formwork session 01

images from today's site work are here

general concerns include:
1 overall size
2 rebar tolerance
3 base leveling
4 silhouette elegance

among others.

if you haven't yet, please make an effort to see before thursday's class

ideas for ways to break down the scale of the top concrete surface:
eisenman's memorial in berlin
lewis tsurumaki lewis' ini ani cafe in nyc

true, maybe not the most comfortable thing to sit on for hours, but if you've got a choice between concrete and lush grass on a nice day...

it's a bird, it's a plane..

it's the formwork to bench B!!

furthermore, it's not too late to call your mother today, to tell her all the great work you did!

pics later tonite

cg

05.11.08 sunday work

i'll meet y'all at the studio at noon to help andrew and becca load up sandwiches and eqpt to take to the site.

our plan is to cut formwork walls from the 3/4" stock on site and affix ply-sandwiches, caulking joints. also, we'll test mockup for the buttress, esp. how to secure to the ground

12p--4:30p, based on building hours. would someone volunteer to store equipment (two bags, power tools) for the night to extend our work hours?

lunch is provided

Plywood

We need 15 sheets of 3/4" plywood for the formwork, this is not including any 1/2" plywood for the sandwiches.

For the sandwiches: we need 23 standard sandwiches, so that's 46 slices of bread, each of which is 9" x 21 1/2"

We also need sandwiches for the double-boxes (6):
12 slices of bread @ 20 1/2" x 21 1/2"
new foam wings (6 ea.): a = 20 1/2" x 15 3/4"
b = 19 1/2" x 15 3/4"
c = 18 1/2" x 15 3/4"

And a sandwich for the sail-storage bin (1):
2 slices of bread @ 37 1/2" x 21 1/2"
new foam wing (1): a = 21 1/2" x 15 3/4"
b = 35 1/2" x 15 3/4"
c = 19 1/2" x 15 3/4"

wk17 sat/sun schedule, 05/10-11

sat 05.10
9a-1p, bac studio/woodshop
andrew + becca + janine + cg

00 piece 'd', inner support wood stud, was cut in class thursday. 38(?) total
01 andrew will pick up foam wings from ian's yard and bring to bac
02 ply bread to be cut from 2'x4' 1/2" handy panels
.01 becca, please verify dimensions and quantity for this piece ('e'?). incorporate into formwork dwgs
.02 becca, also, please ver. number of panels req'd. i believe we have 10 sheets at the studio
03 sandwich formwork boxes to be assembled. andrew/becca please confirm quantity and/or any exceptional sizes to be made
04 lisa, can you confirm what needs to be done to finish prepping the boxes to take to site? janine can complete these on saturday
.01 what was the latest on the dremel finish? do we need to purchase a new sanding bit?
.02 cg to pick up more cans of ready patch, tarps


sun 05.11
12p-5p, on-site
andrew + becca + wes + cg + ...

00 bring mat'ls on site:
.01 two bags of tools/eqpt from studio, esp. circ saw, jig saw, paint gun, screw guns
.02 primer & paint
.03 drawing set
.04 primed crate-boxes
.05 sandwiches
01 crates to be primed with plastic primer, first coat of red paint
02 sidewalls of formwork to be cut from 3/4" stock on site per becca's formwork drawings

week 17 action list

folks- the action list for week17 can be downloaded from the sidebar. We still need drawing submissions by Lisa and Andrew. A reminder that I will be away this Thursday until Monday. Charles and I will meet tonight to discuss the schedule and our progress last week.

Hello

Thanks to Kyle for the invite. I love what you all are doing this semester.

I saw Kyle's presentation at the BAC this week and it rocked. Much excitement in the room. It should keep living on and I am so glad that it is.

Mason Pritchett and I taught the class last semester (spring '07) and will contribute to the blog as well. Hopefully offering support and advice to future design/build projects within the BAC. In the next week or so, I will be providing images from the last design/build workshop so that more people can see what we built last year.

Happy building!

Concrete Calculations

a very good resource for verifying our concrete quantities. Concrete.com Calculator