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Desire: To construct a ascetically pleasing, environmentally sustainable exterior wall that can last the elements. TASK:Construct a 1:2 model incorporating a wall + window + roof/ eave using actual material elements. After construction test integrity with a hose, simulated rainfall for 5 minute period. Record the entire process. • Research • Sketches • Construction • Testing
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- Preliminary Sketches & Notes
- Progress round the frame
- The End Result
- A Sloppy back, tight bottom and a loose top.
- Big bugs and Roof frames
- A Closer Look
- Leveling the Window
- Materials
- The Water Test.
- Bolting the prefabricated eaves to the wall
- Placing the window
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- Setting up some more form work
- Setting up some form work
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- The Site & Tools
- Wall Construction
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Over a long period of time green logs (un-dried or fresh wood) shrink and swell. This is why it is important to pick dried wood in this method of construction. For this project we used what was available to us as the wall was only temporary.
ReplyDeleteLooking closely we should have cleaned the mortar back between each log and perhaps planned the logs back and vanished them for a more appealing finish. I the long term the logs would need some kind of treatment to prevent them from rotting.
ReplyDeleteA large lintel was cut to fit over the window. It is important that the frame bears no loads and that the flashing can drain any water away from the building. This is why the lintel must sit just above the frame and carry further into the wall to carry all the loads to create an opening for the window to sit in. (simplified down to post and beam construction. Where the lintel is the beam and either side of the window are the posts).
ReplyDeleteThe placement of each log is important.
ReplyDeleteSome logs are fatter at one end then the other and so it is important not to place a series of fat ends one on top of the other.
Some longs may have some extreme twists and bends in them. These twists and bends should be minimized in the cutting of the branches but the rest needs to be made up with extra mortar to fill the gaps. By grouping a series of these logs together a weak point will be formed in the wall due to an excess of mortar.