Qendrim Gjata

Architecture Portfolio

Memorial For LAquila

First project, Year 3

LAquila has approximately 30 earthquakes a month, but usually

around 1.5 Richter scale. In 2009 a disastrous earthquake at 6.5
Richter scale struck the heart of the city which devastated most of the
architecture and killed 309 people. Most died in their homes due of a
lack of warning from the authorities, and those in charge of sending
warnings are now imprisoned for their impotence.
I visited the site in 2012, after a brief time spent walking around the
site and talking to the habitants, I immediately started understanding
that the people were very frustrated with the government for the lack of
effort to rebuild their homes. 3 years pass, yet people were still displaced
into temporary homes and were no closer to moving back into the city.
The brief was to design a monument or a memorial that signifies or
records a significant event as part of the cities collective memory so that
the events that had happened could never be forgotten and to further
the resilience of the community and raise moral and spirit.

In this short project I address many issues; mourning for the dead,
preparing the citizens of LAquila for the future and making the
community stronger by creating a method for new friendships and
connections to be formed.

Concept Development

Concept development- clay sculptures

Anthony Gormley

Clay maquette 1

Clay maquette 2

THE STAGES OF THE SCULPTURE

The concept originated from an old toy

I had. The little wooden person would
collapse when the tension in the wire was
released. From this I developed my idea for
the sculpture.

The structure here is erect, no sign of Earthquake, morale is high.

Here the structure is in rubble after an earthquake, representing the

earthquake.
The idea is to create unease within the people, keeping them alert and
aware of the earthquake prone area they live in. People will not want to
see the rubble, so they will go and stand on the touch pads to erect the
statue.

People will ask each other for help to stand on the touch pads, this will
give reason for people to make new friends by creating the situation
and the moment for them to open in conversation. Once all 5 touch
pads are stood upon, two other people will need to help erect it by
untangling the wires.

The best materials to use for a memorial

is the materials that make up the
memories of the city itself, the rubble
created from the earthquake and the
steel used to brace the buildings. A
collaboration of these including broken

Once all the touch pads have someone standing on them, the statue will
start to erect itself, the people would need to stand on the touch pads
until the statue has fully erected itself, while someone is helping untie or
positioning the cubes so they dont get in a twist.

IDENTITY

instruments I saw within the rubble to

represent the prominency of the music
life in LAquila.

THE PHASES

SEISMOMETER

This is a seismometer I built with a breadboard and an

Arduino and Ethernet shield.
The frequency of earthquakes is between 1 - 20 Hz, but
with even the heaviest weight the resonant frequency
was in the KHz.
So to reduce the resonant frequency and get some useful
signals, I took some washers slapped them on a bolt and
some nuts and experimented. I used a Oscilloscope with
FFT and changed the weight on the tip of the film until
frequencies of around 40Hz were the largest.
A Charge Amp takes the charge across a capacitor and
translates it into a voltage. If you know your electronics
you can see that it is essentially an integrator, which
prevents the charge across the Piezo film, which acts like
a capacitor, from discharging quickly.
This allows you to turn it into a stable voltage signal.
The signal coming out of the charge amp section is an
AC wave floating on 2.5Vdc. Since the amplitude of the
wave is the same size when it swings to the positive end
as the negative end, you can get more use from the ADC
in the Arduino by amplifying only the positive waves.

We can do this by chopping off the bottom half of the wave

with a diode and biasing it so that the diode is just-just turned
on.
Now you have a waveform sitting on 0Vdc with only the positive
peaks of the signal being read by the ADC.
That was the easy part, after that I connected it to the
Arduino. The programming was probably the heftiest portion
of this project, these diagram should help explain how the
programming part works.
The image to the right shows the a free web page which is
recording the earthquakes, and by earthquakes I mean the
table shaking. The web page is free to use with an Arduino
Board.

FINAL IMAGE

THE EAGLES NEST

Final project, Year 3

LAquila after the disastorous earthquake was left in ruins, buildings

collapsed, and places where people used to meet and socialise like shops,
cafes and bars closed down. The citizens were pushed away from the
town, some social houses were made 10 miles from the city, and some
were sent to different cities. Friends were seperated and dispursed. The
city itself was left in ruins, some shops opened and the government is
doing very little to help rebuild the city because of the great cost.
My brief was to design a workshop that taught people how to program
and connect arduino boards so that they could help rebuild their homes
and city through modern technology. Arduino is a tool for making
computers that can sense and control more of the physical world
than your desktop computer. Its an open-source physical computing
platform based on a simple microcontroller board, and a development
environment for writing software for the board. Using the arduino
boards they could build 3D printers so that they could ancient details
within buildings that were damaged.

SITE ANALYSIS- Piazza Del Palazio

The site faces Piazza Del Palazio, a square

that incorporates the town hall, one of the
university buildings and many bars and shops.

Concept

MC ESCHER

THE FEATHERS ON THE EAGLE

Thermobimetals are smart materials that respond dynamically to

temperature change.
Like the coil in a thermostat, these metals bend due to the two different
types of metal glued together. One of the metals expands to heat close
to room temperature and one does not, thus giving the bend.
When the sunlight heats up the metal, they bend down closing the glass
beneath protecting it from direct sunlight and solar gain, at indirect
sunlight, the feathers open up allowing more light to penetrate
through.

