Materials and Calculations

Red to Black Floor Plan

Schedules

Solution Statement

Materials chosen for this Red to Black was done so with the budget in mind.  Picking out materials that could be bought in bulk to save some money was carried out in items such as sofas, granite, and rugs.  Another solution to keep the budget in check was not doing carpet throughout but doing it just in the conference room for sound deading reasons.  The materials chosen also would appeal to the target audience of 18 to 28 year olds. 

Materials and Calculations

Material: Carpet

Company: Mohawk

Style Name: Aero

Style Number: BC113

Brand: Bigelow

Product Type: Broadloom

Construction: Tufted

Surface Texture: Textured Pattern Loop

Gauge: 1/10 (39.37 rows per 10cm)

Density: 7467

Weight Density: 209,076

Stitches per Inch: 10.2 (40.16 per 10cm)

Finished Pile Thickness: .135” (3.43 mm)

Dye Method: Solution Dyed/Space Dyed

Backing Material: Actionbac®

Face Yarn: Colorstrand Nylon

Face Weight: 28

Warranties: Lifetime Limited Wear Warranty, Lifetime Static

Space Used: Conference/Seminar/Learning Center

Sustainability:

CSI Number Carpet Recycling: 09 69 26

Recyclable

Pre-Consumer Recycled Content: 11%

Manufacturing Location: Dalton, GA 30720

Product is free from: chlorine compounds, mercury, cadmium, PBDEs,

                                   Phthalates, PFOAs, and natural rubber products.

CRI Green Label: Plus

CRI Number: GLP8216

Installation/Maintenance:

Professionally laid carpet tile, 2’X  2’

Vacuum daily and periodic steam cleaning done by a professional

Calculations:

Cost = 30.51 sq. yd.

Conference/Seminar/Learning Center – 3’-3” X 3’-1” X 4’-6”= 5.01 Sq. Ft.

                                                                8’-9” X 2’-0” = 17.5 Sq. Ft.

                                                                8’-9” X 3’-3” = 28.93 Sq. Ft.

                                                                8’-9” X 12’-0” = 105 Sq. Ft.

                                                                + 10% waste allowance addition

Total sq. ft. = 156.44 + 15.64 (10%)= 172.08 Sq. Ft./9 = 19  Sq. Yds. Needed

Each box has 18 squares which covers 72 Sq. Ft./9 = 8 Sq. Yds.

Three boxes are need at $30.51  Sq. Yd.  X 19 = $1,739.07

Total Cost = $1,739.07

Material: Granite

Company: Stonemark

Product Name: Bianco Romano

Classification: Essential Collection, Group C

Color: multicolored

Edge Profile: Double Radius

Thickness: 1 ½”
Space Used: Reception area, Offices, Conference/Seminar/Learning Center

Sustainability:

100% Recyclable

Resists heat, scratches, and mildew

15 year warranty

Pre-sealed

Sealant is hydrophobic and oilophobic

Installation/Maintenance:

Formulation helps prevent adhesion of sticky products to surface

Special stone cleaner or warm water and light dish soap

Calculations:

Cost = $63 Sq. Ft., Edging = $16 Sq. Ft.

Conference/Seminar/Learning Center – one 2’-0” X 8’-9” = 17.5

Reception Area- one 2’-0” X 8’-0”= 16

Offices – two 3’-6” X 2’-7”= 18.1

Total = 17.5 +16 + 18.1 = 51.6 Sq. Ft. X $63 Sq. Ft. = $3,250.80

Edging

Conference/Seminar/Learning Center – one 8’-9”X $16 Sq. Ft. = $140

Reception Area – one 8’-0” X $16 Sq. Ft. = $128

Offices- Four 3’-6” X $16 Sq. Ft. = $224

              Four 2’-0” X $16 Sq. Ft. = $165.33

Total = $140 + $128 + $224 + $165.33 = $657.33

Total cost = $3,250.80 + Total edging cost = $657.33 = $3,908.13

Material: Paint

Company: Sherman-Williams

Color: Golden Rule

Color Collection: SW Color

Color Family: Yellows

Color Strip: 55

Product Number: SW6383

RGB Value: R-200 ‌‌׀ G-153 ׀ B-66

Hexadecimal Value: #C89942

LRV: 34

Sustainability:

Washable latex coating to allow most stains is wiped clean with water

Antimicrobial formula resists mildew growth

Low VOC and low odor formula

sInstallation/Maintenance:

Painting done by professionals

Wipe down walls periodically

Touch up when needed

Full repainting done every 5 years

Calculations:

