

The building that I chose to use as my influence for the design of my warehouse was Ashton Raggatt McDougall's Docklands Port 1010 building, which is part of the digital harbour development. The focus of Docklands Port 1010 was to create new office spaces specifically designed for the use by the IT industry. Tinted glass has been used to provide shade to the offices inside, which is a technique that I will also be using for my offices. I have also decided to explore the pattern used on the facade of this building, but using timber battens instead to make up the shapes.
ABOVE: This photo shows a concrete column supported by temporary bracing.
Above: Typical two storey office block section taken between columns.
This section shows the use of composite construction, which is a form of construction where two materials combine, taking the beneficial qualities from both materials. E.g. Steel and Concrete; tensile strength taken from steel and compressive strength taken from concrete.
ABOVE: Tutorial Exercise-Week 5
The above tutorial exercise is of concrete construction using pre-cast concrete panels. The difference between this tutorial exercise and the previous one, is that insulation has not been used in this tutorial exerise and in the previous tutorial exercise the concrete floor slab is non-structural, whereas in this weeks tutorial exercise, a combination of a reinforced concrete slab and an infil slab make the concrete floor slab structural.