407 DISCHEM WAREHOUSE

Dichem warehouse recently installed a sprinkler system in the warehouse for the event of a possible fire. They then realized that the amount of water supplied by their municipal lines was not enough to feed these sprinklers. Now they are planning to build two small reservoirs on the outskirts of the site along with a pump house to provide a sufficient amount of water for the sprinkler system.

I was given the task of drawing up plans for the new reservoir on site as well as making various other additions and changes to the plans.

Another addition to the plans are two car ports that are to be built over the roller door delivery area.

Various other small changes have been made like the size of the fire escape door and the widening of the fire escape staircase.

Site Plan:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2001_20121024072050

Ground Floor:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2002

First Floor:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2003

Elevations:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2004

Reservoir Details:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2005

428 WEMBLY HEALTH FACILITY

My boss was asked to draw up a proposal for a small eye hospital in Wembly Square. The Eye hospital would be on the first floor of the building.

Unfortunately after I drew up the plans on CAD, we realized that the ceiling height on the first floor of the building was not high enough according to hospital building regulations. The height of the theatre room was too low, therefore another floor in the building is planning to be used for the eyes hospital.

Drawing:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/428_wembly

419 LANGEBAAN HOSPITAL

This is a project that I have been working on since I started at Fourie Architects. The plan is constantly changing which is why I have posted the previous layouts of the hospital. It looks like this is the final draft regarding the design as we have found a way to save a lot more money by excluding unnecessary facilities and space. We are still waiting to hear from the client if this design satifies him.

Drawings:

Ground Floor:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/ground_floor_a3

First Floor:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/first_floor_a3

401 ALZEIMERS CENTRE

There is an old house in Murrey Street, Durbanville, that is to be converted into an Alzeimers centre. The garden is completely over grown and the house is standing open with many broken windows and doors.

Photo's:

              

Certain trees were selected to stay on the property and the rest to be removed. I was given the task of drawing up a plan of all the trees that are to be kept on site. This plan then goes to the landscaper who shall design the rest of the garden.

Drawing:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/landscaping-a3

Erf 15758 on Plein Street, Durbanville

For this project I was given this drawing and was asked to make a few small changes.
Changes included changing the paving on each stoep, and making a few changes to the detail and to the notes on the drawing.

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2001_20120919133547

Caveat Trust

Project number 353 - Caveat Trust.

I was given the floor plan of this project and was asked to make a few small changes to the plan.

Once i had done that i was asked to do the electrical layout and the ceiling layout of the given plan:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/4003a-_12.09.2012

NOTE: the detail on the drawing was done by Brian.


Another task that i was given regarding the same project was: i was asked to do a detail of how the window frame is attached to the i-beam near the entrance of the building.

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/details_a_b

Olliveli, Willowbridge tenant occupation certificate

I was givent the job of drawing up an occupations certificate for the Olivelli shop in Willowbridge from a given plan. I had to remove unecessary information adn draw and additional diagrammatic section.

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/22.08.2012_occupations_certificate-layout2

Durbanville Bowling Club

The  Durbanville Bowling Club is planning in new additions to their club house once the get the funds. They are planning on adding an additional bathroom to their building. I was given the job of measuring up the necessary parts of the existing building, and to create a new drawing showing the new additions to the building.

Drawing:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/a1_-_1.100

Cape Eye Hospital

My boss Frikkie and his assistant Brian have been working on renovations and additions to the Cape Eye Hospital for the past while. They asked me to do a simple bathroom layout (with the so far known specifications) for both the ground and the first floor.

Ground Floor:
Plan and Section A-A
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120823061234-8914dc4749464786911c65a08164efcb

Section B-B, and Section C-C
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120823061244-03e907553e4f4aeebc62d5cf6e193296

First floor:
Plan
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120823061254-584aa9998fcf47e5893170fea2c0ab05

Section A-A, and Section B-B
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120823061305-e45c9bd0f17849ec9891f402e96881a6

Section C-C, and Section D-D
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120823061224-41a5780fd5754692bed4658e2224f230

Canal Walk occupation certificate

This is project I have been busy with between jobs. Canal Walk requires all their tenants in their centre to obtain occupation certificates for their stores. It consists of a simple plan and diagrammital section showing all the details regarding fire safety, ceiling hights, basic dimensions, ventilation and area of the store.