18 Degrees Celsius

20 Degrees Celsius

22 Degrees Celsius

CARDBOARD MODEL

SITE LOCATION PLAN

This model shows the open plan spaces for the arduino workshop.

TOWN HALL

CAFE

SHOPS

THE EAGLES NEST

UNIVERSITY

This site location plan shows the building within the microcosm of the piazza.

SECTION AND DETAILS

PLAN

Final images showing the facade, the open

plan internal layout and its workshop rooms.

MADEN GROUP JULY/NOVEMBER

2013
These next pages consist of the work I have done during my time
working in Maden Group.
During my time here I worked on many different stages of a project. I
managed the project of a hair salon under supervision from first stages
of design to the last stages of construction. During my time here I
also worked in many other projects producing 3D Models, renders and
Photoshoping of final renders. Here I improved vastly on my graphic
skills, rendering and making models.

I took part in two international competitions; The Sydney container

vacation house by AC-CA and the Design for Death Architecture by
Design Boom,, and a national competition for which we had to design
a memorial for the women who died during the 1999 war.
We were short listed for the top 50 out of over 2300 contestants for
Design For Death competitions.

The aim of this International Competition is to design a

Container Vacation House overlooking the Bondi Beach
waterfront in Sydney using used freight container. This
competition hopes to achieve the following:
-Encourage and reward design excellence at a small scale
which integrates function, structure, details and the spirit
of waterfront home.
-Generate the discussion and ideas about the reuse of
freight container modules and encourage the employment
of sustainable design in all aspects of the proposal.
In this project, we worked in a team of four, and I was the
sole graphics designer.

Roots
by [Maden Group]Qendrim Gjata,
Ideal Vejsa, Florim Kukaj and Besjan
Kryeziu from Albania
AC-CA Design For Death competition
In this project, the 3Ds Max, Photoshoping,
and all the graphics were done by me.
2327 designers from 89 different countries
participated, and we were short listed in the
top 100.
Caring for the dead is an important part of
any society, and how it is done reflects the
prevailing culture. As societies evolve, the
customs and traditions surrounding funerals
and memorialization also change. This
competition asks architects, designers, and
creative talents worldwide to re-think and
re-imagine death care for the future. It seeks
to challenge and change perceptions about
the ways in which families honor, remember
and celebrate the lives of their loved ones,
unveiling the next-generation designs for
requiems of the future in the place of repose,
sites of bereavement and remembrances.
Organized by Design-boom, in collaboration
with the LIEN FOUNDATION and ACM
FOUNDATION

RUINS

Lila Sallon

Nena Terez
I handled this project from beginning to
end with the advice of the head architect.
I designed this salon including all the
bespoke furniture. I was also the on site
manager throughout the project due to my
good experience with the building on site.
These photographs show the salon built and
finished.

Kembesorja ne park eshte dezajnuar qe te jet mbi

rrenoja qe te rezervohen rrenojat

Situacioni dhe detajet

bstrakt i realitetit t kobshm

Kembesorja ne park eshte dezajnuar qe te jet mbi
rrenoja qe te rezervohen rrenojat

The brief of this competition was to

design a memorial for the women who
had fallen during the Kosovan war
of 1999 and also designing an urban

spaces around it. I came up with a statues signifying the fallen, and raped
solution to transform an unused space women during the war.
under the trees and make walkways
and benches around fallen and broken

Situacioni dhe detajet

ESTABLISHED NGO

THIS CITY OF OURS

During the time I was living in Kosovo, I saw a

predominant problem with the infrastructure of the city
as a result of the recent war in 1998-99. The country
started rebuilding rapidly but without the proper
regulations and management within the government
and suitable master planning, the spurt of growth has
now started to over ill nurture its inhabitants. Towns
and municipalities are now overgrown and have very

little recreational spaces and those few and very modest

spaces are deprived of any sort of entertainment.
I established a Non-Governmental Organisation called
This City of Ours and decided to use my knowledge
to design a cheap urban space and try and present my
ideas to the government for funding and landowners
for charitable donations. This organisation aimed to

TO PROVIDE URBAN - JANUARY/APRIL 2014

design; smart, social, urban spaces to solve the very

dominant problem with the lack of public spaces in
Kosovo.
This particular project focused on Fushe Kosova, a
municipality 4 miles from the capital. This municipality
has a very rapidly rising population, over 10,000 new
apartments were built in the last 6 years and has no

recreational or public spaces within walking distance.

Children played in the streets and walkways by the
roads were blocked by parked cars.
The inhabitants urgently needed a park where children
could play, people could meet and go to unwind.

I saw a good president in New York by Jannette Sadik

Khan and this inspired me to design this solution for
Kosovo. I saw that despite the massive growth of New
York, not many changes were made to the way the city
was used. New York streets were still very dangerous and
cramped, 300,000 people used Broadway a day and all
cramped on the side walks. there were no seating areas in
for the public until Janette Khan proposed an easy and

very cheap solution, to block the roads, paint them and

place chairs and tables so people in the city could have
a place to sit and relax while they were shopping. This
proved extremely effective, reducing pedestrian injuries
by 35% and increasing travel times by at least 17%.
Because of this, 5 new stores opened because the more
people on foot means better business and even retail
rents doubled.

