Barry's Construction Technology

Stephen Emmitt is Professor of Architectural Practice at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath, UK. He was previously Head of Department and Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (CASA). He is an architect with industrial experience. His research and teaching interests cover the interface between design and construction, design management, and collaborative working.

• Preface ixPart I Analysis 1Chapter 1 at a Glance 31 The Framework for Understanding 51.1 Responding to the climate emergency – rethinking how and why we build 51.2 Process and knowledge 81.3 The initial suggestion 91.4 Carrying out the evaluation 101.5 Physical and social context 121.6 The basis of analysis 121.7 Knowledge needed for choice 13Chapter 2 at a Glance 172 Building Purpose and Performance 192.1 Activities, space and construction 192.2 Introduction to performance requirements 202.3 The performance gap 282.4 Environmental impact as performance criteria 292.5 Analysis of physical behaviour 302.6 The role of observation and science in the analysis 31Chapter 3 at a Glance 333 Linking the Design Concept to Construction Choice 353.1 Flows and transfers 353.2 Concept design 363.3 General and constructed forms 393.4 The emergence of general building forms 403.5 Emerging technologies – uncertainty and risk 45Chapter 4 at a Glance 474 Construction Variables and Choice 494.1 The variables of construction – the outcome of choice 494.2 Choosing materials 504.3 Choosing shape 524.4 Choosing size 534.5 Spatial relationships 584.6 Joints and fixings 60Chapter 5 at a Glance 635 Defining Conditions 655.1 Physical and social conditions 655.2 Activity and construction-modifying environments 665.3 The dynamics of the system 675.4 Choice of interior elements of the building 715.5 Understanding what goes on within the building fabric 71Chapter 6 at a Glance 736 The Resource Base 756.1 Materials – the primary resource 756.2 Buildings as material banks – the recycled resource 776.3 Knowledge and skill – the human resource 786.4 Production equipment – the technological resource 796.5 Money – the enabling resource 806.6 Time – the temporal resource 84Chapter 7 at a Glance 877 Sustainability – Social Concerns and Technical Interventions 897.1 Sustainability – two major forces 897.2 Responding to the climate emergency 917.3 Buildings as systems 937.4 Renewable energy sources 1017.5 Water and waste 1027.6 Materials choice and detailing 104Chapter 8 at a Glance 1078 Physical Behaviour Creating Environments 1098.1 The building as a system 1108.2 The dry environment 1158.3 The warm environment 1218.4 The light environment 1288.5 The acoustic environment 1328.6 The clean environment 1368.7 The safe environment 1398.8 The private environment 147Chapter 9 at a Glance 1499 Physical Behaviour Under Load 1519.1 Forces – external and internal 1519.2 Basic structural members 1549.3 Curving (and folding) structural members 1589.4 Structural connections 1599.5 Grid members – pin-jointed frames 1619.6 Building structures – wind stability 1629.7 Stress–strain and the choice of material 1649.8 Structural analysis and design 1669.9 Movements and structural behaviour 1669.10 Stresses in the ground 1679.11 The major structural forms 169Chapter 10 at a Glance 17310 Physical Behaviour Over Time 17510.1 Reliability: renewal, maintenance, repair and reuse 17510.2 Basis of analysis 17610.3 Soiling and cleaning 17710.4 Durability of materials 17810.5 Movements in components 18110.6 Ground movement, settlement and subsidence 18410.7 Movement and detailing 18510.8 Wear of components 186Chapter 11 at a Glance 18711 Interface Design 18911.1 Interfaces 18911.2 The enclosure–services interface 19011.3 The enclosure–structure interface 19211.4 The structure–services interface 19611.5 Detailing interfaces 196Chapter 12 at a Glance 19712 Manufacture, Assembly and Disassembly 19912.1 Realisation of performance criteria 19912.2 Visualising stages and sequences 20012.3 Analysis of operations, methods and resources 20212.4 Materials and labour 20412.5 Production equipment 20612.6 Production options 21012.7 Knowledge and expertise for the analysis of the process 218Part II Choice 219Chapter 13 at a Glance 22113 Applying the Framework 22313.1 The need for an integrated approach 22313.2 Individual and collective choices 22413.3 The basis of the case studies 22513.4 The case studies 227Chapter 14 at a Glance 22914 Foundations: Do We Need to Dig a Hole? 23114.1 Structural integrity of foundations 23114.2 Foundation design 23514.3 Economics of foundations 24214.4 Exploring some scenarios 243Reflective exercises 245Chapter 15 at a Glance 24715 Walls: The Paradox of the Cavity Wall 24915.1 Walls by function 24915.2 General forms 25015.3 Walls in the case study 25115.4 Masonry cavity external walls 25215.5 Paradox 261Reflective exercises 263Chapter 16 at a Glance 26516 Openings: The Door and Window Performance Dilemma 26716.1 The hole in the external wall 26716.2 Doors and windows – the components in the openings 27116.3 How could we do things differently? 272Reflective exercises 274Index 277

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