I did occupation certificates for Inglot, La Senza, and the Green Cross store.

INGLOT - SHOP 154
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120806085110-f8df24edd6e7489fa48287a60ecd4741

LA SENZA - SHOP 605
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120806085044-1209d907cf5a4218b03442fa98e114c8

GREEN CROSS - SHOP 126
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/shop_126_-_occupations_certificate-layout1

Foot Gear, St George's Mall, Cape Town

Last week Thursday, the 2nd of July, Frikkie and I drove to town to measure up an existing shop in St George's Mall that is to be converted into a Foot Gear store. The Owner of the Foot Gear store wanted us to measure up and draw a plan of the retail area so that he could decide where he wants to place his shelving. He also wanted us to put in partitioning in certain areas for an office and store rooms.

link to floor plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/1001

Once he was happy with this floor plan he wanted us to do a drawing of the possible shelving layout. The shelving consists of 500mm deep free standing shelvs alont the walls, and 915mm x 915mm display units placed around the retail area.

link to shelving layout:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/1001_-_shelving_layout-a3

Foot Gear, Paarl

This is a small job i was given to do for Foot Gear in Paarl. I was given the floor plan of the shop, and had to put the correct annotations and make certain changes to the drawing in order for it to be correct for tennant installation.

Link to drawing:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2001

Plein Street

Near the centre of Durbanville, opposite the taxi rank, there is a large open piece of land, owned my the same client who wants the face lift for is motor spares building in Windhoek. On this piece of land in Plein Street, he want to build another second hand motor spares warehouse. All that has been done for this project so far is the site plan.

Site plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120618-78173081641542dc92719e204f589cc3

Caveat Trust Paving

This is just a small job that i was given, where the client wanted a small garden of his to be paved. I did a plan and section according to how he wanted the piece of land to be paved:

Plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120801-42581e2d4aec41d685e621680bf86aa6

Section:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120752-07f5148203d949ebbba9917a5a32725b

Pollsmoor Prison, Tokai

Last week I was given several drawings of different rroms in Pollsmoor prison that I had to update. The trenches that ran beneath the room have changed, therefore I had to make new 'as built' plans of the rooms.

The drawings are as follows:

Substation A:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120649-f8980751b53c47579695fada95ea61ef

Substation B:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120658-48487665776b45bf80146f90d4f2878a

Substation C:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120707-de43a1f1ca91476b90e06ec69263f67e

Substation D:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120724-0c0b3222145a46e1ac9c96c48ebd59ed

Substation E:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120733-0bd5ede9ec494f338820bae3566ffd78?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Substation F:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120744-d09951ae1d4a4826b34e5b6cc5ce47fb?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Substation G:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120632-d41ce8d43f5d4f678f64a9585c48e032

Substation 7:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120640-4d63accc61b742e5a8bd53f228846202

Windhoek Motor Spares

We have started with a project in Windhoek. It is currently a warehouse for seconhand motor parts and spares, and the client want to give the building a face lift. The only drawings that have been done for the project so far, is the as built elevation.

Link to drawing:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/120730120807-2e2ffcf090c841459edf53ad7a9b297c

Carel Du Toit Centre, Tygerberg Hospital

Another project that I have been working on since I started at Fourie Architects, is the Carel Du Toit Centre project. The Carel Du Toit Centre is planning on doing various renovations to their centre.

These renovations include:
-A new classroom
-A new staff Room, and
-A new Audiology room

The following drawing is a simple sketch plan of the new proposed Audiology room:

As built plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/as-built

Proposed new Audiology room:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/proposed-classroom

The following drawing is a drawing showing the entire layout of the Carel Du Toit Centre and where these particlar renovations will be taking place. Ont the drawing one can also see the detailed sketch plans of the proposed new staff room (plan), classroom (plan, elevations and sections) and Audiology room (plan).