I have presented to the Mayor of Fush-Kosova, British from this project.

Embassy, US AID, UNDP, IPKO and many other
companies for funding but after tireless determination, I
received full funding from the mayor Burim Berisha and
free Internet and telecommunications from IPKO. The
project is on hold until 2016.
This section of the portfolio includes some of the pages

The letter written by the Mayor of Fushkosova

to declare participation within the project and
ask third parties to invest funds in making the
project a reality.

After studying the project, I have found that the

project will provide a solution to the present social, economic and environmental issues within
the municipality of Fushe-Kosovo with an emphasis on the youth of Fushe Kosovo, the playground, pedestrian space and entertainment
potential, the design provides the inhabitants
of the wider Fushe Kosovo area with an opportunity to mix , play, create and gather, making
the community stronger and consequently improving the desire to respect public space and set
a precedent for the rest of the municipalities.
Mayor of Fushe-Kosova, Burim Berisha.

MAPPING THE AREA DENSITY

The thickness of the pen shows the density of traffic
and pedestrian flow around the site.
Police station

Site location

These images show the current state of Fushe Kosova,

the current condition of the public spaces and the lack
of security in the streets.

THE URBAN PROBLEM

IDENTITY

SECURITY

ENTERTAINMENT

The desire to maintain a positive conception of

oneself has been regarded as a central motive by
many writing about the self (e.g. James, 1890 Gecas,
1982), specifically within social identity theory
(Tajfel, 1978; Hogg and Abrams, 1988;Abrams,
1992). With regard to the environment,Korpela
shows how favourite environments can support
self-esteem. Children described the sense of
positive self-esteem they gained from being in
their own rooms during times of distress. Through
living in an historic town a person can feel a sense
of pride by association (Lalli, 1992; Uzzell,1995).

The center of Fush-kosova is seen as the main

roundabout which connects most of the cities
in Kosovo with Pristina but also other countries
like Albania with the new motorway. The roads
are layed out with 1 meter wide pedestrian
pavements which are usually entirely blocked
by parked cars pushing the pedestrians onto the
road, endangering the life of the pedestrians.
Homes and urban spaces with a good urban
design are generally more secure. Take for
example a Cul De Sac where all the homes
around it can see one another, where in case of
a break in, they can help each other by calling
the police. Where as in Fushekosova, and
generally all of Kosovo, you cannot see past the
house next to you.

Other than coffee shops (if you can call that

entertainment) there are no other activities you
can get involved in within Fushekosova. The
townspeople have no squares, parks or green
spaces to dwell and call their own. There are no
group activities and if one is not from this town
and it is very hard to meet people and make
new friends.

On the images below, you can see two similar

houses; one with a well kept front garden and one
that inst. By looking at the way the people living
there have presented their homes, you have in
your mind unconsciously already imagined what
kind of people to expect from each house as they
have displayed their identity by decorating their
front garden.
This is also true in the larger extent such as the
town square, or the public streets within a town. It
is critical for a town to have an identity to represent
the town and the people.
The train station before the war used to be the most
popular and most active place in Fushekosova.
There were very popular coffeehouses and was
the main station that connected the Balkans to
Kosovo. It was always busy and swarming with
youth. FusheKosova was known for its train station
which gave the people of the town an identity.
Now the whole area close to the train station has
dropped in value and very rarely people go down
there to gather.

FusheKosova needs its own Piazza or square

where people gather outside to sit, play, read,
exercise, relax and unwind away from the busy
streets. A place where the people of Fushekosova
can call their own, a place to satisfy all ages and
all need with the luxury of security for children
and lighting for when its dark.

THE THREE MAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL

AND SOCIO-PHYSICAL NEEDS FOR
A PERSON TO FEEL CONTENT IN
THEIR URBAN ENVIRONMENT.

This project aims to be self sustainable, it is intended

to earn its own money for the maintenance, and I
was able to receive a lot of help to make this a reality.
The park aims to raise the economical value of the
area significantly by generating revenue through
rent. It aims to increase the security and increase
the entertainment factor by introducing; a niche
cafe, mountain bike track, seating with electricity,
WI-FI Internet access, a park and more lighting to
illuminate the area during the night. The revenue
created by renting the bike tracks and the cafe will
produce enough money to keep maintenance and
some to save for future expansion.

There is a need for a square that will provide

entertainment, a place where you can play
games like chess and twister with strangers, so
that through the play, you may make a new
friend. A place to meet friends without having
to sit in a cafe and spend money, a place to
exercise without having to pay for the gym,
a place where there is a climbing frame for
children and sports activities, a place where
you can also be connected to the INTERNET
through WI-FI and share the photos you are
taking on the swings, zip wires or slides. a place
where there is also food and drink.

Investment

Revenue

The Virtuous Cycle

Growth

Quality of life

APPLICATION TO FUSHKOSOVA
UNUSED
SPACE

MANHATTAN Jannette Sadik Khan- New York Urban Planner

DECORATIVE
GREEN SPACE
WITH TREES
AND BUSHES

MONUMENTAL
SPACES

By closing the road here and applying paint and tables has had a great economical effect
to the shops in the area. Rent increased three fold, accidents reduced by 30%, the more
people on foot, the more people enter the shops.

