Saturday, April 26, 2008

Site Visit Completed Building- 'The Promenade' Apartments, Geelong waterfront

These apartments are made from classic post and beam concrete construction incorporating 'bondek' underflooring and kliplok roofing. What i found most interesting in this case was that due to the vast use of window glazing on the facade, no attempt has been made to conceal the concrete members, rather to use them as a feature (below). This building is definitely pre-cast.

Below: The pre-cast concrete panel wall on the side of the development is vast and does not have openings; this would have made construction very efficient.


In this image it is apparent that some of the concrete members (on the facade in red) serve little structural purpose, and solely embellish the design.

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