Site development plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/2001---everything

Langebaan Hospital - sketch plans

For the past two weeks I have been busy with a hospital in Langebaan. We are still at the stages of drawing upsketch plans for the clients. It is quite a large site consisting of many different components:
a community hospital,
a 28 bed day hospital,
a 24 bed annex and well as
on site medical staff residense.

All these buildings are linked by a passage which the nurses use.

Site plan of Hospital in Langebaan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/419---site-plan

28 Bed Day Hospital:

I was given the floor plans of both stories of the 28 bed community hospital and Frikkie and i discussed and decided on the many necessary changes  to the plans that had to be made according to the clients wishes. Once I had finished all the changes to the plan that the client wanted to make, I had to colour code the different sections of the hospital according to the key at the bottom of the drawing.

Ground floor plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/ground-floor---day-hospital

First Floor plan:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/first-floor---day-hospital

Medical Staff Residence:

The medical staff residence provides accommodation for 4 doctors, 4 physiotherapists, and 24 nurses. The layout of the doctors and physiotherapists accommodation are the same. It is a small block that has bee split into two halfs. Each half has two bedrooms with a simple bathroom and kitchen. Where as the nurses accommodation consists of the same sized block (not split in two halfs) consisting of four bedrooms, a kitchen and bathroom.

These small blocks are arranged in such a way so that they will be able to fit on the site provided. A row of three nurses blocks lie adjacent to eachother, forming a double story (6 blocks in total) with a undercover walk way. The physiotherapist and doctors blocks are placed nect to eachother, opposite the nurses blocks (single story, allowing th sunlight to stream into the space between the two buildings). This arrangements of buildings is brought together by a community area with a patio, for the nurses, doctors and physiotherapists, as well as undercover walkways.

Single unit layout and residence layout:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/medical-staff-accommodation-latest-a1

Eskom Luminaire Project

My Luminaire project consists of two pages


Page one:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/p1?mode=window&pageNumber=1


Page two:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/p2?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Moving Jobs!

I started my new job at the beginning of this week at Fourie Architects in Durbanville. I felt that changing jobs was necessary as I was not gaining enough experience at Boogertman and Partners Architects. Because of the corporate nature of the firm, it was difficult for them to find work that I could do. It was a large office and every employee was under the time pressure of deadlines, and as a result, they would rather give work to someone who could do it faster than to a student who has a million billion questions.

I was sad to leave Boogerman as I grew to like each office member very much. The office atmosphere is a cheerful and humerous one, and the director, Stephen Whitehead, was very kind and understood my problem and aggreed that I should put my studies first.
Boogertman is definitely a place where I would like to be a part of once I have put more years of study behind me and I will have more to offer.

As for Fourie Architects:) This small company is run by Frikkie Fourie, his assistant Brian Sparks and the receptionist Alzariah. The company is based in Park street Durbanville from an old house that has been converted into office space. I have been given my own office and working station and have already finished two tasks that I will post on my blog shortly. Frikkie and Brian are very helpful with my questions and always have something for me to do.
I am very happy here at my new job and am keen to learn a lot!!!! :D

Shelves for Boogertman

Boogertman and Partners is planning on putting up new shalves as part of their display wall as you walk into the office. What they currently have standing on display are many books and pamphlets about the large projects that they have done. These books sit on a table which standing infront of the wall with their company logo.

I was asked to come up with a couple of ideas fo a new display wall for their office.
I developed some sketchup perspectives of my ideas.

IDEA 1

My first idea was to create a shelf out the Boogertman and Partners symbol. Grey and orange are the colours for Boogertman (the wall is currently orange) thus not much would have to change except for adding the white shelf

IDEA 2

My second idea was to create a ceramic shelf in the shape of a city skyline. I though the city skyline would be an appropriate idea as Boogertman and Partners is a corporate architeccture firm that does maily large scale commercial buildings. The books resting on the shelf begin to look like buildings themselves, thus enhancing the idea of the shelf. The Boorgetman and Partners sign would be under the shelf against the wall. Unfortunately the images came out darker than expected so the sinage is not very visable.

Private Job

This is a private job that one of the people in the office asked me to do for her. She gave me the drawings and I had to prepare them for council.