CENTRAL STAGE AND SEATING

The central stage made a few years back has never been used again
after its opening ceremony when they hired rappers to sing on it. For 2
years now it has been a baron concrete eye sore for the people of Fushe
Kosova and a waste of money. I aim to not let the effort go to waste be
using the stage wall for a cinema and the floor for group games. There
will also be wooden pallet seats installed on the concrete steps and 6
picnic benches with free power set up on either side of the stage on the
grass.

Provisions at stage
Wooden seats
Cinema (playing twice a week)
Music box (insert 10 cents for 15 minutes of
music)
Bean bag darts
Twister
Other organistional group games
Provisions at the picnic tables;
6x Tables
2x power sockets at every bench
WIFI available

Key;

SECURING THE SITE

Current traffic flow that will not change:

Current traffic flow that will change:
New traffic flow deviation:
Dangerous impact prone area:
Area to be cleared:
Anti-skid application:

The site has plenty of unused spaces that can

be transformed into an urban active green
space. The site has plenty of trees, and plenty
of lighting for more security during the night
and also is less than 400 meters away from both
police stations located on the north and east of
the location.
Although, for a park, the site needs to have safer
roads if children are going to be present; traffic
has to be diverted and most importantly for this
space, anti-skid resin should be applied on the
roads around the whole area, the resin is cheap
and highly increases breaking effect-ability.

Image showing lampost locations at night for security

CENTRAL STAGE AND SEATING

PLAYGROUND
The central stage made a few years back has
never been used again after its opening ceremony when they hired rappers to sing on it.
For 2 years now it has been a baron concrete
eye sore for the people of Fushe Kosova and
a waste of money. I aim to not let the effort
go to waste be using the stage wall for a cinema and the floor for group games. There
will also be wooden pallet seats installed on

Former US President Theodore Roosevelt

stated in 1907; City streets are unsatisfactory
playgrounds for children because of the
danger, because most good games are against
the law, because they are too hot in summer,
and because in crowded sections of the city
they are apt to be schools of crime. Neither
do small back yards nor ornamental grass
plots meet the needs of any but the very

the concrete steps and 6 picnic benches with

free power set up on either side of the stage
on the grass.

small children. Older children who would

play vigorous games must have places
especially set aside for them; and, since play is
a fundamental need, playgrounds should be
provided for every child as much as schools.
This means that they must be distributed
over the cities in such a way as to be within
walking distance of every boy and girl, as
most children can not afford to pay carfare.

Provisions:
Swings x 4
Zip wire
Roundabout
Sea-Saw
Rocking Horses x 2
Monkey bars
Sit Up exercise bench
Tunnel
Slide
Sandpit
Optional:
Castle
Outdoor exercise equipment:
Treadmill
Cross trainer
Flypress
Exercise Bike

FusheKosova has no recreational playgrounds

for children, apart from the dangerous streets
which are not paved. Children from a very
early age are pushed into cafes and arcade
rooms where their creativity, imagination,
exercise and the promotion of problem
solving skills are severely compromised.

DIRT BIKE TRACK

CLIMBING WALL AND OBSTICLE

COURSE

It is important to have vigorous and tougher games to challenge even the adults. A dirt bike track can be very tough and can really
challenge your athletic abilities, and as humans, we need competition in our life to move forward and evolve. This bike track can be
set as a goal for every child, in hopes of one day completing it. There would be a shorter and easier track for the younger child also
seperate from the hard track.
The track can make space for anyone wishing to make a business of renting mountain bikes for the sport.

Professionals recognize that the social skills that children develop on the playground become
lifelong skill sets that are carried forward into their adulthood. Independent research concludes
that playgrounds are among the most important environments for children outside the home.
Most forms of play are essential for healthy development, but free, spontaneous playthe kind
that occurs on playgroundsis the most beneficial type of play.
Children have devised many playground games and pastimes. But because playgrounds are
usually subject to adult supervision and oversight, young childrens street culture often struggles
to fully thrive there. Research by Robin Moore (Childhoods Domain: Play and Place, 1986) has
clearly shown that playgrounds need to be balanced with marginal areas that (to adults) appear
to be derelict or waste ground but to children they are areas that they can claim for themselves,
ideally a wooded area or field.
It is important for children to have their own privacy, so the obstacle course can give children an
enclosure from outside world, but a parent can alway see inside if they come close enough and
look through the gaps between the wood cladding.

Provisions:
Climbing wall
Obsticles course (holes, tunnels, recycled tyre
obsticles, etc)
Cargo nets (small enough for chlidren not to
get tangled)
Bars
Ropes
Shelter
Lighting

Caffe

People of Kosovo love coffee, we have coffee in the morning, coffee at

break time or for lunch and even coffee before bed. So to give people
everything they need at the park a coffee shop is essential.
But this would be no ordinary coffee shop you get in Fushkosova, this
would be, in a word, evolutionary to the lifestyle in this town. It will be
a priority for the coffee shop to promote a healthy lifestyle, with healthy
foods and drink.
On top of this, the person who will rent this carriage for a coffee shop
will also have the responsibility of looking after the whole park, picking
up the litter every morning and reporting any problems to me. The rent
will/should go into an account set for the growth and the evolution of
the park and the humanitarian team that will be set up with this project
who will go around Fushkosova, fixing problems that are reported by
the people to the website.

