Barry's Construction Technology - Stephen Emmitt

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Preface ix

Part I Analysis 1

Chapter 1 at a Glance 3

1 The Framework for Understanding 5

1.1 Responding to the climate emergency - rethinking how and why we build 5

1.2 Process and knowledge 8

1.3 The initial suggestion 9

1.4 Carrying out the evaluation 10

1.5 Physical and social context 12

1.6 The basis of analysis 12

1.7 Knowledge needed for choice 13

Chapter 2 at a Glance 17

2 Building Purpose and Performance 19

2.1 Activities, space and construction 19

2.2 Introduction to performance requirements 20

2.3 The performance gap 28

2.4 Environmental impact as performance criteria 29

2.5 Analysis of physical behaviour 30

2.6 The role of observation and science in the analysis 31

Chapter 3 at a Glance 33

3 Linking the Design Concept to Construction Choice 35

3.1 Flows and transfers 35

3.2 Concept design 36

3.3 General and constructed forms 39

3.4 The emergence of general building forms 40

3.5 Emerging technologies - uncertainty and risk 45

Chapter 4 at a Glance 47

4 Construction Variables and Choice 49

4.1 The variables of construction - the outcome of choice 49

4.2 Choosing materials 50

4.3 Choosing shape 52

4.4 Choosing size 53

4.5 Spatial relationships 58

4.6 Joints and fixings 60

Chapter 5 at a Glance 63

5 Defining Conditions 65

5.1 Physical and social conditions 65

5.2 Activity and construction-modifying environments 66

5.3 The dynamics of the system 67

5.4 Choice of interior elements of the building 71

5.5 Understanding what goes on within the building fabric 71

Chapter 6 at a Glance 73

6 The Resource Base 75

6.1 Materials - the primary resource 75

6.2 Buildings as material banks - the recycled resource 77

6.3 Knowledge and skill - the human resource 78

6.4 Production equipment - the technological resource 79

6.5 Money - the enabling resource 80

6.6 Time - the temporal resource 84

Chapter 7 at a Glance 87

7 Sustainability - Social Concerns and Technical Interventions 89

7.1 Sustainability - two major forces 89

7.2 Responding to the climate emergency 91

7.3 Buildings as systems 93

7.4 Renewable energy sources 101

7.5 Water and waste 102

7.6 Materials choice and detailing 104

Chapter 8 at a Glance 107

8 Physical Behaviour Creating Environments 109

8.1 The building as a system 110

8.2 The dry environment 115

8.3 The warm environment 121

8.4 The light environment 128

8.5 The acoustic environment 132

8.6 The clean environment 136

8.7 The safe environment 139

8.8 The private environment 147

Chapter 9 at a Glance 149

9 Physical Behaviour Under Load 151

9.1 Forces - external and internal 151

9.2 Basic structural members 154

9.3 Curving (and folding) structural members 158

9.4 Structural connections 159

9.5 Grid members - pin-jointed frames 161

9.6 Building structures - wind stability 162

9.7 Stress-strain and the choice of material 164

9.8 Structural analysis and design 166

9.9 Movements and structural behaviour 166

9.10 Stresses in the ground 167

9.11 The major structural forms 169

Chapter 10 at a Glance 173

10 Physical Behaviour Over Time 175

10.1 Reliability: renewal, maintenance, repair and reuse 175

10.2 Basis of analysis 176

10.3 Soiling and cleaning 177

10.4 Durabilit...