Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center New Caledonia by Renzo Piano

I just thought i would let you know where my head is at for the major assignment! This assignment aint easy so i thought i would look to one of the masters. this is by Renzo Piano who is an Italian architect who is extremely good at looking at what the client needs and reinterpreting it into something amazing.

Another nice gutter section

Parapet Detail

Here we have a nice little typical parapet detail. It shows the Typical dimensions and the clearances. Note the importance of all of the flashings at keeping the water out.

Fascia Gutter Detail

I know you have been waiting for it, its the Fascia gutter. This gutter will sit proudly on the outside of your portal frame. The water will run of that corrugated roof and into the gutter and then down the downpipe into the ground and out to the storm water drain, wow what a journey. On this particular detail the cladding used is a tilt-up/precast concrete panel and you can see the portal frame is mainly unchanged. A point to note also is that the cleat holding up the roof purlin is 10mm away from the rafter which allows for expansion.

Box gutter detail

This image shows the detail of the box gutter where two roof surfaces meet at the gutter. The gutter is supported by spandek and timber battens so that it can be walked on and not fail. You can see the down pipe which carries the water through the internal space. A box gutter is much bigger than a fascia gutter as if it fails then the interior will be wet.

Portal Frame-Office Space connection

Here you will find the connection between a portal frame warehouse and an office space. the portal frame remains much the same but you can see the office space employs some new ideas. It is still a steel-concrete construction but uses different techniques. The roof is relatively unchanged, but head down and you will find a suspended ceiling that covers any uglyness of the roof space. There is a suspended floor using a product called 'bondeck' which is a steel sheet that is then covered with concrete.

Portal Frame Section-Hand Drawn

This shows a section of the same portal frame situation but through the other direction so you can see the column that supports the end wall of this long span structure. The major elements remain that same but you can also see some fly bracing which provides extra support to the rafter that runs into the page.

Portal Frame Section-Hand drawn

This is a section through our lovely basic portal frame. It shows a concrete and metal cladded exterior with a steel UB column. The column and the concrete panel sit on a infil slab and a mass concrete block. The column is bolted down using a hold-down bolt which is a threaded rod cast into the concrete. The 'z' section girts provide a connection for the lasaght cladding which are to be at least 10 mm through the use of welded cleats. The haunching which is a cut steel beam, provides extra support for the knee joint. The roofing is supported by similar 'z' sections from the girts but this time they are called purlins. Safety mesh and sarking is also provided. The internal box gutter would have a down pipe running through the interior also.