Finished Site Visit 2: Geelong Carousel

Below is two photos i have taken of the Carousel at Geelong's Waterfront. The architect on this project was McGlashan Everist with the building being constructed by Wycombe Construction, the same group who is working on the latest Deakin University project.

I also managed to find an excerpt on the design of the building, courtesy of geelongaustralia.com.au which outlines the different facets involved in this piece of construction:

"The steel frame of the building comprises six umbrella forms of 12x12 meters in a 3x2 array. The steel structure is exposed and utilises a range of hollow sections. The cross-linked main arms are fabricated box sections sculpted to reflect roof loads with minimal use of material. The diagonal arrangement of the mainframes and the combined arching effect develops an inherently stiff structure, which eliminates the need for diagonal bracing in roof or walls."

Above: An example of the different strucutral members outlined in the design excerpt.

Tutorial Detail 2 - Portal Frame Construction

Tutorial Detail 1 - Residential Structure

Finished Site Visit 1: Bunnings Warehouse

For this tutorial excercise i visited Bunnings warehouse in Corio. I chose this commercial building because it is a great representation of long span, low rise construction and has easily recogniseable elements that we will be covering in the lecture on portal frames.





This photo is a great indicator of the span of the building and the open spaces required to store the products bunnings is selling.


This is the cieling of Bunnings warehouse. I chose to highlight this as my third photo because i thought it was a great 'skeleton' shot in terms of being able to see the insulation, the rafters etc. It gives great insight into the different elements of the structure.