Cost = $63 5 gallon

Reception Area- 4’-0” X10’- 0”= 40

                            10’-0” X 10’-0” = 100

                            9’-3” x 10’-0”= 92.5

                            (2) 0’-8” X 10’-0” = 13.33

                            (3) 3’-0” X 3’-0” = 27

                            (3) 0’-5” X 10’-0” = 12.5

                            (2) 2’ -0” X 10’-0’ = 40

                            0’-11” X 10’-0” = 9.17

                            18’-11” X 10’-0” = 189.17

                            11’-7” X 10’-0” = 115.83

Total square feet of reception area walls = 639.5

Offices – (2) 8’-10” X 10’-0” = 176.66

                (2) 11’-9½” X 10’-0” = 117.92

                (2) 8’-9½” X 10’-0” = 87.92

                (4) 0’-7” X 10’-0” = 5.83

                9’-0” X 10’-0” = 90

                (2) 3’-0” X 3’-0” =

Total square feet of office walls = 469.33

Conference – 8’-10” X 10’-0” = 83.33

                       0’-6” X 10’-0” = 5

                       0’-9” X 10’-0” = 7.5

                      18’-9” X 10’-0” = 187.5

                      12’-0” X 10’-0” = 120

                      24’-0” X 10’-0” = 240

Total square feet of conference walls = 643.33

Total wall square footage = 1,752.16

2 5 gallon @ $63 = $126

Final Calculations:

What I Learned this Semester

What I Learned this Semester

     As the semester comes to an end, my reflection back to all the things done during it is to be the next blog installment.  There were many field trips to various locations, a Design Expo that was attended, lectures on materials.  This class was not just about materials but how the material applies to commercial and residential usage and appropriateness.

     The most memorable one was the Jeff Seal homes.   His belief in quality and attention to detail was evident in both houses we as a class visited.  The first house, 4104 103^rd Street; had details such as no baseboards, barrel vault in the kitchen area, and French casement windows.  Two features that were put in the inside of the house were central vacuum system and fire sprinklers.  Outside was just as acquiesced.  A thoughtful statement such as a simply designed bell tower to pay homage to a villa’s bell tower spoke volumes.  Various depths of mortar joints spoke to his attention to detail.   The second house was on a much grander scale.  This house contains two master suites and a guest suite on the first floor.  Three laundry rooms, a two story piano room with a balcony overlooking the space, and a prayer room were just some of the special areas requested by the homeowners that are being built.  Since this house was still in the framing stage, we had the chance to see the bones of all the different recessed ceilings incorporated in the house.  Groin vaults are included in the various ceiling styles that make up the interior design.  

     The two other field trips that we went to that stand out in my mind were Leftwich Chapman and Collins Tile and Stone showrooms.  Chapman had amazing selection of tile, carpet, and flooring.  One of the carpet samples was so plush and soft that it was very hard to leave it alone.  Two of the unique flooring that they had was the cork and leather.  Collins Tile and Stone specialty is in granite, marble, travertine, limestone, various types of tile, engineered stone, and laminates.  The three types of finishes that can be put on a stone are polished, honed, and leathered.  Many hours could be spent looking at all there slabs.

     In conclusion, there were a lot of materials learned and researched during the course of this class.  There is better confidence in material selections because of the “know” behind the “why” was explained in this materials class.  Many trips were taken as well.  Three that stand out the most was the Jeff Seals Homes, Collins Tile and Stone, and Leftwich Chapman showroom.  Jeff’s attention to details and quality are a hallmark of his homes.  Collins is the place to get all types of stone.  Leftwich has such an amazing variety and beautiful products.

References

1.)    Things throughout the semester

Campus Material Analysis

Campus Materials Analysis

     For this blog, the discussion is about materials found on Texas Tech campus that works well in its environment.  The choose site for me was Hulen/Clement because of living there for two and a half years.  In the common area there are several couches, love seats, and club chairs for use by the residents and visitors.

 In terms of fabric considerations, these meet all of them.  Fabric choose is also met that goes along with considering fabric.

     In terms of scale, tartness or looseness, comfort, durability, cleaning, and maintenance as being the guide lines for fabric considerations meets the Hulen/Clement furniture.   The scale works for both the high volume of space and lengths of the couches.  The common area is two stories and very long.  You also have extra long sofas.  They are at least six feet, maybe more.  They are long enough for me to be able to stretch fully out.  The fabric on all the furniture is done tautly.  Comfort level on all three pieces is a yes.  You are not sinking down into the furniture on one end of the spectrum while on the other end it’s not a rock that you’re sitting on.    Durability is done by a dark blue striped fabric and leather vinyl for the different pieces.  The dark pin stripes hid the dirt well plus the fabric is washable.  Being it leather vinyl, stains don’t happen and a simple wipe down with a wet cloth is all that is needed.

