This week's "Post Your Work" thread theme is Concrete.
Interior, Exterior, cool foundation shots, board-formed, floors, walls, domes, cast models from architecture school - whatcha got?
archanonymous
Jul 23, 21 11:53 am
I'll start since I was absent in the PYW Roofs thread.
Here's a building I did with commercial sandwich panels and some nice board-formed site walls and signage:
SneakyPete
Jul 23, 21 12:22 pm
Very clean. Nice work.
Non Sequitur
Jul 23, 21 12:35 pm
can we get a close-up of that window detail for those of us at the back of the room?
archanonymous
Jul 23, 21 1:23 pm
Construction and finished. I have some even more detailed shots of weeps and welds but having trouble finding right now...
SneakyPete
Jul 23, 21 1:45 pm
Was there ever discussion of letting the raw edge stick out a bit beyond the face of the panel around the corner? Regardless, I really like it. Except for the surveillance, but that's not your fault at all.
archanonymous
Jul 23, 21 5:30 pm
That fuckin corner. :)
Yeah, if you look at the other facades it is all about these East-West planes of concrete the slide past other infill materials, whether curtain wall, cement panel, or painted precast (like at the large gym volume.) The infill materials are always let back so you read the concrete as the primary structure that it is.
This was my first project as PA/ design architect and I went back and forth endlessly with the Principal/ Design Director on this very issue. We were so aligned on everything else. I thought the building had to follow it's own rules, he thought there should be one moment that broke them.
(This was a punch photo - they were still working on the mech screen)
Early diagram.
SneakyPete
Jul 23, 21 6:22 pm
lovely diagram.
tduds
Jul 23, 21 12:57 pm
Incidentally this is the same building I posted in the other Post Your Work thread. The project was a renovation of a late 40s office building. Existing conditions were drop grid ceiling and gyp walls everywhere. Pretty dark and soulless. We started pulling the walls back & realized the *entire building* was framed with board formed concrete. Just beautiful textures on every slab, wall, and column.
We left about 75% of it exposed in the finished project. Pretty much everywhere except the exterior walls that we needed to insulate. Sometimes good design is knowing what not to do.
Non Sequitur
Jul 23, 21 1:01 pm
dude... you need to give a warning before you post something like that 2nd pic... some of are at work and don't have spare pants.
archanonymous
Jul 23, 21 1:19 pm
Sploosh. Nicely done.
Everyday Architect
Jul 23, 21 1:56 pm
Nicely done indeed. I love finding those types of things on renovation projects that can ultimately change the design strategy for the better.
That said, having worked for a while in an exposed concrete ceiling building, I hope you put some acoustic panels, baffles, clouds, or insulation of some type up there. Even a little can go a long way if it is placed in strategic locations.
SneakyPete
Jul 23, 21 2:07 pm
WHAT DID YOU SAY??
tduds
Jul 23, 21 2:22 pm
I just did the core & shell reno, but yeah the tenant put in some acoustic measures.
randomised
Jul 23, 21 3:53 pm
Nice job!
tduds
Jul 23, 21 5:44 pm
Thanks everybody.
x-jla
Jul 23, 21 9:05 pm
Nice!
archanonymous
Jul 23, 21 6:14 pm
Don't want anyone to feel intimidated, so here's a less-good concrete pic. This was a real mess.
natematt
Jul 24, 21 4:32 am
Photo is from construction, so it's a bit dirty, and they hadn't finished the beams yet, etc, but this had some fairly interesting reuse of stone from the the previous building's fireplace, which was something the client really wanted.
The floor was also a radiant heat concrete floor. Little bit of an issue with some cracking at the corners despite all the control measures, but that's just how it goes.
archanonymous
Jul 24, 21 8:29 am
That's pretty cool - I like re-using building materials where possible.
Wood Guy
Jul 25, 21 9:47 am
Nothing too exciting, but a current project is a big addition to the oldest house town, built in the late 1700s. It's the farmhouse for a 200-acre farm and the wood for the addition is all being cut from the farm and sawn on site. The movie, "On Golden Pond" was based on the families who have homes on each side of this place.
It was important to the owners for the addition to look old and to not overwhelm the house, but it had to include a huge, vaulted-ceiling kitchen/dining room. There is a brickledge that will accept antique granite foundation stones that will be sliced into veneer. The blank areas are for porches, which will have bluestone or slate floors and granite-faced foundation walls.
RJ87
Jul 28, 21 3:39 pm
This was before the decorative habitat inside of the tank was installed. Pretty much the entire viewing area was exposed concrete. The slab pour was continuous for over 20 hours.
RJ87
Jul 28, 21 4:13 pm
Drawing it was easy from a window detail perspective. But the difficulty was selecting waterproofing additives for the concrete & plugs for the formwork holes that wouldn't leak over time (optimally). There was a 30' tall test wall built outside in the staging area where we had different mixes, buff techniques & formwork tested out.