Here are the links to the drawings:
Plans:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/plans?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Elevations:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/elevations
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/elevation


Section and last Elevation:
 http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/section-and-elevation?mode=window&pageNumber=1



Here are perspectives of the model that I built from the CAD drawings, on sketchup rendered using v-ray.

Getting up to date!!:)

CONTAINER HOSTELS

The following three pictures are of a model that i was asked to build for a hostel. The hostel is being built using recycled shipping containers. The hostel park consists of several buildings like this one with a central park in the middle. Three containers forms each floor. One container is for ablutions and the other two are divided into rooms. A roof is then put over all three to create a communal space in the middle of the floor. The ground and first floor have the same layout.

                                     

INTERIOR OFFICE SPACE

The following images is of a model that i have built as a proposal to an interior office space. The space consists of a conference room (the green shape) a pause area with cafeteria bar and an atrium (at the back)

                                        

In the rest of the images the conference area has been flipped around so that the glass side faces the atrium, letting in more light.

The last two images are of the same space but with people. Some of the colours have also been changes and the material surfaces have been set to make the image as realistic as possible.

GLENWOOD HOSTELS

This is a plan of hostels that are to be built, also in George but separate from the images above. I had to re-arrange the layout of the hostels on the property and render the drawing. The one drawing is just of the foot print if the areas and the buildings.The other drawing shows the interior layout of the hostels.

The area footprint:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/george_hostels_area_footprint?mode=window&pageNumber=1

The interior layout:

http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/george_hostels_interior?mode=window&pageNumber=1

Exercise 5 - final of community hub project

Here is the link to my project. My project consists of 6 pages.


For some reason my issuu account is displaying the pages as portrait when i saved them in landscape format. Because of the the drawing are stretched and out of proportion. 


I dont know how to fix this but i have posted the pages up anyway to show that i have done the project. I will bring hard copies of the drawings to the block next week to show how they are meant to look.


Now that i check again, it seems to be working and the pages are in landscape. but just in case they are not, i have explained.


PAGE 1:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/new_page_1


PAGE 2:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/page-22?mode=window&pageNumber=1

PAGE 3:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/page-32?mode=window&pageNumber=1


PAGE 4:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/page-42?mode=window&pageNumber=1


PAGE 5:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/page-51?mode=window&pageNumber=1


PAGE 6:
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/page-61

Melkbosstrand Church

As part of the Melkbosstrand Church project that I was busy with a while ago, I have recently been asked to do the North Elevation and the Section on e-e of the renovated church.


Link to Drawings:


http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/section_e-e__north_elevation_14.05.2012-a1_layout

Bree Street

One of the associates in our office is busy with a high rise building on Bree Street in Cape Town. He asked me if i could develop a 3D sketchup model for the bathroom design of the building so that he can present it to the client, allowing them to decide on the materials.


Here are perspective images of the 3D model of the bathroom that I built.

ERF 142924

The small job that I did a while ago, regarding ERF 142924 has since developed.


Three living spaces (3 - 4 bedrooms each) have been proposed for building. I was given the job to arrange the different spaces in the houses as well as their furniture. 


Link to the original site
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/erf_142924?mode=window&pageNumber=1


Link to the proposed ground floor
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/erf-142924-rev-a-ground-floor?mode=window&pageNumber=1


Link to the proposed first floor
http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/erf_142924_rev_a_first_floor


The project is still in is still in progress, but this is what has been done so far

Getting up to date ( ",)

I have not uploaded any work in the past few days because i have been trying to find a way in which i can upload PDF's onto my blog. Previously i have just print screened my PDF's and copied them into paint and uploaded them as an image, but my drawings are beginning to become a little more complex, and uploading them as an image is not clear enough anymore.

But i have now set up an ISSUU account where i can upload my work as PDF's:) I will now just post the link to my ISSUU account onto my blog so that my work can be seen.

ERF 142924

This is a small task that someone in the office asked me to do quickly. Its not very impressive but i thought i should post it anyway. All i had to do was to correct the contour lines on the drawing after wiping off the on site buildings from the original drawing.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE DRAWING!!

