Building Design and Building Science: Investigating the Construction Systems and Structural Elements of Lawn Road Flats in London

Building Design and
Building Science

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
History of the building............................................................................................................1
Investigate the construction systems................................................................................................2
Determine and Explain the structural as well as non-structural elements..............................4
Determine the technologies implemented in building constructions.....................................5
Define and determine the main structure material utilised in building construction.............7
Determine the signs of degradation of material and ageing of building................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Construction can be understood as the art of the making structure, building and bridges for
the developing the country as well as betterment of society and community. It is the process of
building construction like buying area and land, making budget, contract with various suppliers
and builders, site preparation or levelling work, plinth slab and beam, foundation column, brick
masonry work, roof structure and floor slab addition to electrical or plumbing work (Allan,
2022). For this project building house and building science the selected building which is made
before 1992 is Lawn Road Flats that is situated in London at UK. It is the first Morden low rise
building which has 5 floor and 34 flats for the residency of the people.
This project highlights the aspects related to the construction system of low rise housing
building, the key structural features, elements and technologies used in construction. further it
covers structural material, structural systems along with signs of degradation of material. at the
end it also covers the current building defect as well as failures of building performance such as
dampness, corrosion, mould etc.
MAIN BODY
History of the building
Address of the building- Lawn Road Flats, 3 Lawn Rd, London NW3 2XD, UK
Date of the construction of the Lawn Road Flats is 1934
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Figure 1lawn Road Flats Building, Uk, 2022
Building Post code-: NW3 2XD
Investigate the construction systems
For the construction building the chosen case is Lawn Road Flats that is famously known as
Isokon Building in UK. It is located at the Lawn road near Blesize Park in London. The idea of
this building id generated by the Wells Coates for Molly as well as Jack Pritchard in 1929 which
is implemented in 1933. It is the residential building which consists 34 flats that all constructed
in innovative and modern ways. It has been identified that I was the first architect construction
building that was conceived as social experiment which creates with the purpose of proving best
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