Build

Build

  • What is the path of elements on site from arrival to installation?
  • What processing occurs to these elements on site?
  • What is the construction sequence of the building for different construction methods?

The BUILD system has a unique growth perspective. The focus here is on the process of construction. Measured from the point an elements raw materials arrive on site to the validation of their correct installation in the building. So the BUILD system is best thought of the process that each element goes through as it is processed through the site and building. In this way a build system can be attached (and dettached) to each element in the building. The BUILD system should be carefully considered with the selected material system for each element.

M1

1.1 Element

Identify Element, Artefact or System

Each element in the building has its own BUILD system to describes its unique construction process (physical growth). These BUILD systems combine to create an construction sequence for all the elements in the building.

  • Choose one of the building systems (not material system).
  • Then choose an element in that system.
  • Consider how the element arrives on site and is processed until it is installed in its final location in the building. As a starting point you could take the traditional process, but imagine that the element ‘floats’ through the site into its final position.

1.2 Line

Check for Organising Line or Surface

In this case the ‘organising line’ is the movement and processing of the element until it is installed on site. The build system also includes the 2D zones of the site as well as the 3D zones of the fully constructed building.

1.3 Segments

Identify Segments or Zones

The next stage is to define the segments or zones within the line, surface or volume that the installation of the element requires, this should include the delivery, set down, storage, adaptation, internal site movement, installation, fixing and testing.

1.4 Scope

Define the Scope of the Study

It is probably not possible to study all the processes you have identified in detail.

1.5 Features

Identify Features

Here you need to identify the features for each of the segements that are in the scope of your study. For instance a feature might be a facade elment being fixed to a floor slab. It might be the decision to move an element with a crane or inside the building. It might be applying a protective cover to the element to protect it on site.

M2 - STAGE

2.1

Thesis