COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
A4125 -
Building Systems I
Spring 2003
INTRODUCTION TO THE BUILDING ANALYSIS PROBLEM
The remaining weeks of this course will be spent analyzing a
prominent post WWII building. Using the
building's construction drawings as the primary source of information, the
investigation will focus on the interrelationship between the structural,
mechanical and enclosure systems, construction methods and materials and the
architectural form. The examination of
the building systems will emphasize the way in which each informs and impacts
the others as well as their ultimate affect on the creation of the
architecture.
An objective of this part of the course will be to
understand the architect's attitude regarding the building systems and how the
architectural idea/intention of the specific building is realized, reflected
and/or amplified by the choice, manipulation, interaction and execution of the
building systems.
The process of the investigation will be documented with
plan, section and detail drawings and diagrams, detail models and a technical
report.
SCHEDULE:
Please meet each week at 2pm in Wood Auditorium for crit
sign-up, announcements and homework assignments.
Before February 25 Form
into groups, choose building to analyze
February 25 Pick
up sets of drawings
March 4 Crits
March 11 Crits
March 18 Spring
Break
March 25 Crits
April 1 Crits
April 8 Crits
April 15 Crits
April 16 (Wednesday) Final
prints of all required drawings due at 1:00 pm
May 6 FINAL
REVIEW, technical report due
(You may not pin up anything that
was not handed in on
April 16)
I FINAL DRAWINGS:
Drawings can be either in ink or pencil as long as they are clearly legible when printed. Please note that you must display prints of your drawings, not the originals, at the final review. All drawings should be drawn on sheets of the same size.
Scale
Typical Floor Plan: 1/8"= 1'-0"
Label the structural system and materials, core elements, HVAC com-
ponents, etc.
Building Section: 1/8"= 1'-0"
Label the structural system and materials, building enclosure system
and materials, HVAC components, etc.
Building Envelope Cut-Away or Exploded Axonometric: 3/4"= 1'-0"
This drawing should clearly illustrate the relationship between
the building envelope (including the interior finishing), the structure
and the HVAC system. Label building enclosure materials, structural
and HVAC components. Key in large scale details on this drawing
Detail Cut-Away or Exploded Axonometrics: 3"= 1'-0"
Draw two building envelope details as requested by your critic. or larger
This drawing should illustrate the relationship of the building envelope
to the structure. Label all components and materials.
Building Envelope Detail Model: (alternate requirement) 3"= 1'-0"
This model may be substituted for one of the detail axonometrics and or larger
should illustrate the same information as the detail drawings.
Structural Free Body Diagram (FBD): No scale
Draw exploded axonometric FBD illustrating the wind resistance
and gravity resistance systems.
HVAC System Diagram: No scale
Draw an axonometric diagram illustrating the vertical and horizontal
distribution and return system.