Envelope Part 1: Geliang Zhu

  1. What is the relationship of your ground floor level to surrounding grade?
    Every thing site on the same level.
  2. What are your exterior materials?
    Concrete wall with stucco and steel column.
  3. Window and door openings: what, where, how (big)?
    The entrance door is 7′ high x 3′ wide.
    The interior doors are 7′ high x 2’6” wide
    The windows are the glass walls which embedded in the recess of the steel column.
  4. What is the feel of your interior?
    Inside, you can see the angled ceiling, stucco encrusted wall and wood floor.
  5. Are you using (exposed) structure as a design element?
    Yes, you can see the structure from outside of the building, but not inside.
  6. How well do walls and other elements align?
    On the roof, the panels are offset from steel columns. Concrete walls, glass walls and steel columns are align well.
  7. What is the slope of your roof?
    I think they are medium slop roof.
  8. What is your plan for your “unique” drawing?
    My unique drawing could be explosive view of the building.
  9. Wall section

One thought on “Envelope Part 1: Geliang Zhu

  1. Hi Geliang
    Your answers to the questions make sense as does the choice to show an exploded view of the geometry and structure of the roof and wall system.
    I’m not sure you would make your end walls out of concrete: if you are covering with stucco, they could be anything and would be easier to deal with the plumbing. We can discuss, but the real important issue is the steel system and the windows and roof panels.
    Like everyone you should look at the Structure post for your foundation, but for your special steel and roof and glazing you need to draw it and show it- then we can discuss.

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