SRT251 Comstruction and Structures 2 Major Project Warehouse and Office Complex Scenario Yan Loi (Rex) Wong ID:
1998 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner. Educated in Milan Polytechnic School of Architecture. Work includes: The Pompidou Centre and The J M Tjibaru Cultural Centre. Interested in technology, pre-fabrication and fine craftship. Used quite a lot of timber (compare with other Pritzker Prize winners) and louvres (used as outer skin to block direct sun light). Used a lot of repetitions, easy to be pre-fabricated and mass-produced. Renzo Piano
J M Tjibaru Cultural Centre
Renzo Piano Workshop
Timber Portal Frames
There are a lot of different styles of timber portal frames. Some timber portal frames could be with a hinge for easy erection, as shown in the previous slide. Some are made with columns and rafters, with a fixed steel bracket connecting them, as shown in this slide.
My Proposal Double box timber portal frame, which could span the whole 40m, with a height of 9.8m (similar to the CSR store building in Cardiff, NSW. Pre-fabricated toilets and kitchen units units for office space. Timber walkway as upper level of warehouse (simple timber framing construction), for managers to observe operation in warehouse floor. Pre-fabricated, louvred windows.
CSR Store Building Engineer Timberbuilt Pty Ltd Owner CSR Wood Panels Builder Cooper Constructions Location Mitchell Crescent, Cardiff, NSW Legend Portal frame.1 Purlin, 400 mm I section.2 Steel flat bracing, 50 x 2 mm.3 Tapering box cloumn, x 300 mm.4 Box rafter, 1200 x 330 mm.5 Rafter splice plate, 1200 x 240 mm.6 Nailed LVL gusset, 63 mm.7 Nailed LVL gusset, 54 mm.8 Purlin restraint.9 Information used in this PowerPoint is from the Timber Building In Australia website:
CSR Store Building Information used in this PowerPoint is from the Timber Building In Australia website:
PLAN Section A Toilet units Office/ showroom Warehouse Timber portal frame
SECTION A
Direct sun light View from exterior View from interior WINDOW DETAIL
Information used in this PowerPoint is from the Timber Building In Australia website: