Final Reflection

The part of this project that was the most involved was the learning process of revit itself. It took awhile to figure out what things did what exactly and where all the features were that were relevant to what we were doing. My structure ended up not looking like my initial drawings at all. It changed because i wasn't aware of how many features revit had and what revitcity had as well. If given another chance to work on this project, I would have spent more time on detailing my structure. I have learned many things, but one thing I learned while working on this project is that a deadline is very hard to meet working on a big commercial structure like this.

Water Supply and Cost Estimate

-Water supply 13,000 GDP

-Cost estimate is around $700,000-1.3 million

Project Sketches

Rendering - Inside

Rendering - Outside

Site Photograph

East/West Elevations

Wall Section

North/South Elevations

Electrical Plan

Door/Window/Room Schedule

Floor Plan - Room Areas

Floor Plan - Furnished

Floor Plan - Dimensioned

HVAC Plan

Site Plan

Xeriscape Principles

1. Reviewing the material about Xeriscape, list the seven fundamental Xeriscape areas that must be considered when designing a landscape.
-The seven fundamentals are plan and design, create practical turf areas, select and group plants appropriately, improve the soil, mulch, efficient irrigation, maintain the landscape.

2. Describe/define what the term “Xeriscape” means. (http://www.xeriscape.org/).
-Xeriscape is a combinations of 7 common sense gardening principles that save water while creating a lush and colorful landscape.

5. What part does shade play in water resource management and human comfort?
-Shade plays a part in water resource management and human comfort by allowing water to stay in the ground and not evaporate, and the people will enjoy the shade on a hot sunny day.

6. How can it be incorporated into landscape design efficiently?
-Shade can be incorporated into landscape design efficiently by placing trees where you will need the shade.

7. When is it appropriate to provide shade and when is it not appropriate?
-It is appropriate to provide shade when your plants need shade and it is not appropriate on a cold windy day.

8. Using the same website as in Question 3, list the criteria that should be followed when selecting plant material for a site.
-Select plants based on their adaptability to your regions climate and soil.

10. In your journal, list appropriate plant material for your site’s geographical area that addresses plant groupings, requirements, sizing, and species selection.
-Tropical plants will not survive long at all in our environment, but most other plants will.

Questions 4.6.2

1. Determine the following information about the PLTW firehouse plan:

· What is the diameter of the existing water main?
-6 inches

· What is the diameter of the proposed water service?
-8 inches

· What is the elevation of the top of the hydrant?
-301.79 feet

· What diameter pipe is used for the building’s sanitary sewer line?
-6 inches

· Where is the gas meter to be located?
-The gas meter is to be located in the southern part of the building in the middle.

· What is the spot elevation in the front left-hand corner of the building?
-300 feet

2. Why do you think red is the color used to depict electricity?
-The color red is seen as a sign of heat or dnager in most cases.

Parking Lot

Vocab 4.4

Arterial- A major through route; arterial often provide direct service between cities and large towns.

Egress- A way out or exit, an exit ramp on an interstate

Benchmark- A surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

Feeder- A smaller road that flows into a larger road

Tangent Line- The tangent line (or tangent)is a curve at a given point is the straight line that touches the curve at that point

Curve Length (L) - The length of a curve between objects or around an obstacle

Delta Angle- The change in angle of a curve

Point of Intersection (P.I.)- Intersection of roads

Sight Distance- Length of the roadway ahead visible to the driver

Vertical Curve- A transition between two elevations

Driveway- A driveway is a type of private road for local access to one or a small group of structures

Ingress- Entering, an on ramp on an interstate

Point of Tangency- Point at which a tangent line intersects a curve

Transit Line- A line providing public transit

Cut and Fill- The process of earth grading by excavating part of a higher area and using the material to fill in an adjacent lower area

Essential Questions 4.4

1. In what ways do engineers use design to control traffic differently on an arterial opposed to a feeder street?
-The profile layout will be more accurate and you will find the exact height of the hill.

2. What are some of the factors you would have to consider if you were asked to design a new parking lot for your local library?
-The road will have to be expanded so more cars can use it and go at higher speeeds.

