Category: 2013-2014

PROJECT INFO
Project name – 5 Broadgate
Architects – Make
Engineer – Buro Happold
Contractor – Mace

BUILDING COMPONENT
Cellular beam (aproximately 10 m long by 50 cm deep) – a type of beam with regular web openings

THE MATERIAL – STEEL
Steel is a strong material that is highly resistant to shaping. The method most commonly used for shaping steel is to heat the material to approximately 1,200°C in a reheat furnace and roll the steel (squeezing it between sets of rolls) to give it the desired shape.

FABRICATION OF COMPONENT
Cellular beams are formed by splitting two rolled sections to form two T sections. The two T sections are then welded together to form an I-section with circular-shaped web openings.

Web openings in beams are typically formed to allow services to pass through the beam integrating the services into the structure in order to reduce floor depth.

Project: Windeyer Building – Corner of Cleveland Street and Howland Street

Architect: Ian Ritchie Architects + Engineering: tbc + Construction: Kier Construction

Building Component: Prefabricated Facade Panels The facade is composed of prefabricated, insulated panels. They are made of exterior metal sheets with built in insulation components, most likely a batt insulation. The metal is a zinc/aluminum alloy.
The panels are made of a metal exterior for durability and minimal maintenance. The panels also have built in windows for ease. The panels allow for incredibly efficient and timely construction of the facade in order to begin work on the interior faster. The panels are not structural, in the photo, concrete columns can be seen behind the facade along with concrete floor slabs, which both are structural in this project. The panels are divided into multiple long sheets of metal with slight gaps between them; this is to accommodate for shrinkage and growth of the metal during temperature changes outside.

Metal Thickness: around .5mm – Insulation: around 50 mm

Fitzroy Place

Architect: Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Sheppard Robinson

Developer: Ken Shuttleworth, Christian and Nick Candy

Building component: façade – structure – foundation Dimension: 95,000 m2 floor area, 100m*150m construction area

Materials: palette of brick, cast metal, natural stone, reinforced concrete and precast concrete

reinforced concrete: foundation hole is dug out, metal rods are then placed and filled up with concrete. Concrete is a mixture of coarse and fine aggregates with a paste of cement and water. it is suitable for load-bearing members of structures and high density and great strength. The material has good thermal compatibility, durable and strong. However, it has low tensile strength and ductility. Casting concrete with reinforcement such as steel eliminates this problem.