Ahmad Assi
English

Universitaire  /  2024

Architectural Detailing

One wall section drawn from the parking garage below to the classroom above, with every layer keyed to a written specification rather than left to a hatch pattern.

Type de projet
Wall section and construction specification
Lieu
Ottawa, Ontario
Statut
Universitaire
Superficie
Exterior wall, floor, foundation and glazing assemblies
Rôle
Group 5, ARCC 3202A
Title Page
Title Page

One detail, drawn properly. The section runs from a parking garage below grade, through the foundation wall, up past the floor assembly and into a classroom, and every layer in it is numbered and named.

That is the whole exercise. A hatch pattern says “wall”; a keyed note says which air barrier, at what thickness, with what R value, lapped over what. The difference between the two is whether the drawing can be built from.

The specification runs alongside the drawing as composite construction notes, assembly by assembly: the exterior wall, the floor, the foundation above and below grade, and the glazing. Doing this in third year is what makes it possible to detail a 400 millimetre wall on a real house later and defend the choice, which is the connection between this sheet, Core and Shell, and La Casa Aranas.

Produced as Group 5 for ARCC 3202A, working under the studio name Hodeeva Designs.

Section Detail at Typical Exterior Wall at Ground Floor and Foundation Wall
Section Detail at Typical Exterior Wall at Ground Floor and Foundation Wall
Composite construction notes listing each assembly layer by layer with thickness, product and R value
Composite Construction Notes
Construction notes numbering every material in the detail, from the air barrier and rigid insulation to the flashing and the glazing
Construction Notes