3. How would the design of ingress or egress change if a building were to be used as a day care center instead of a senior center?
-How many people go through the building along with the ADA guidelines for aisle width.

Viability Survey for Project

1. The number of inhabitants of the structure: commercial or residential
-Commercial

2. The ages and gender of inhabitants
-All ages of male and females, only 18 and up employees

3. Future plans to add onto the structure: future expansion
-Expansion can be decided depending upon popularity of building.

4. A list of activities to be done with the structure (i.e., office use, office and living use, or storage only)
-Eating and watching sports

5. Entertainment habits
-TV's and projection screen for sports entertainment

6. Desired number of rooms, minimum sizes, and types of rooms
-Dining area, bar area, kitchen, four restrooms, office, HVAC room, and storage room

7. Kitchen with types of appliances desired
-Sinks, ovens/stoves, freezer, ect.

8. Bathrooms with the number, size, and types of fixtures desired.
-Four total restrooms, two public and two private (for employees)

9. Planned length of use of structure
-As long as I am making profit.

10. ADA requirements
-Tables, restrooms that will be usable to everyone that meets the ADA requirements.

11. Budget for structure
-The budget is infinite until I feel my structure is good enough.

12. Style of structure
-Cubic

13. Special needs, i.e.: Handicap access
-Handicap restroom and entrance available.

Essential Questions 3.2

1. As the developer of a piece of property, what are the factors you need to consider for cost effectiveness and success in your development?
-As the developer of a piece of property, the factors you need to consider are what are the surroundings of the area and also the restrictions for what you can do with your piece of property.

2. How are the selection of a site and the project being planned for the site inter-related?
-The selection of a site and the planning of the project are similiar in their guidelines.

3. What criteria or constraints, imposed on your site, can be changed and how would this influence your decision about the development of the property?
-The constraints that can be changed could be the restrictions of the area. This would influence your decision on what you are going to use the property for and such.

4. Who are the current and past owners of the property?
-The current and only owner of this property is William Coty.

5. Are there any buried lines, tanks, etc. you need to worry about for the project?
-There seem to be no buried lines, tanks, or anything else underground that needs to be worried about.

Essential Questions 3.1

1. How do you know when the design you’ve chosen for a site is the correct one?
-You know the design is the correct one when you have done thorough research of the area that you are designing for.

2. As a developer for the site, how does knowing about past owners and the uses of the property help you develop the site?
-Knowing about the past owners and the uses of this site can help you develop the site by allowing you to know how the past owners took care of the land and also what needs to be fixed or hidden things that might cost you more money.

3. In what ways do the view of a site, its terrain, the solar aspects, wind, and sound influence site orientation?
-The view of a site, its terrain, the solar aspects, wind, and sound influence the site orientation you have to know what its purpose will be and what its needs are in order to work it.

4. How does knowing about current neighbors help you in developing a site?
-Knowing about the current neighbors helps you develop the site by knowing about possible fees that you must pay to live there and use certain things or keep those things repaired.

5. What difference does it make if you do or do not abide by the regulations and requirements for developing and building property?
-You can receive huge fines for doing this and also they can make the building unusable.

6. What regulatory agencies should you know? Why is it important to work with them in preparing to develop property?
-The zoning committees and building committees should work with you to be part of the city.

7. Zoning is not a requirement in all localities. How does zoning help or hinder land development?
-Zoning can help the land development by allowing your structure to be in an area where it is able to fit in with, and if not it could hinder the land development by placing a house in an industrialized area.

8. The environment is affected when land is developed. How does an environmental impact study help or hinder a developer in preparing to develop property?
-An environmental study on the development would insure that the chosen area is a good place to build, but also could hinder the surrounding environment if there are habitats living there.

9. What do wetlands, covenants, and prior ownership have to do with site selection?
-The wetlands are usually not looked at because the soil is very weak and you can't construct much of anything good on it and if you did it would be very expensive. Also, prior ownership could result in not knowing what the prior owner has done to the property and is not telling you.

10. How did completing a traffic analysis around the property help in providing information about the property?
-A traffic analysis can tell you how noisy the traffic is that passes your area.