 --->      http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/erf_142924?mode=window&pageNumber=1

MELKBOSSTRAND EDGE CHURCH RENOVATIONS

This project was probably the most complicated task that i have been given so far. It looks very impressive, but all i had to do was add the new renovations to the already existing church. After adding the renovations, i had to make sure that the drainage and electrical layout fitted with the new additions to the building.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE FLOOR PLAN 

 --->     http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/ground-floor-plan---melkbosstrand-edge-church?mode=window&pageNumber=1

CLICK HERE TO SEE A CLOSER VIEW OF THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS

 --->      http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/proposed-renovations

CLICK HERE TO SEE ROOF PLAN OF ENTIRE CHURCH

 --->      http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/roof-plan---melkbosstrand-edge-church

CLICK HERE TO SEE ELECTRICAL SCHEDULE OF EDGE CHURCH MELKBOSSTRAND

--->      http://issuu.com/robyn_marais/docs/schedule-electrical?mode=window&pageNumber=1

On my Mind

Okay, to be honest the past week or so has been really quiet. I am starting to worry that there isn't enough work around here for me to do. I don't know if its too early to be worrying about whether to change jobs or not, but I can't say that I feel like I learning much this year. First thing I did this morning when I walked into the office, was speak to the director of the company about the above.


So he gave me something to do, which I have now completed and must still load onto my blog. I am currently busy with changes to the Val de Vie model that I was busy with last month, which I will post once its finished. I feel that when I ask for work, I get to do all the small favours for everybody else. All the odds and ends of projects that are not really teaching me anything, because they would rather give the worth while work to someone who ca do it faster. My company does not trust me with work, and I can understand that that may be the case for the first couple weeks, but im don't picture learning anything new if I'm not exposed to anything new.


Perhaps I'm over reacting, but ill just see how the next few weeks go.

Meerendal Entrance Wall

A few changes have been made to the Meerendal entrance wall. not so much the wall, but more just changes to the drawing of the wall e.g.
-Changes to certain lables on the drawing
-The Meerendal signage has been changes slightly on the CAD drawing as well as the sketchup drawing.
-Various headings have been added
-The detail that was in the right hand margin has now been taken away as it is not needed
-Some line weights have also been changed

The changes are not big, but i thought it would be best to post the drawing on my blog anyway:)

McCarthy Toyota Improvements

This drawing is for the same McCarthy Toyota projects in Parrow East, except for a few changes that have been made after meeting with the client yesterday.


Changes:
-The dispatch cages have been moved to the warehouse next door in order to create more floor space in the warehouse for the shelves that have to be placed there.
-A larger section of the wall next to the Telesales area is to be demolished, to create a more open plan space for the reception area.
-Telesales desk number 5 has been moves to a different area. 
-The new glass that was to be put in the place of the delivery door in the Telesales area is not to be done anymore. The client rather wants to close the opening with partitioning
-Here and there small changes to the drawing have been made in order to improve the drawing.

McCarthy Storage Space for Spares

Today I completed the design proposal drawings for the McCarthy Toyota Storage space located in Parrow East. They have been e-mailed off to the client already, so we are waiting for his feedback on whether he likes the drawing or not. Once we have received the drawing back from the client we will start with the construction drawing of the project.
The Project entails, renovations of an old warehouse space. It will now become space for several new offices and storage for Toyota spare parts. The space must also be able to include all the storage racks that are old storage space that Toyota is currently using. Fortunately it is not our job to arrange the racks to fit. We have just counted how many racks their are so that Toyota can arrange them how ever they would like.

Toyota Spares Storage

Today I visited an old warehouse in Parow that has been vacant for the past year, as I was given the job to measure up the building as Toyota is going to use the warehouse as new storage space for their spare parts. I then had to travel to the current Toyota workshop in Parow to measure the different size storage racks that they have in their storage spaces. This is to make sure that all the racks can be arranged in a specific way that will allow them all to fit in the new storage spaces. The structure of the warehouse may change slightly as some of the unnecessary walls will be demolished, otherwise the warehouse will stay pretty much the same. 

Below are some photographs of the warehouse that I measured up.

Now that i have the correct measurements of the warehouse, i have to draw a plan o the warehouse on CAD! Which i will post as soon as its finished:)