     In conclusion, the fabric chooses for the Hulen/Clement common area meets the fabric considerations.  Sofas have leather vinyl for easy cleaning and prevention of stains.  Seams are done in a way to reduce the separation and roughing up by students.  The pieces are constructed well to prevent the inevitable sinking that happens to couches when the materials wear out. 

References

1.)    Personal observation

2.)    Class notes

Unusual Materials

Key Card Hotel

      The unusual material of subject for this blog is hotel key cards.  These discarded cards were giving to a man named Bryan Berg to construct a hotel made out of them.  The amount of cards used came to a whopping 200,000 of them.  The commissioned “hotel” consists of a guest bedroom, bathroom, and lobby.  This is fully equipped with functioning life-sized furniture, working TV, and functional lights.  The parameters set by the hotel were 400 square feet.  This stunt was orchestrated by Holiday Inn to mark the re-launching of their hotel chain back in 2009.  This took place in Manhattan, New York where they inaugurated the world’s first card key hotel.  The hotel stunt was a five day promotional gig that occurred on September 17^th to the 21^st of 2009.

     Holiday Inn commissioned Bryan Berg to build this key card hotel.  Bryan is a world record-holding ‘card stacker’.  His record breaking started in 1992, where he built his first record –breaking house of cards at the age of 17.  The chain also commissioned him to build a replica of the Empire State Building.  Some interesting facts about Bryan that was surprising in doing research for this blog.  He holds a Professional Degree in Architecture.  He also holds a Master’s in Design Studies from Harvard.  All the techniques he uses today are self-taught.  Bryan was introduced to card-stacking at the age of eight by his grandfather.

     Holiday Inn marked a re-launch of their hotel chain in 2009.  They commissioned him to build a “hotel” out of discarded card keys to make a point that the hotel was going electronic.  The hotel had a lobby, bedroom, and a bathroom.  Bryan himself is a world record-holding “card stacker”.  Upon doing research it was discovered that Bryan holds a Professional Degree in Architecture as well as a Master’s in Design Studies from Harvard. 

References

(1)   http://blog.dn3austin.com/post/268053199/hotel-of-cards

(2)   http://teentweensblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/hotel-made-out-of-200000-plastic-key.html

(3)   http://www.cardstacker.com/about.html

PSC LEED visit

    

     Before Thanksgiving break, we went to PSC to see the east building that is LEED certified.  Our guide for the tour was John DeBard.  The building houses the engineering department.  It is 13,800 square feet worth of space.  While the two buildings are separated by a parking lot, a corporate theme is maintained.  The maintenance is done through the use of shapes, texture, color and style, for both interior and exterior fenestration.

     These are the things that both buildings share in the theme being carried out.  The radius of the front wall of the building is concentric with the curve of the street, allowing the perimeter office partitions to fan out on a radial axis (1).  All the perimeter offices and conference rooms have glass walls to allow natural light to penetrate the interior core, while also allowing vistas to the exterior (1).   Skylights centered in the core of the open space brings in further natural light, but is heavily filtered to eliminate glare.  Installation of 56 inch tall cubicles maintain the “shared” natural light and vistas, while also allowing privacy for the employee and sustaining an open, inviting presence which promotes group interaction and participation (1).

     Features of the “green” put into the project are as follows.  There are exterior views for ninety percent of the occupants.  A light control system put in place that senses the occupancy and light levels.  Low-flow plumbing fixtures installed to reduce water consumption.  Waterless urinals installed to make better use of water consumption.  High efficiency mechanical systems and energy management systems were installed in the building.  The duct system is cloth ducts with holes throughout the length of the ductwork.  By going with this type of ductwork, dust settlement issues are non-existent.  Low VOC finishes and recycled materials in building furnishings and finishes round off the “green” features of the building.  Outside, drought tolerant landscaping and a 6,000 gallon underground cistern that collects all the groundwater run-off, roof run-off, and mechanical unit condensate are part of the storm water management that was put in place to provide drip irrigation to the green roof and at-grade landscaping.  A green roof is incorporated in the roof of the building as well.

     The results are a seven percent reduction in natural gas consumption.  A twenty-three percent reduction in electricity was accomplished.  Water usage was reduced by fifty-nine percent.  Finally, a ten percent reduction of sick leave was observed.