Everyday Architect
Jul 28, 21 4:56 pm
Do you recall what waterproofing additives were used?
archanonymous
Jul 28, 21 6:07 pm
Was this Miami?
will galloway
Jul 31, 21 4:41 pm
concrete slab is exposed on the interior
forming the slab for the cantilever
we made them, but didnt install them
Our first project as an office in tokyo, 12 years ago. The ground floor is concrete and the 2nd floor is wood with steel reinforcement here and there. The beam that supports the cantilever on the right side is reversed and built into a thickened wall that works as a shelf above the height of the beam. It was pretty cool to watch this go up and the concrete came out nicely. My partner and I made the concrete tiles ourselves to save a bit of money for the client. He hated it, I loved doing it.
randomised
Jul 31, 21 5:05 pm
Awesome project, love the tiles!
archanonymous
Jul 31, 21 6:26 pm
Awesome tiles! The whole project is lovely too. Especially like the house # on the end of the beam.
randomised
Aug 1, 21 3:28 am
Now that I think of it, have seen this published and rightfully so...
will galloway
Aug 1, 21 11:15 am
yeah it did the rounds, right at that period when internet was rising and print was floundering. That was when we learned publication didnt really mean as much as we thought it might, although it was very cool, especially for a first project. We also learned that our first clients were amazing and open-minded outliers.
This week's "Post Your Work" thread theme is Concrete.
Interior, Exterior, cool foundation shots, board-formed, floors, walls, domes, cast models from architecture school - whatcha got?
I'll start since I was absent in the PYW Roofs thread.
Here's a building I did with commercial sandwich panels and some nice board-formed site walls and signage:
Very clean. Nice work.
can we get a close-up of that window detail for those of us at the back of the room?
Construction and finished. I have some even more detailed shots of weeps and welds but having trouble finding right now...
Was there ever discussion of letting the raw edge stick out a bit beyond the face of the panel around the corner? Regardless, I really like it. Except for the surveillance, but that's not your fault at all.
That fuckin corner. :)
Yeah, if you look at the other facades it is all about these East-West planes of concrete the slide past other infill materials, whether curtain wall, cement panel, or painted precast (like at the large gym volume.) The infill materials are always let back so you read the concrete as the primary structure that it is.
This was my first project as PA/ design architect and I went back and forth endlessly with the Principal/ Design Director on this very issue. We were so aligned on everything else. I thought the building had to follow it's own rules, he thought there should be one moment that broke them.
(This was a punch photo - they were still working on the mech screen)
Early diagram.
lovely diagram.
Incidentally this is the same building I posted in the other Post Your Work thread. The project was a renovation of a late 40s office building. Existing conditions were drop grid ceiling and gyp walls everywhere. Pretty dark and soulless. We started pulling the walls back & realized the *entire building* was framed with board formed concrete. Just beautiful textures on every slab, wall, and column.
We left about 75% of it exposed in the finished project. Pretty much everywhere except the exterior walls that we needed to insulate. Sometimes good design is knowing what not to do.
dude... you need to give a warning before you post something like that 2nd pic... some of are at work and don't have spare pants.
Sploosh. Nicely done.
Nicely done indeed. I love finding those types of things on renovation projects that can ultimately change the design strategy for the better.
That said, having worked for a while in an exposed concrete ceiling building, I hope you put some acoustic panels, baffles, clouds, or insulation of some type up there. Even a little can go a long way if it is placed in strategic locations.
WHAT DID YOU SAY??
I just did the core & shell reno, but yeah the tenant put in some acoustic measures.
Nice job!
Thanks everybody.
Nice!
Don't want anyone to feel intimidated, so here's a less-good concrete pic. This was a real mess.
Photo is from construction, so it's a bit dirty, and they hadn't finished the beams yet, etc, but this had some fairly interesting reuse of stone from the the previous building's fireplace, which was something the client really wanted.
The floor was also a radiant heat concrete floor. Little bit of an issue with some cracking at the corners despite all the control measures, but that's just how it goes.
That's pretty cool - I like re-using building materials where possible.
Nothing too exciting, but a current project is a big addition to the oldest house town, built in the late 1700s. It's the farmhouse for a 200-acre farm and the wood for the addition is all being cut from the farm and sawn on site. The movie, "On Golden Pond" was based on the families who have homes on each side of this place.
It was important to the owners for the addition to look old and to not overwhelm the house, but it had to include a huge, vaulted-ceiling kitchen/dining room. There is a brickledge that will accept antique granite foundation stones that will be sliced into veneer. The blank areas are for porches, which will have bluestone or slate floors and granite-faced foundation walls.
This was before the decorative habitat inside of the tank was installed. Pretty much the entire viewing area was exposed concrete. The slab pour was continuous for over 20 hours.
Drawing it was easy from a window detail perspective. But the difficulty was selecting waterproofing additives for the concrete & plugs for the formwork holes that wouldn't leak over time (optimally). There was a 30' tall test wall built outside in the staging area where we had different mixes, buff techniques & formwork tested out.
Do you recall what waterproofing additives were used?
Was this Miami?
Our first project as an office in tokyo, 12 years ago. The ground floor is concrete and the 2nd floor is wood with steel reinforcement here and there. The beam that supports the cantilever on the right side is reversed and built into a thickened wall that works as a shelf above the height of the beam. It was pretty cool to watch this go up and the concrete came out nicely. My partner and I made the concrete tiles ourselves to save a bit of money for the client. He hated it, I loved doing it.
Awesome project, love the tiles!
Awesome tiles! The whole project is lovely too. Especially like the house # on the end of the beam.
Now that I think of it, have seen this published and rightfully so...
yeah it did the rounds, right at that period when internet was rising and print was floundering. That was when we learned publication didnt really mean as much as we thought it might, although it was very cool, especially for a first project. We also learned that our first clients were amazing and open-minded outliers.