Conversion of former Police Station to Apartments

DK Architects

Kingsbridge Road - Manchester

October 2014 - May 2015

This section of the portfolio includes drawings and 3D images that I have produced for my
current employer at DK Architects. The architecture practice was established in 2008 by
RIBA Chartered Architect Nadir Khan. For the first three months of working at the practice
I was the only employee then a senior technician was hired. The practice is very successful
landing some large projects such as a restaurant at the Hoover Building in London.

Palatine Road- Manchester

Kingsbridge Road - Manchester

Palatine Road- Manchester

Working for a small company and also being the only employee for the first three months has
allowed me to develop my knowledge of how an architectural practice really functions. It has
allowed me to learn first-hand the handling process of projects because all work was going
through me at some point, so I was able to analyse the amount of work needed and the quality
of work required.
Since October, my technical skills have improved drastically, I am now very confident in
producing drawings to a professional standard and am able to gather, produce and prepare
works to that comply British design standards and regulations.

These drawings I have produced while working on 50 Palatine Road

project. This project consisted of the refurbishment of a building and
the conversion of two domestic houses into three flats. In this project I
drew all of these drawings and I had alot of input in the design of the
project also, the project was lead by the head architect and I was
supervised throughout. Here I learned alot about structural and
technical drawings and how building control drawings were produced
and presented and also how to work with accordance to British building
regulations.

The following drawings and renders have all been drawn by me with the guidence and close
supervision of the head architect.

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on into 53 apartments. There was no need for
quality renders and for this reason only
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These proposed drawings have been done for planning

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JMArchitects
JM Architects is an award winning architectural practice with extensive experience in education,
community, health, social housing, commercial, private residential, retail, and sports and leisure
projects. They regularly undertake complex projects ranging in value from 25k to 100m.
I have been working at JM Architects since May 2015. I have been fortunate enough to work on
many projects educational projects.
The following drawings show an example of some of the work I have produced whilst working
on the Elton High School project. This project is now in construction stages and will be finished
and fully in June 2016.

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Elevations

Sections

Coordinated Room Layout Sheets

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0 1m 1m 2m 2m 3m 3m 4m 4m 5m 5m 6m 6m 7m 7m 8m 8m 9m 9m10m 10m
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1:75 1:75
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1m 1m

2m 2m

3m 3m

4m 4m

5m 5m

6m 6m

500mm
1500mm
2500mm
3500mm
4500mm
5m 5m
3m 3m3500mm
4m 4m4500mm
2m 2m2500mm
0 - 0500mm
1m 1m
1:50 -1:50
1500mm
500mm
400mm
200mm
100mm
300mm
500mm
400mm
200mm
100mm
300mm
1:5 -1:50 - 0

200mm 400mm 600mm 800mm

1:20 - 0

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

9m
10m
6m
7m
8m
4m
1m
3m
5m
2m
1:100- 0

2m
3m
4m
5m
1m
1:50 - 0

500mm
400mm
200mm
100mm
300mm
1:5 - 0

7500mm
7m 7m
7500mm

1040
1040

1040
1040

13.1

1040
1040

1040
1040

1040
1040

1050
1050

HOT AIR WELD

13

12.1
1125

1050
1050

1040
1040

1050
1050

12

11.1

ROOF EDGE PERIMETER DETAILS AS PER

SUPPLIERS RECOMMENDATIONS.
SPEC REF: J42/765
ROOF EDGE PROFILE

11

1:25 - 0

250

1:100- 0

1m

750

10501500
1m 1050
1250

1750

2m

2250

1050
1050
2500mm

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

5m

6m

7m

8m

9m

10m

1:5 - 0

4m

3m

2m

500mm

1:50 - 0

500

200mm 400mm 600mm 800mm

1:20 - 0

1500mm

1m

2500mm 3m

2m
200mm

100mm

3500mm 4m

4500mm

120mm KINGSPAN METAL

CLADDING H43/120A

1m

2m

5m

6m

5m

25mm PACKER

GALVANISED ANGLE

956

956

956

956

956

956

75mm INSULATION IN
VOID TO MAINTAIN
THERMAL BARRIER
200mm INSULATION

956

956

750

750

2168

2168

2168

2168

Void

1 : 50

1100

120 min

120 min

100 min

B
A
REV.

DESCRIPTION

SEALING
TAPE. TO
BE IN
AIR TIGHTNESS
LINE
ACCORDANCE WITH
MANUFACTURERS DETAILS.
L10/810A
200mm SFS FRAME

1833

Elton
High
School
Elton
High
School
D-02-056
D-02-056
Type II
Type II
001
001

TITLE TITLE

SEALING TAPE. TO BE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH
MANUFACTURERS DETAILS.
DRAWING
No.
REVISION
L10/810A
DRAWING
No.
REVISION

Elton
High School
Interserve
Interserve
TITLE

WINDOW, REFER TO WINDOW

COMPRIBAND ILLBRUCK
SCHEDULE

Balustrade
Details
- North
Atrium WINDOW AIR
INTERNAL
Balustrade
Details
- North
Atrium
PROJECT CLIENT
CLIENT

D-02-056
Type II
001

Second Floor North Atrium Plan

JOB No.
JOB No.

