02.11.12 | day twelve ‘building community’
Things became so busy on the penultimate day of ‘Building Community’ last Friday, that it was hard for anyone to get round to writing a blog entry. So here’s a very brief retrospective account! By this stage the overall group had split into two teams – one finishing off the timber frames (attaching cross-bracing in two of the bays, treating with neem oil etc) and another dealing with the roof. In amongst all this, we were still finishing off the concrete pour for the first slab, and resolving some important decisions for the spatial organization of the interior. By the time we sat down to dinner in the evening, only a few of the plywood boards were up on the roof, so some of the boys stayed back to try and get some more up before the big day. We all knew the structure wasn’t going to be completely finished, but wanted for it to be as far along as possible…thank you boys!
- securing the eave beams between the frames
- still working at the end of the night on completing the timber frame
- still working at the end of the night on completing the timber frame
- ivar up on the roof attaching the plywood sheets
- alex and saurav taking a break for the camera
- mina and monica dressed as brides to honour their husbands as part of the karva chauth festival
- jago and keelan working on the timber structure
- stepping off the plinth
- pouring the front slab, which steps down from the main plinth
- yanchee checking the timber column is in the right position to be bolted into the steel footing
- rendering the the back extension of the plinth
- our ramboll engineers, yanchee, keelan and jago, discussing in the structure
- anders giving sonu a helping hand
- a column glowing with neem oil
- neem oil shine
- jone hanging out on the roof
- jone smiling from the rafters
- democratic decision making in action
- trying to resolve the interior
- sketching out ideas for the slats between the frames, and the positioning of the raised platform within the structure
- louise and the gang discussing