Architecture

Plankton · 01-13-2019, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Nice pics of New Haven, mindful, and especially Davenport; a city by a river is always more interesting than a city without natural water imo.

^ Thanks, Plankton! Is that the building you designed for fire fighters? All you have to do is swap the stars and stripes for a cruxifix, and voilá! it's a seminary. It's a very trim building, which indicates that some careful thought has gone into its design. I like the way the landings of the tower are all equally spaced, and two of them extend out to become roof terraces - that's one great virtue of using modular units I suppose (at least when you are using them right). I also like the bit on top, which I'm going to call a widow's walk, just so that I can post a pic of a genuine old widow's walk:-

PS: Just noticed that the overhang of your widow's walk is the same distance at each end: Nice!

It is, yes. It's more function than form, which I feel I always have to stipulate with these since they're industrialized repurposing. Tactical and technical training facility designs are the majority of my job on the CAD side. That facility is one of the larger ones (6000 sq. ft.) and the inside is packed with plenty of training props that simulate residential fires. If you've ever been to a haunted house, or even a fun house at a carnival, it's very similar with the exception that they're on fire with a controlled burn at certain burn areas. Floors that drop, walls that move, ceilings that pull down, and a host of other simulations built to both NFPA and OSHA specifications. One of the key components is the ability to change the layout from evolution to evolution using modular systems, so trainee's have more realistic training when they go through multiple times. The rendering also depicts night time training with the exterior lighting, since most home fires happen during the evening hours. Training for real life situations is key to saving lives, so it's designed with that in mind.

Seminary for fire fighters.

Lisnaholic · 01-19-2019, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

If you've ever been to a haunted house, or even a fun house at a carnival, it's very similar with the exception that they're on fire with a controlled burn at certain burn areas. Floors that drop, walls that move, ceilings that pull down, and a host of other simulations built to both NFPA and OSHA specifications. One of the key components is the ability to change the layout from evolution to evolution using modular systems, so trainee's have more realistic training when they go through multiple times.

^ That makes it a very special building then, Plankton, and to get all that done within Building Code restrictions must've been a nightmare. All I can offer in terms of working on buildings with moving parts are some removable access panels to ducts, and a retractable ladder - ooh and doors too! They move don't they? I often worked on projects that needed a hundred or so purpose-made doors, which meant sorting out a whole bunch of types, dimensions, jamb details etc.
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The merits of Old vs New is an endless battle in architectural theory, and the battlegrounds are our cities.

Here's a photo of Cardiff, where imo the win goes to the old. Despite everything that can be done with steel and cladding the soaring shapes and planes of the modern make for a drab, confused backdrop to the real star of this pic - the brick municipal building in the middle:-

Plankton · 01-20-2019, 05:05 AM

I'd say the old won there too ^. Stark contrast indeed.

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ That makes it a very special building then, Plankton, and to get all that done within Building Code restrictions must've been a nightmare. All I can offer in terms of working on buildings with moving parts are some removable access panels to ducts, and a retractable ladder - ooh and doors too! They move don't they? I often worked on projects that needed a hundred or so purpose-made doors, which meant sorting out a whole bunch of types, dimensions, jamb details etc.[/IMG]

That's one of almost 1000 designs in the 13 years I've been doing these, but they're all very similar. There isn't much variation in the doors/windows too, so the schedule isn't riddled with a lot of details like most of them are. I worked for a couple arch firms, and it was a bit insane in comparison.

Plankton · 01-20-2019, 09:00 PM

To give you a better idea of what they are...

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Lisnaholic · 01-20-2019, 09:36 PM

They look great. I especially liked the first photo and the two pics demonstrating a practice exercise with escape ladder. You must feel very proud to have masterminded their construction, Plankton, and you clearly create a real niche for yourself if you designed 1000 of them.

I wish I'd created a niche for myself, telling architects how to design new buildings adjacent to old buildings. I could've flown to this city, for instance, to advise against this building, which seems to be playing a cruel joke on the older building underneath:-

Plankton · 01-20-2019, 10:12 PM

^Interesting cantilever, but thats just... not really sure what.

DwnWthVwls · 01-21-2019, 04:19 AM

I actually like that.

DwnWthVwls · 01-21-2019, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Plankton

I'd say the old won there too ^. Stark contrast indeed.

That's one of almost 1000 designs in the 13 years I've been doing these, but they're all very similar. There isn't much variation in the doors/windows too, so the schedule isn't riddled with a lot of details like most of them are. I worked for a couple arch firms, and it was a bit insane in comparison.

We just finished a LiDAR scan of a firehouse on campus they are planning to repurpose into a conference center. I'm modeling it now in Cyclone. You got some nice details in there, what program did you say you use?

Plankton · 01-21-2019, 06:59 AM

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We just finished a LiDAR scan of a firehouse on campus they are planning to repurpose into a conference center. I'm modeling it now in Cyclone. You got some nice details in there, what program did you say you use?

Just plain AutoCad 2017 (v.21).

Plankton · 01-24-2019, 11:48 AM

I just updated to AutoCad 2019 and it comes with AutoDesk ReCap and ReCap Photo, which has been around for a few years now. I've been living under a rock. Really cool ****. Most of the designs I do are from the ground up, but I really wanna play with this now and see what the benefits/limitations would be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLBXfEII8uw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJoGPHi0lAg

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Lisnaholic ...here to hear... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: He lives on Love Street Posts: 4,444	They look great. I especially liked the first photo and the two pics demonstrating a practice exercise with escape ladder. You must feel very proud to have masterminded their construction, Plankton, and you clearly create a real niche for yourself if you designed 1000 of them. I wish I'd created a niche for myself, telling architects how to design new buildings adjacent to old buildings. I could've flown to this city, for instance, to advise against this building, which seems to be playing a cruel joke on the older building underneath:- __________________ "Am I enjoying this moment? I know of it and perhaps that is enough." - Sybille Bedford, 1953

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	^Interesting cantilever, but thats just... not really sure what. __________________ See location...

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Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I just updated to AutoCad 2019 and it comes with AutoDesk ReCap and ReCap Photo, which has been around for a few years now. I've been living under a rock. Really cool ****. Most of the designs I do are from the ground up, but I really wanna play with this now and see what the benefits/limitations would be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLBXfEII8uw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJoGPHi0lAg __________________ See location...