Building Design and Building Science: A Study of Deny Wilkinson Building at Oxford University

Building design and building
science

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Identification of selected building...............................................................................................3
Structural elements......................................................................................................................5
Non-Structural elements and materials-......................................................................................7
Behaviour of materials.................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Architectural construction designing is development of design that are used for the
building to depict the dimensions, depth and layout of the actual building prior to its
construction. Deny Wilkinson building is prominent 1960s building in Oxford England that was
designed by Philip Dowson at Arup in 1967. This is the building of astrophysics and particle
physic sub departments of the department of physics at oxford university. It was originally build
for the department of nuclear physics and was named as the nuclear physics laboratory. The
name of this building was from the honour of the British nuclear physicist Sir Denys Wilkinson
who was also involved in the creation of this building.
The design of this building was developed around the conducting particle physics. It had the
bulk of the accelerator infrastructure and experimental target station in its basement levels. Walls
at this building were are lower levels and where made up of thick concrete and laden with boron.
There are some parts of this building that are left more exposed have been suffering from rebar
corrosion. In the 1970s the building’s basement was designated as the emergency shelter for the
Oxford City Council.
From this report the identification of the purpose, design, building methods and structural
materials will be investigated for this construction site. In this report the structural elements of
the Deny Wilkinson Building is going to be explained highlighting the foundation system,
methods of construction and materials. In this report the non-structural elements and materials
will be analysed. This report will also analyse the behaviour of the materials and identify any
sign of degradation of materials or existing building defects. It is going to include the
identification of the environmental issues regarding the selection of the used materials and
description of the mechanical and thermal characteristics of the identified materials.
MAIN BODY
Identification of selected building
DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION
Address- University of Oxford, Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3RH, United Kingdom

Location Map-
Postcode- OX1 3RH
Photography of the main Façade-
Date of building- Built by prominent 1960s, Designed by Philip Dowson at Arup in 1967.
Purpose:
Denys Wilkinson Building was made with the purpose was to build for the department of
nuclear physics and was named as the Nuclear Physics Laboratory. However, it is known