11. As an owner of the property, what issues were of concern to you and may affect the development of the property after you completed the viability analysis?
-The viability analysis would show things such as, prior owners, treatment of the land, soil analysis, and the past history of the development.

12. What is the relationship of regulations to the viability analysis?
-The relationship of the regulations to the viability analysis is that the more regulations you have, the more problems will occur with the viability analysis.

Essential Questions 6.4.1

1. How do weight and applications of loads affect the design of a structure?
-You must know how heavy the loads are that are going to be in the rooms so you can build a strong material to hold it up.


2. What are the factors that determine if soil is suitable to support a structure?
-The strength of the soil, if it is loose or hard soil, and if it will change due to the weather.



3. How does the various load types, soil bearing capacities, and drainage influence the design of a foundation?
-What is being placed on the foundation such as a skyscraper or a shed. The soil bearing capacity determines weather your foundation will sink straight into the ground.

Excel Spreadsheet for States

Essential Questions 6.3.1

1. If a beam bends in one direction, what is the effect on the column?
-If a bending is exerted on the joint portion. A tensile force and a compressive force are exerted on the connector, causing the column flange to be locally deformed, with the outside surface thereof becoming concave. Consequently, this structure cannot ensure sufficient rigidity for the joint portion.


2. If a column compresses too severely, how does that affect a beam?
-It could cause the beam to eventually break.


3. In the design of a column and beam system, what are the geometric and physical principles that must be considered for safety and sustainability of a structure?
-The stability and the strength of the type of the shape. The length, width, and height of the beams.

4. What information is provided in column schedules? What additional information is needed in designing a column and beam bracing system?
-The type of columns and the number of columns.

Essential Questions 6.2

1. How are trusses able to span large distances?
-Trusses are able to span large distances because they are used in triangles and each member can be assigned to work in a network of tension and compression members, and by doing this, greater structural efficiency is possible.

2. What do I have to understand in order to use mathematics to predict truss strength?
-In order to use mathematics to predict truss strength, you have to understand trigonometry and how the forces act on the joints.

3. How are different roof styles and pitches related to different architectural styles?
-Different roof styles are a significant difference in the architectural styles such as the cubic style of architecture; cubic architecture has a low pitched roof that is recognizable from others.

4. What is the effect of different materials on the strength of a rafter or a truss?
-Different materials have different properties such as the allowance to bend and the mass, some materials may be stronger than others, but can be much heavier.

Structural Exercise

6.1 Essential Questions

1. What is structural engineering?
-Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the analysis and design of structures that support or resist loads.

2. How does the design of a structure impact how loads are dispersed?
-The design of a structure can impact how loads are dispersed base on where the columns are placed at.

3. In what ways are wind, snow, and dead and live loads similar or different?
-All of these loads are similar in that they all put pressure on structures and they are different because some of the loads will be there as long as the structure is there and others will be there for maybe a day such as the wind or snow load.

4. How does the use of mathematics help in understanding about the forces and loads on a structure?
-Mathematics allows us to understand what is going to happen with the forces and loads on the structures.

5. How do you determine what loads are applied to a structure?
-You can determine what kind of structure is being built and the location of where it is being built.

6. Where would you locate a load table to assist your design process?
-You could possibly find a load table on the internet to assist your design process.

Sustainable Design Paper

5.2-5.3 Questions

1.How are the interior and exterior traffic flow patterns related? As a designer, why should you consider them when preparing a floor plan?
-As a designer, you need to allow the traffic flow to flow smoothly throughtout the structure so it is easier for your customers.

2. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1997 provided clear guidelines for universal accessibility. What accessibility issues are important with a project?
-The accessibility issues were implemented using the handicapped stalls and ramps for wheelchairs.

3.What factors determine the functionality of a room and its size, shape, and location?
-The factors the determine that is the type of people the room is targeting.

4.In preparing a floor plan, what is the purpose and value of floor plan symbols?
-The purpose of the floor plan symbols is to show what is there without being wordy.

5.What is R-value and how is it determined?
-The R-value is the resistance to heat of the insulation.

6. Where would you find air leakage, and how could it be prevented?
-You can find an air leak under a door and it can be prevented by getting a door that fits the frame.

