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dc.contributor.authorO’Brien, Liam
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-25T00:57:33Z
dc.date.available2017-01-25T00:57:33Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10652/3625
dc.description.abstractThe Pres-Lam structural system has been applied in a mere few buildings currently, fewer still express the structural system in any meaningful way. If this relatively new system is to be more widely acknowledged and revered, we must explore ways in which a built example may effectively communicate the structural actions of the system as well as express the safety its inhabitants would be granted with regards to seismic activity and post-disaster habitability. It is this industry attitude towards structural expression, specifically in that of Pres-Lam, that is expressed in the working title, Project Ethos. Analysis of the structural function of Pres-Lam reveals the most feasible aspects of the system for expression to the user. Rocking and re-centering motion of the engineered timber shear walls are made possible by the internal post-tensioning cables as well as external mild steel dissipaters that may be replaced after acting sacrificially in a seismic event. Further to this, historical influence is taken from the architectural styles of High-Tech Architecture as well as Deconstructivism. The first two mid-rise buildings in New Zealand to explore this system in a wider sense give precedence for the attitudes taken towards the structural expression of Pres-lam. The first example, NMIT’s Arts and Media building, shows a level of internal structural expression aimed at communicating the raw detailing technicalities to industry professionals, while the second example, the Carterton Events Centre, makes critical use of Pres-Lam to ensure post-disaster habitability but makes little attempt to express the structural system in any meaningful way. This designed outcome proposes a multi-use mid-rise building in the earthquake affected town of Kaiapoi, and explores various methods of direct as well as indirect expression of the Pres-Lam structural system in order to communicate the inherent structural actions while imparting an aura of safety to the users.en_NZ
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.rightsAll rights reserveden_NZ
dc.subjectArts and Media Building (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology)en_NZ
dc.subjectCarterton Events Centre (Carterton, N.Z.)en_NZ
dc.subjectPres-Lam systemen_NZ
dc.subjectprestressed laminated timber building systemsen_NZ
dc.subjectKaiapoi (N.Z.)en_NZ
dc.subjectconstruction technologyen_NZ
dc.subjectChristchurch 2010-2011 earthquakesen_NZ
dc.subjectmixed use building typesen_NZ
dc.titleProject ethos : aesthetic refinement of Pres-Lam structureen_NZ
dc.title.alternativeHow might the Pres-Lam structural system be aesthetically refined in order to both impart a sense of safety to the users of such a building as well as express its structural function?en_NZ
dc.typeMasters Thesisen_NZ
dc.rights.holderAuthoren_NZ
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture (Professional)en_NZ
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden090503 Construction Materialsen_NZ
dc.subject.marsden120101 Architectural Designen_NZ
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationO'Brien, L. (2016). Project ethos : aesthetic refinement of Pres-Lam structure. An unpublished explanatory document submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of, Master of Architecture (Professional), Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand.en_NZ
unitec.pages59en_NZ
unitec.institutionUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
dc.contributor.affiliationUnitec Institute of Technologyen_NZ
unitec.advisor.principalMurphy, Chris
unitec.institution.studyareaArchitecture
dc.identifier.wikidataQ112926172


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