Roof Project Reflection

1.In this project we discovered the different levels of a roof and types of roof, and then we made a model of a roof and showed the different levels of it.
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Gable Roof System

Colin Ritter, Dan Sullivan, Matt Scattergood, Blake Otterlei

                 

Gable Roof structures are the simplest of the all the types of roofs. They are just two flat slopes jointing together at the ridge, which gives it a triangular appearance.

Some advantages of Gable roof structures are it is economically affordable; water easily flows off the roof, and they can withhold heavy snow fall. A disadvantage is they are one of the worst roof designs for hurricanes because the roof can easily peel off from the wind.

Gable roofs are found in mountainous locations, higher altitude locations, and other areas that have heavy snowfall. Gable roofs are also found in low income areas where price is a factor.  

4.Reflection

• I learned all of the different levels of the roofing and how frames were designed
• I like building the model
• I disliked getting burned with hot glue
• I would be more careful with glue guns.

Design Charette

In this project we did a design charrette, where in groups of 6 we recieved a problem and came up with a solution and each person acted as a different job for the plan, like I was the architecht.


Here are our notes:

Date/Time:

10/4/11 1:19-2:02 pm

Participants:

Dan: Health/Safety Engineer

Mark: Environmental Engineer

Collin: Cost Estimator

Trip: Structural Engineer

Blake: Architectural Engineer

Dan's concerns:

Everything we use is safe for the environment

Materials

Site must be safe at all times

Trip's concerns:

Has to be pleasing to the eye

Withstand tornadoes/hurricanes/earthquakes/river

Collin's concerns:

Stay within budget

Blake's concerns:

Design and construction of bridge

Mark's concerns:

Must not pollute air/water

Design Plan:

Build a bridge with a series of arches.  For the boating dock, build a simple runway to drop off boats and also create another building for people to throw away waste since the boat dock will create a lot of human traffic.

Ideas:

Possibly use steel instead of concrete for costs reasons

Use concrete so it will hold up better to weather conditions, since the bridge is going to be located in the wetlands.

Boad dock: create small for fishing and other small vessells

Make public facilities for waste and other various uses

Possible public facilities:

Rest stop

Bait Shop

McDonald's/Burger King/Wendy's

Public Restrooms - city planner says no using only McDonald's restrooms

Trip and Blake are currently working on the sketches

Concept Map:


In this project I learned how a whole plan is designed out and then carried through. I like how we made a sketch of our final idea. I disliked how some of the jobs people didnt really do anything. I maybe would have had us make a 3d model of our idea.