyes of its architect, unfinished; the architect necessarily feels that his solution failed to resolve all the conflicts inherent in the surrounding reality."
"evidence: architecture as the opportunity to test the uniqueness of things, the uniqueness that in their evidence allows us to discern their very essence."
from daily dose of arcitecture from in turn Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects (2004)
Reduction is always risky, but [Alvaro] Siza's observations [on his working process] could be simplified in this manner:
"place: origin of all architecture."
"distance: provided by the fact that it's others who build."
"discussion: pay attention to those who will be using the building."
"contingency: the solutions to the specific problems of each job are to be found in the conflicts that accompany the reality of the context of the work."
"uncertainty: thanks to the vagueness of the goal being pursued at the start of the job. The reaction is not resignation. On the contrary, that all well-done jobs end in surprise is a source of satisfaction."
"mediation: architecture as something that calls for group work, accepting one's limitations (constructive, functional, legal, etc.), sacrificing direct personal expression."
"nonsatisfaction: every architectural work is, in the eyes of its architect, unfinished; the architect necessarily feels that his solution failed to resolve all the conflicts inherent in the surrounding reality."
"evidence: architecture as the opportunity to test the uniqueness of things, the uniqueness that in their evidence allows us to discern their very essence."
from daily dose of arcitecture from in turn Theoretical Anxiety and Design Strategies in the Work of Eight Contemporary Architects (2004)
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