Over the exit, a black aluminum roofed porch emphasizes the horizontal lines of the structure. The double height living space is delineated by an 18 meter long, 3 meter tall glass façade that provides a full view to the southern landscape. It is also the supporting wall for downward leading staircase. On one side, the grand living and dining room that lead outdoors to the garden and pool area on the other, the kitchen with its central island. It effectively splits the “volume” in two. Throughout the day, the structure’s changing reflection is apparent in the elongated pool adjacent to the home.Īt the core of the public wing runs a 22 meter concrete wall which doubles as a gallery wall for the owners art pieces, and as a divide to the various public functions. The differing functions of the house characterize the structures – The public wing has monumental proportions in terms of height and volume, thus differentiating itself from the private wing, which has elongated proportions and lesser height for an intimate feeling. The other, houses private functions, including the sleeping quarters and an office. One containing the public zones, including, the entrance, main living, dinning and kitchen areas. Allowing a full view to the pool and grounds. In contrast, the southern façade toward the garden is composed entirely of transparent glass. They also provide framed views to the interior. On this northern, entry façade, elongated slits in the concrete carry-on the buildings geometry and concrete slab layout. A sculpted circular driveway, allows an encompassing view of the house upon arrival. Black is used in both wood and metal textures, as those are complementary to the exposed concrete which serves as the base material in the palette. Used throughout in architectural details, such as all the window profiles & outdoor porches as well as in design choices such as the entry door and kitchen façade. The prominent color detail found is an array of black. These are strung together by natural wood staircases that delicately stitch the different floors. Concrete and white walls combine with large slabs of natural stone flooring. The material and color palettes were greatly restrained so not to overbear the space allowing the space itself to be an adequate airy platform for the residents and their exquisite art and design collection. It includes natural stone, exposed concrete and aluminum, all found in varying quantities on the exterior as well as interior of the home. The design plan is minimalist and the material scale is monochrome. Weaving their way through the concrete structures, they merge the outdoors with the built environment. The abundant landscape, including grassland areas and pool, were seen as an integral part of the whole form. This home was envisioned as an unfolding sequence of simple geometric forms that compose an entire spatial experience. Between them stands a light vertical element. Experimental work is conducted to determine the optimum particle size distribution and to identify the chemical effects followed by parametric experimental tests on different concrete constituents to develop series of UHPC/UHPFRC products and monitor there rheological behavior.Laid on an 8,000 sqm (20 Acre) plot, two concrete rectangles perpendicular to one another form the letter T. The concrete mix design has two approaches, namely: classical mixture including the response surface methodology and factorial-based central composite design, also known as the mathematically independent variable. Hence, the mixture proportion design should follow a densified mixture design algorithm to densify the particle packing that reduces the amount of pores and reduces the water/binder ratio to attain the design criteria. The main concrete constituents of such materials consist from: binders (cement), powders (fillers), liquids (additives), water, and fibers. UHPFRC is used as joint-fill cementitious materials for the connections of prefabricated bride elements and systems used for the Accelerated Bridge Construction and rapid bridge replacement. UHPC and UHPFRC are designed to be self-consolidated concrete that level itself without mechanical vibration due to its highly flowability and moderate viscosity. This research investigates the mechanical behaviour for the Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) and Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC).
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