     The 13,800 square feet of the east building maintains the interior and exterior fenestration’s corporate themes.  Inside of the building houses the engineering department.  Cubicles are kept at fifty-six inches to allow for some privacy and sustain an open, inviting presence which promotes group interaction and participation.  Many “green” features are integrated in this project that lead to the LEED certification.  

References

(1)   Brochure

(2)   www.team-psc.com

Jeff Seal

 

     

    

This past Wednesday, our class went to tour upscale homes designed and built by Jeff Seal.  The two homes we toured were at 4104 103^rd Street and the other one was a few blocks from it.  The belief in quality and attention to detail was evident in both houses.

     The house on 4104 103^rd Street is a four bedroom, four and a half baths, and Mediterranean Villa styled house.   Some of the features not found in regular homes were a fire sprinkler system, French casement windows, a central vac system, and twelve foot ceilings.  Details such as symmetry, barrel vaults, real wood floors, and different layouts of the firebrick abound in the house.  Custom pieces of furniture and built-ins are a standard feature in his homes.   The most fascinating element in the house was the barrel vaulted brick ceiling.  This is not a typical ceiling treatment done in a common house.  Taking cues from customary French architecture design, no baseboards are used in the house.  The outside was just as exquisite as the inside.  How he approached supporting the Juliet balcony made both an architecture and artistic statement.  The simple visual homage to a villa church’s bell tower made a thoughtful statement.  A detail that was noticed later on after looking at pictures for the cover was the mortar joints underneath the Juliet balcony.  Some of the joints were intentionally recessed deeper to give the house an aged looked in keeping with a Mediterranean Villa house showing its age.

     The other house was much, much bigger in house size and lot size.  It consisted of two master suites, two bedrooms upstairs for the boys with a bathroom for each.  The house is going to have three laundry rooms, a two story piano room with a balcony overlooking the space.  The foyer contains the double bridal staircase and a prayer room.  Both houses incorporate the groin ceiling as one of the many types of ceiling used in his houses.  Since the house is in the early construction phase we had a chance to see the components of the structure.  Six inch wide studs are used to build the wall instead of two by fours.   This house also incorporated many variations of recessed ceilings in addition to the mentioned groin vault.

    The field trip to a couple of upscale houses showcased attention to detail and quality materials done by Jeff Seal.  The house located at 4104 103^rd Street contained unexpected surprises, unique applications of various materials, and fire safety measures.  The other house had much going for it already even though it was still in early stages of construction.

References

(1)   Notes from field trip

(2)   www.jeffsealhomes.com

Collins Tile and Stone

     

     This journey took us to Collin Tile and Stone store located at 4715 Clovis Highway.  It was started by Tim Collins and his wife, Ava back in 1984 out of their home garage.  The tour included the current showroom, the slab storage area, and the new showroom back storage area that housed more of their slabs of rock.  Their specialty is granite, marble, travertine, limestone, various types of tile, engineered stone, & laminates.

     When we toured the back operations each of the various machines were discussed.  The first machine that was viewed is called the (Gravellona Machine Marmo) GMM Bridge saw.  This saw moves back and forth on a track and can cut at an angle while the table holding various sizes of slab can spin 360 degrees to accommodate any type of cut necessary.  Two of the most recent machines added to the production line is the CNC machine which stands for Computer Numerical Control.  Through the acquisition of the CNC machines creation of intricate shapes, increased availability of profiles and patterns of edges was made possible.

     While there Tim also talked about the different finishes that can be put on a stone.  They are polished, honed, and leathered.  The polished is typical finish that is seen everywhere.  Then there is the honed finish.  The finish is usually a matte or satin.  Commercial floors are an excellent choice for this type of finish.  A leathered finish is achieved by running a high heat source such as a blow torch, across the slab so that flakes of stone pop off.  After a slab is chosen, templates of the pieces are arrange onto the slab in order to check how the veining of said slab will look inside all the cut-out pieces.  A new engineered stone product that has just come out was shown to us while on the tour also.  It is called Cambria.  The new stone requires no sealing, polishing, or reconditioning is needed.  Countertops can be just washed with warm water.  Its creation comes from natural quarts.

     On November 1 our journey started at the showroom of Collins Tile and Stone business.  A company that was started back in1984 with his wife, Ava, inside the garage of their house.  The GMM Bridge saw and the CNC machine were viewed while getting a tour of the production line.  A polish, matte, or leathered finish can be put on a stone.  Templates are used to determine the best usage of the veinage of a slab.  Cambria is a new engineered stone that has hit the market.

References

(1)   Notes from field trip

(2)   www.collinstile.com

(3)   www.rgnytiles.com/cambria/