Balustrade
Details - NorthL(2)020
Atrium
L(2)020
53355335
CLIENT

SCALESCALE

DRAWN
BY
DRAWN
BY

WINDOW,
QG QG

As @
indicated
Interserve
As indicated
A1@ A1
STATUS

CHECKED BY

DRAWING No.

5335

L(2)020

SCALE

DRAWN BY

CHECKED BY

As indicated
@ A1

QG

DJ

REVISION

DATE

13.07.15

CHECKED BY
REFER TO WINDOW
DJ DJ
SCHEDULE
DATE

JOBSTATUS
No.

STATUS

12/11/15 QG QG AZ AZ
12/11/15
16/07/15 DJ DJ PM PM
16/07/15
DATE DRNDRN
DATE
BY BY
CKDCKD
BY BY

BULKHEAD DETAIL AT CEILING

Amended locker dimensions, added
annotations
and dimensions
LEVEL
TO
ACHIEVE
DAYLIGHT
COMPRIBAND
ILLBRUCK 12/11/15
Issued for Construction
TARGETSAIR 16/07/15
INTERNAL WINDOW

PROJECT
PROJECT

4190

SecondFloor
FloorNorth
NorthAtrium
AtriumPlan
Plan
Second
: 50
1 :150

DATE

150mm TR26 KINGSPAN

INSULATION TO
ACHIEVE U-VALUE OF
0.14w/m2k

159mm METAL
PROFILE DECK

120mm KINGSPAN METAL

CLADDING H43/120A

ROOF BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE

MINIMUM TARGET U-VALUE
RATING OF 0.14 W/(mk)
THROUGHOUT

DATE

ALUMINIUM RAIN
WATER HOPPER

ANTI-CLIMB
ALUMINIUM RAIN
WATER DOWNPIPE
CLOSURE FLASHING

AIR SEAL 6mm BEAD OF

GUN GRADE SEALANT

PANEL BEARER AT
1500mm CENTRES

HEAD FLASHING

WBS 180mm MINERAL

FIBRE INSULATION
AS
WBS APPROVED
AGREED
IN MEETING
MECHANICAL
FIXING
04/09/15

4mm DIAMETER BUTYL

RUBBER SEALANT

25mm THICK PIR BOARD

INSULATION .

APPROVED

METAL STUDWORK
ATTACHED TO
SOFFIT

WBS
MECHANICAL FIXING

SUSPENDED CEILING
SPEC REF: K40/115

L-SHAPED STEEL ANGLE

FOR PIR BOARD FIXING

Elton High School

Main Building - Typical Parapet Details

Interserve

SUSPENDED CEILING
SPEC REF: K40/115

High School
Elton

13.07.15
13.07.15

Main Building - Typical Parapet Details

man@jmarchitects.net
www.jmarchitects.net

3A
54 Princess Street
Manchester
M1 6HS

www.jmarchitects.net
www.jmarchitects.net

T: 0161
200 6300
T: 0161
200 6300

man@jmarchitects.net
man@jmarchitects.net

FALLS (MIN 1:60)

STEEL UNIVERSAL BEAM

REFER TO STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERS
SPECIFICATION AND
DETAILED DRAWINGS

WBS 180mm MINERAL

FIBRE INSULATION AS
AGREED IN MEETING
RENDER SYSTEM
04/09/15
SPEC REF: M21/210A

T: 0161 200 6300

ROOF BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE

MINIMUM TARGET U-VALUE
RATING OF 0.14 W/(mk)
THROUGHOUT

WALL BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE

MINIMUM TARGET U-VALUE
RATING OF 0.20 W/(mk)
THROUGHOUT

QG
AZ
DJ
PM
DRN BY CKD BY

3A 3A
54 Princess
Street
54 Princess
Street
Manchester
Manchester
M1 6HS
M1 6HS

Interserve

METAL STUDWORK
ATTACHED TO
SOFFIT
BULKHEAD DETAIL AT CEILING
LEVEL TO ACHIEVE DAYLIGHT
TARGETS
AIR TIGHTNESS LINE
200mm SFS FRAME
COMPRIBAND ILLBRUCK
INTERNAL WINDOW AIR
SEALING TAPE. TO BE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH
MANUFACTURERS DETAILS.
L10/810A
WINDOW, REFER TO WINDOW
SCHEDULE

BAmended
Amended
locker
dimensions, added annotations and dimensions
B balustrade
locker
dimensions,
and
faces
of walls added annotations and dimensions
AIssued
Issued
for Construction
A Balustrades
for to
Construction
prevent 100mm sphere AIR TIGHTNESS LINE
REV.passing through to comply with
DESCRIPTION
REV.
DESCRIPTION
from

