materials & construction

1:20 building section

roof construction 1:200 elevations

triple-lapped penrhyn heather blue 400mm x 250mm slates
secured with corrosion-resistant nails to
40mm x 50mm battens spaced at 200mm centres
concealed gutter
tyvek breather membrane
22mm timber boarding
17mm warmcel blown insulation
waterproof membrane
19mm exposed plywood interior
clarence embankment elevation from alley pomeroy street

external wall construction

fish scales double lapped penrhyn heather blue 400mm x 250mm slates
secured with corrosion-resistant nails to
40mm x 50mm battens on
40mm x50mm counterbattens (providing air gap)
1:20 horizontal section through larger (northerly) dwelling unit in pomeroy block tyvek breather membrane
22mm timber boarding
partition walls 300mm thermafleece sheep’s wool insulation between
75mm x 75mm studs staggered at 600mm centres for sound attenuation 300mm x 75mm studs at 600mm centres
150mm thermafleece sheep’s wool insulation waterproof membrane
attic bedroom floor construction 20mm exposed plywood interior finish 20mm exposed plywood interior finish
30mm reclaimed oak floorboards
20mm rubber impact-sound insulation
19mm plywood
200mm thermafleece sheep’s wool insulation within
200mm x 75mm softwood timber joists at 1000mm
centres, resting on 300mm x 300mm glulam secondary beams

mvrdv housing - monolithic rainscreen cladding

hollowrib concrete floor construction

60mm exposed polished screed with under floor heating & cooling
(from river-source heat exchanger), left exposed to maximise
benefits of thermal mass & passive solar in winter
225mm in-situ concrete slab onto
50mm deep hollowrib deck resting across
200mm x 75mm softwood timber joists at 1000mm centres,
resting on 300mm x 300mm glulam secondary beams, resting
rain-screen cladding on 500mm x 500mm glulam posts & primary beams (set out
double glazed orrery windows with 200mm thermafleece insulation in sill according to plan below)
double-lapped penrhyn heather blue 400mm x 250mm slates no insulation below to allow thermal benefits to heat / cool ceiling space below
secured with corrosion-resistant nails to exposed conduiting & services
40mm x 50mm battens spaced at 300mm centres secured to house in dortmund - archifactory.de
40mm x 50mm counter-battens (providing air gap)
Tyvek breather membrane
22mm timber boarding
300mm thermafleece sheep’s wool insulation
waterproof membrane
19mm exposed plywood interior finish

bi-fold, timber framed double glazed doors onto living / kitchen floor polished concrete screed
steel grating floor in thermal buffer zone (to allow for stack ventilation) bedroom floor sisal carpet
supported by 100mm steel i-beams
2000mm x 600mm double-glazed louvres fitted with photochromic glass, ventilation manually controllable

slate - rivened by water over thousands of years, local

visualisation of mess area / cinema / bar off central coutryard ralph kent wsa2

construction precedent - rrp’s mossbourne city academy

the catch @ clarence

a sustainable live / work development for fishermen
basement
60mm exposed polished screed with under floor heating and cooling
225mm in-situ concrete slab, reinforced with wwf and rebars onto
80mm rigid insulation
50mm sand blinding
200mm hardcore
french drain
ship-like interior - exposed services and conduits

missing posts allow for opening section of canteen,

floors above are cantilevered using the secondary
beams and the strength of the hollowrib concrete deck
vals thermes - communal bathing / saunas after fishing
ralph kent wsa2

steel buffer structure

beam

floor joists

primary beam

secondary beam
ralph kent wsa2