Saturday, February 23, 2008

Contour Site Plan


Courtesy of the survey group here is the rough estimate of the contours. Its 1:500 in A2 format. The road through the site s 4m wide.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

MONTIC BRIEF

1. Task 1 is to design a masterplan, as in the project handout, showing buildings in the Ithuba masterplan pdf. Off-hand, recall

- administration / entrance with approx 2 offices for site management, 1 for primary, 1 for high school, 1 for skills training & 1 for housing.
primary, 4 classrooms approx 45-60msq ea. with childrens ergonomics, & a shared toilet, (to be developed for TASK 2)
upper school 4 " " .
hall as per pdf
skills centre as per pdf
housing for teachers, staff, approx 50msq ea in a linear arrangement of 2 wings on the South boundary, (to be developed by LK & AjvR).
housing for students to be used as bed & breakfast skills training along the East (sports field) edge as per pdf

Illustrate with site plan showing fall of 2m accross the site to North, with site models, scale 1:500.

2. Task 2 is to develop the design for the primary classrooms with plans & sections & sketch model at 1:100 or 1:50.

3. Task 3 is to divide into task groups for the construction of the model housing unit for Mr Muushe, to be built in June on site

Fundraising literature (including a CD?)
Fundraising PR to approach companies
Materials measuring with Wits Quantity Survey dept
Materials order and coordination to consult with Michele Riedmatten for Construction
Site management for materials & setting out, storage tools etc.
Site foreman (one of our own!)
Site construction team
Materials and parts backup for site
Website
Surveying

Task 3 will be assessed as part of the project mark. You need to be in a group and working on it by the end of today, 18 Feb.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Montic Farm Site Plans






Above is the old masterplan, the landscape masterplan and the google earth site image

Welcome

Hi All

This is the official new class blog. If you want to be able to add posts on the site send me your email address to feige.t.l@gmail.com and I will send you an invite.

Feige