1833

4190
4190

ESHA REINFORCED
BITUMOUS MEMBRANE
SPEC REF: J42/110

200mm SFS FRAME

L-SHAPED STEEL ANGLE

FOR PIR BOARD FIXING

1832

1832

9360

75mm INSULATION IN
VOID TO MAINTAIN
THERMAL BARRIER

REFER TO INTERNAL
PARTITION DRAWINGS

METAL STUDWORK
ATTACHED TO
SOFFIT

Approved Document Part K

25mm THICK PIR BOARD

INSULATION .
2993

4190

Notes:
Notes:

All dimensions
to centre
All dimensions
to centre
lineslines
of of
balustrade
faces
of walls
balustrade
andand
faces
of walls

Balustrades
to prevent
100mm
sphere
Balustrades
to prevent
100mm
sphere
passing
through
to comply
fromfrom
passing
through
to comply
withwith
Approved
Document
Approved
Document
PartPart
K K
BULKHEAD DETAIL AT CEILING
LEVEL TO ACHIEVE DAYLIGHT
Notes:
TARGETS
All dimensions to centre lines of

L-SHAPED STEEL ANGLE

FOR PIR BOARD FIXING

1833

Void

1832

1832

3481

1832

9360
9360

200mm INSULATION

TOP OF PANEL FIXED

STEEL TOP HATS

North
Atrium Detail Section

2168

2993
2993

Void

Void
Void

4mm DIAMETER BUTYL

RUBBER SEALANT

2168

3481
3481

2168

Void
Void

HOT AIR WELD

AIR TIGHTNESS LINE

STEEL UNIVERSAL BEAM

REFER TO STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERS
SPECIFICATION AND
DETAILED DRAWINGS

: 20
1 :120

1 : 20

18mm PLYWOOD
UPSTAND

RENDER SYSTEM
SPEC REF: M21/210A

NorthAtrium
AtriumDetail
DetailSection
Section
North

25mm THICK PIR BOARD

HEAD
FLASHING.
INSULATION

2168

Void
Void

2168

1 : 50

D-02-044
Type EE
009

D-01-030
Type GG
008

4mm DIAMETER BUTYL

RUBBER SEALANT
PANEL BEARER AT
1500mm CENTRES

GALVANISED ANGLE

AIR TIGHTNESS LINE

Lockers

AIR SEAL 6mm BEAD OF

HEAD
FLASHING
GUN
GRADE
SEALANT

First Floor North Atrium Plan

ESHA REINFORCED
BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE

100 max

1318

750

1670

ROOF BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE

MINIMUM TARGET U-VALUE
RATING OF 0.14 W/(mk)
THROUGHOUT
ESHA REINFORCED
BITUMOUS MEMBRANE
SPECFALLS
REF: J42/110
(MIN 1:60)

STEEL UNIVERSAL BEAM

REFER TO STRUCTURAL
ENGINEERS
SPECIFICATION AND
DETAILED DRAWINGS

176
0

1932

750

750

750

1932

1519

Lockers

: 50
1 :150

1832

Pocket

CLOSURE FLASHING

D-01-030
D-01-030
Type GG
Type GG
008
008

AIR TIGHTNESS LINE

WBS RENDER SYSTEM

M21/210A

PANEL BEARER AT
1500mm CENTRES

FirstFloor
FloorNorth
NorthAtrium
Atrium
Plan
ICT Hub Plan
First

4190
4190

1318

1932

1318

1318

1932

1932
1318

1932
1900

Lockers
Lockers
1555

WALL BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE

MINIMUM TARGET U-VALUE
9810
RATING OF 0.20
W/(mk)
Lockers
Lockers
THROUGHOUT
AIR SEAL 6mm BEAD OF
GUN GRADE SEALANT

1519
1519

9560

100

Void

3474
1
165

Hub
ICTICT
Hub

CLOSURE FLASHING

Cover rose

1670
1670

ESHA REINFORCED
KEY:
BITUMINOUS MEMBRANE
DPC/GAS MEMBRANE

REFER TO INTERNAL
PARTITION DRAWINGS

FALLS (MIN 1:60)

Void

176 1760
0

159mm METAL
PROFILE DECK

No gap to be greater
100
100
than 100mm
Pocket
Pocket
between wall
and
balustrade

Balustrade top fixed

WALL
BUILD UP TO ACHIEVE
9810
9810
MINIMUM TARGET U-VALUE
RATING OF 0.20 W/(mk)
ANTI-CLIMB
THROUGHOUT
ALUMINIUM RAIN
WATER DOWNPIPE

25mm PLANK
25mm PACKER

9560
9560

1555
1555

1318

1318

1318

1318

1318

1318

1318

1900

1900

Void
Void

3474
3474
1 51
165 16

Void
Void

ANTI-CLIMB
ALUMINIUM RAIN
WATER DOWNPIPE
ALUMINIUM RAIN
WATER HOPPER

KEY:

200mm SFS FRAME

1 : 50

Toughened glass

ALUMINIUM RAIN
WATER HOPPER
120mm KINGSPAN METAL
CLADDING H43/120A

120 min

Cover
Cover
roserose
100 min

Stainless steel

100 min

North Atrium Section

No gap
togreater
be greater
No gap
to be
159mm METAL
100mm
thanthan
100mm
PROFILE
DECK
between
between
wallwall
andand
balustrade
balustrade
150mm TR26 KINGSPAN
INSULATION TO
ACHIEVE U-VALUE OF
0.14w/m2k