7. What is a vapor retarder? How is it used?
-A vapor retarder is a plastic sheet that is placed between the dry wall and insulation.

8. What is a BTU and how would you calculate the BTUs needed for your building?
-A BTU is a unit of heating and it is calculated by finding the area of the structure and the type of insulation in the walls.

Lakehouse Bubble Diagram

Lakehouse Sketch

Renderings

Plumbing

Electric Plan

Wall Section

Exterior Elevations

Window/Door Schedual

Lakehouse Questions

1. As a designer, in what ways did you try to influence your client?

-I tried to influence my client to be reasonable, such as not putting a stripper pole in his bedroom.



2. How did making the sketches when working with your client help the design process?

-It helped me get a general idea of how i was going to place all the rooms and how to fit them.



3. What relationship do the various drawings and renderings have to each other?

-They are related because the drawings should match the renderings perfectly.



4. How did the existing plot plan limit your design?

-It didn't allow me to make a garage for my client.


5. What are some of the things you would do differently? How would you change the process to accomplish them?

-I would create a better overall layout with hallways and other things houses would actually have, i would start with one room create a hallway to the next and so on.


6. What impact will the property have on the surrounding area if it is developed?

-It will take away a natural habitat from the poor little lake animals.


7. How do you know if your design is ready for implementation?

-If you have all the needs to have an up and running house that won't collapse.


8. How does the use of software and other tools aid in the development of an idea?

-It has many things to put inside your house.


9. What design ideas would you incorporate in your vacation house versus your year-round house?

-You would need a place to store your things you are going to bring to the lake and stuff.


10. What is something you learned today that you did not understand or know before?

-I learned that you need to remember to put in a ceiling for the house.

Playhouse Activity

Questions:
1. When designing the playhouse, what is one aspect of the design process you must remember to help you be most efficient in using the computer software?
2. If you were given additional time to make a change to your design, what would you change and why?

Answers:
1. Just to make sure you meet the requirements and get the structure complete before you start getting into detail with certain things.
2. I would have added an overhang and possibly change the siding so it doesn't look like plywood.

Concept Map

Questions:

1. What distinguishes Civil Engineering from Architecture?

2. Identify three events in the evolution of Civil Engineering that you think are important to know and that help you understand Civil Engineering.

3. Identify three events in the evolution of Architecture that you think are important to know and that help you understand Architecture.

Answers:
1. Civil engineering is more of the structural aspect and architecture is the look and feel.
2. I would have to say the inventions and inovations of the calculator, computer software, and tools
3. Equipment that they can easlily lay out the land they want to work on, computer software, and laptops

Essential Questions 1.1

Questions:

1. How are lines, color, texture, and proportion used in the design of a structure?
2. What architectual styles are typically seen in residential design? Industrial design? Commercial design?
3. What architectural style is most common in your area? What are the common components of that style?
4. What are the neighborhood and environmental influences that determine the style of a structure in your area?

Answers:

1. They are used in the design of the structure to make it more visually appealing to certain peoples' liking.
2. In residential design, you will see a lot of the victorian style. Industrial design you will see a lot of the cubic style and commercial design you will see many types of designs, i would say more bungalow because you can mix the designs together.
3. In my area the bungalow design is most common. There are really any common components, more likely they are different in design with few similarities although not too different.
4. There really are no influences, in my addition many of the houses has different number of stories, roofing, and windows.

Shed Activity Questions

Questions:

1. When designing the shed, what is one aspect of the design process you must remember to help you be most efficient in using the computer software?

2. If you were given additional time to make a change to your design, what would you change and why?

Answers:

1. One aspect you must be able to remember is how to accurately measure the structures from the correct sides.
2. If given more time, I would add a small deck in front of my shed and as well as a nicer interior structure.

Civil Engineer/Architect Questions

Civil Engineer

1. What do you like about actually being on the job site and being able to see what is getting done?
2. Do you regret the field of engineering in which you chose?
3. How much of your work requires cooperation with others?

Architect

1. How difficult is it to start up your own company?
2. Do you ever get to actually work on the job site or are you strictly at an office or working at home?
3. How difficult is it to think of new ideas for the structures that you draw?