The structural frame utilizes steel as its primary element - for the economy of mass-production, controlled fabrication conditions, and spans suited for flexible office layouts. It is designed to facilitate proper load transfer and seismic stability. Web openings allow for the passage of utilities. Configured around an RC core, the frame supports a composite slab that efficiently spans the bay, while providing flexible placement of mounting points for suspended utilities and ceiling systems.
Visible are the primary structural and architectural elements that comprise the Maker Hub, and how they interconnect with one another. Additionally, the facade panels and planters, in good practice, were also considered in the construction maquette. Note the raised-floor and ceiling-integrated utilities that allow for flexible interior configurations where needed.
The auditorium space samples the considerations that must be taken to the acoustic conditions of the building. Calculated, and prescribed with the appropriate material and geometric treatments to provide optimum reverberation times and sound quality. For the offices, different considerations must be undertaken to prevent undesirable echos and maintain the desirable "buzz" of acceptable noise levels in a coworking office environment, while acoustically isolating where necessary & controlled.
The structural frame utilizes steel as its primary element - for the economy of mass-production, controlled fabrication conditions, and spans suited for flexible office layouts. It is designed to facilitate proper load transfer and seismic stability. Web openings allow for the passage of utilities. Configured around an RC core, the frame supports a composite slab that efficiently spans the bay, while providing flexible placement of mounting points for suspended utilities and ceiling systems.
THE MAKER HUB: CREATIVE INDUSTRY INCUBATOR PART II
Status: Done and Limited-access Under UP Diliman Library | Advisers: Professor Dan Silvestre; Armin Sarthou
Awarded Best Architecture Thesis/ 1st Place Gawad Philip Recto
This section continuing from the previous section is focused on describing the systems design and layout of the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, sanitary, structural, and various technical systems of the Maker Hub: Creative Industry Incubator which was undertaken as a final undergraduate thesis project. In good practice, the design thesis was undertaken with the intent to comprehensively detail the underlying systems of an technologically-enabled office high rise in the 21st century.
The structural system of the Maker Hub is designed to accommodate program flexibility as well as ensure high-rise stability in seismic and wind events. Attention to architectural and construction details help flesh out the basic framework for the exernal facade system and the internal workspace environment. Due consideration was given to the to the loading calculation, layout, and specification of the various high-rise plumbing systems, water recycling systems, VRV air-conditioning, electrical systems, alternate power storage & generation solutions, and a conceptual application of an integrated building management system. It was the intent of the designer to approach the theoretical design thesis with the same rigors due to an actual real-life project.