My 34th week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 34th week (15-19 October) I finished the changes for council submission. I went to Telecom and Electrical Department for stamps and after that I handed it in at our municipality.
I started drawing up the installed Evaporative Ventilation system of three of the five roofs of the Units.
I also sorted out plans for a colleage, which took quite some time. I felt like a real "Epi". :-)

My 33rd week at Stauch & Partners Architects

For two weeks we had our fifth and last Blog date (25th September to 5th October). It was great fun. So when I went back for my 33rd week (8-12 October), I just wanted to go back again. :-)
I printed out the waterproofing Details that were issued to site for construction and the sliding sunscreen drawing which was handed in for pricing.
I started drawing up changes of one of the Units garage, as well as the new entrance of the complex and two shading structures, for council submission.
I also went to site again on Wednesday. They were pretty far on the construction of Unit 5 (which is build first). The roof trusses were up and they were busy plastering the walls. I must say: exellent plaster work. As smooth as concrete. :-)

My 32nd week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 32nd week (17-21 September) I basically just drew up waterproofing details for the five Units. I added new annotaions, sizes & dimensions. The interesting part about the roofs are that its a good combination between unevenly pitched and flat concrete slab roofing.
It's importend to understand and indicate exactly how these roofs are conected with different kinds of technology. (eg. flashing, sceed to fall, outlets, etc.)

My 31st week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 31st week which was the 10 to 14th September I finished the Joinery Detail layouts and modeled them up in Sketch up as well.
On Friday we had a special session at our firm. We all had to design an entrance portal for a building in Rundu (North of Nambia). Mine was quite simple, but I found it quite interesting that the way we presented our ideas, is exactly how we do it in our Architecture course (which is in front of our boss instead of lecturers). :-)

My 30th week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 30th week, which was from the 3 to 7 September, I started and finished drawing up a boundary wall for an existing house as well as the plan layout. I had to make use of existing balustrades which were going to be 'recycled', for the boundary wall.

My 29th week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 29th week ( 28-31 August), I drew up door frame & skirting details. That went quite fast as I started drawing up a ceiling layout as well.
We went to site again (still the same Units) and had a good inspection of the first built unit (Unit 5). There were small problems regarding the exterior light connections and pipes within the concrete slab on top.
I also had to change all toilets again, to clients request. They decided on close coupled toilets in place of GEBERIT toilets.

My 28th week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 28th week ( 20-23 August) we were all relativly busy. I basically finished all the bathroom layouts (about 12 of them) and was happy to look forward of doing some other drawings. :-)

My 27th week at Stauch & Partners Architects

The 27th week of mine (13-17 August) went on quite smoothly. I went on with the bathroom layouts and drew up two bathrooms in sketchup. The drawing up was absolutely not problem, but the materials and their settings turned out to be difficult to balance. I got help rendering the drawings which came out wonderfully at the end. :-)

My 26th week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 26th week, (6-10 August) I just went on with the bathroom layouts which were changed constantly and turns out that it took quite some time to draw up properly: which was not very exciting. :-P
I had a site visit on monday (to the site on which's drawings I'm currently working on).  We had a short site talk/ meeting. They had huge excavations going on there to lay the (reinforced concrete) stormwater pipes intended for that area. They are beneath the units and 1200mm in diameter = massive!

My 25th week at Stauch and Partners Architects

The 25th week which was from 30 July to 3 August I just cam back again from our blog date (workshop) in Cape Town. I had to draw up a sliding/folding door detail aswell as a boundary wall detail for the units I've been assisting on the previous few weeks.
I started with bathroom layouts for all five units.

My 24th week at tauch & Partners Architects

In my 24th week (23&24 July) there was not much going on, for me only being in office for Monday and Tuesday. I just went on with drawing detailed sections.

My 23rd week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 23rd week (16-20 July) I finished off the first section on Tuesday. I went on a site visit to the units I'm busy working on, on Wednesday. It's all still very slow on site due to the massive earth leveling, which is a 'schlepp' because of all the Maika Stone making it difficult to dig.
The first house was allready as far as slabs being layed and more interestingly the ablution and drainage pipes which I have drawn on the drainage plans, were being layed.
I finished off three detailed sections that week.
On friday we had a cleaning afternoon where we had to clean up and sort out plans and documents in our office.
I also prepared myself for the up comming workshop (blog date).

My 22nd week at Stauch & Partners Architects

In my 22nd week (9-13 July) I finished drawing the Electrical Layouts and printed it out. I got to start with some detailed sections of the same units.

My 21st week at Stauch and Partners Architects

The week was from 2-6 July. In this week I printed out the Drainage plans and one of the drainage plans (Unit 5) was issued to site, which I had to deliver to site.
I started Electrical Layouts for the same units, indicating only sockets, exterior lights, alarm, intercom, internet, telephone line, etc. (basically everything that is installed through the floor or walls)

My 20th week at Stauch and Partners Architects

In my 20th week which was from 25-29th June, I went on working on the Drainage Layouts for the five units. I drew up the drainage sections of the units and indicated the proper sloping/falling of the pipes and manholes. We also had an introduction of the new version of Archicad , "Archicad 16" at the Nice restaurant in Windhoek. It was very interesting to see what they added to the new version and how far they already are. The 3D modeling improved a lot and they also added a new tool called 'morph' tool. But the best part was the introduction was where they added the option of green building settings and the possibilities of the calculations that have to be made when making use of 'green building'. Technology just never really stops, does it? :-)

My 19th week at Stauch and Partners Architects

The week of the 18-22 June was also not too busy for me. I started working on Drainage Layouts for the five units being built in Olof Palme Street, in Windhoek. Luckily my colleague explained and discussed everything with me before hand, which made it a lot easier. I drew up five plans with the appropriate piping system on it.

My 18th week at Stauch and Partners Architects

My 18th week (11-15 June) was not too busy. I finished detailed drawings on the Keetmanshoop project and sorted out our 'library of materials and pamphlets'. We also had a new colleague from George, South Africa that joined our 'family'. :-)

My seventeeth week at Stauch and Partners Architects

My seventeenth week at Stauch and Partners Architects started quite nerv-wrecking. I pleaded that my project was handed in, at the right time, without having any problems. And it did! :-)
I had to get two more zoning certificates at the municipality, which took me a while. I added a part of a section to the Fuel pumping station of the project in Keetmanshoop. I also drew up the pump island details and added a finishes layout to the laundry of the project.
I had to improve on the signage layout of the Scania project, I've done some weeks ago. They were to be published.

My sixteenth week at Stauch and Partners Architects

My sixteenth week started on Monday and ended on Thursday. (21-24 May) Again, we had a shorter week, because of a holiday on Friday. I had to sort out a finishes layout for a project in Keetmanshoop and put the correct details into the tables. On Tuesday I corrected the ablution/bathroom layouts. I added right annotations, dimentions and redrew some of the drawings.
I also had to get five zoning certificates at the municipality.

My fifteenth week at Stauch and Partners Architects

(14-18 May) The week started off quiet. We had another holiday on Thursday the 17th, so nearly all of us took the Friday off as well. I went on with the changes on the complex with five houses. I learned alot about the construction of swimming pools and pumps.