Balustrade
top fixed
Balustrade
top fixed

120mm
KINGSPAN
TOP
OF PANEL
FIXED METAL
CLADDING
H43/120A
STEEL
TOP HATS

: 50
1 :150

D-02-044
D-02-044
Type EE
Type EE
009
009

150mm TR26 KINGSPAN

INSULATION TO
ACHIEVE U-VALUE OF
0.14w/m2k

Toughened
glass
Toughened
glass

NorthAtrium
AtriumSection
Section
North

200mm SFS FRAME

ESHA REINFORCED
BITUMOUS MEMBRANE
SPEC REF: J42/110

Stainless
Stainless
steelsteel

HOT AIR WELD

Pocket

WBS 180mm MINERAL FIBRE INSULATION

Toughened glass

TOP OF PANEL FIXED

STEEL TOP HATS
75mm INSULATION IN
VOID TO MAINTAIN
THERMAL BARRIER

VAPOUR CONTROL LAYER

ROOF EDGE PROFILE
AIR TIGHTNESS LINE

956

DPC/GAS MEMBRANE

956

1090

1090

100 max

1090

120 min

1090

100 min

1090

1100

1090

1125

1090

HOT AIR WELD

18mm PLYWOOD
UPSTAND
No gap to be greater
than 100mm
between wall and
balustrade

VAPOUR CONTROL LAYER

Pocket
Pocket

Cover rose
1090

1050

Toughened
glass
Toughened
glass

200mm INSULATION

1090

Stainless steel

WBS APPROVED MECHANICAL FIXING

WBS 180mm MINERAL FIBRE INSULATION

1050

956956

956956

EXTERNAL FLASHING

956956

956956

1100

956956

18mm PLYWOOD
UPSTAND
GALVANISED ANGLE

100 max

956956

Cover
Cover
roserose

1050

100 max

956956

1040

1100

956956

1050

9m AS10m
6m
7m
8m
4m
5m
ROOF
EDGE
PERIMETER
DETAILS
PER
SUPPLIERS
RECOMMENDATIONS.
4m
5m
3m
2m
REF: J42/765
500mm
400mm
300mm

WBS RENDER SYSTEM

12.5mm
SHEATHING BOARD
M21/210A

25mm PLANK

100 max

956956

1050

100 max

1040

1100

1125

1040

120 min

956956

1040

2000

SPEC
200mm

WBSKINGSPAN
APPROVEDMETAL
MECHANICAL FIXING
120mm
CLADDING H43/120A

25mm PACKER

120 min

1090
1090

1040

100 min

1090
1090

1040

100 min

1090
1090

1040

1105

1090
1090

1040

1100

1090
1090

1040

1100

1090
1090

1040

1125

1090
1090

1050

1125

1090
1090

1040

1125

1090
1090

1050

1800

75mm
STEEL TOP
HAT FIXINGS
EXTERNAL
FLASHING

7m 7500mm

L
1050

1600

HOT AIR WELD

ROOF EDGE PROFILE

4m

No gap
togreater
be greater
No gap
to be
100mm
thanthan
100mm
between
between
wallwall
andand
balustrade
balustrade

1100

1100

3m

3m

1400

12.5mm SHEATHING BOARD

25mm PLANK

HOT AIR WELD

1:75 - 0

2m
1m
100mm

500mm

400mm

300mm

1:5 - 0

Stainless
steel ENGINEER.
STRUCTURAL INFORMATION INDICATIVE ONLY. TO BE CONFIRMED
BY steel
STRUCTUAL
Stainless

1m

1:50 - 0

1200

1040
1040

1:100- 0

75mm STEEL TOP HAT FIXINGS

1000

1040
1040

1125

1125

1040
1040

14

1040
1040

14.1

Typical Details

1050
1050

1105

1040
1040

1105

1050
1050

LL

200mm 400mm 600mm 800mm

1:20 - 0

NOTES:
1. THIS DRAWING NOT TO BE SCALED, FIGURED DIMENSIONS ONLY TO BE TAKEN.
2. SHOULD ANY DISCREPANCIES BE FOUND WITH THIS DRAWING, PLEASE INFORM THIS OFFICE.
3. COPYRIGHT OF THIS DRAWING IS OWNED BY JM ARCHITECTS.

1125

1050
1050

Balustrade Details

ROOF EDGE PERIMETER DETAILS AS PER

SUPPLIERS RECOMMENDATIONS.
SPEC REF: J42/765

SUSPENDED CEILING
SPEC REF: K40/115

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models I have produced using Revit, Sketchup, Lumion and
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TIME CONSUMED WEAPONS- AUGUST 2011

This was an installation I did in the centre of Prishtina as a response to the

shooting of the police man on the border of Kosovo and Serbia. There are still
many unlicenced weapons in Kosovo. I was published on 2 newspapers and 3 TV
channels for this installation.

Newspaper Translation: Time consumed weapons an installation

by Qendrim Gjata an architecture student studying in Oxford, now
on holiday in Kosovo. He has created an installation as a reflection
on the illegal weapons within family feueds. This installation was
displayed today at the Mother Tereza Boulevard.