Detailed Technical Building Proposal: Home for Seven People

This report provides a detailed technical building proposal for a home designed to accommodate seven people, including four adults, two children, and one wheelchair-bound adult. The proposal covers various aspects of the home's design, such as the inclusion of six bedrooms, a study room, and a music room treated with acoustic materials for sound control. The design incorporates a ramp to ensure accessibility for the disabled resident. The report outlines the materials used for different elements of the building, including doors, walls, ramp, stairs, floors, and windows, with specific details on quantities and types. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of space allocation and material selection, highlighting the relationship between different areas within the home. The proposal also includes references to relevant literature and design guides.

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TECHNICAL BUILDING PROPOSAL
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Executive summary
A home is a dwelling place which in most cases is used permanently or semi-permanently
residence for a family, an individual, and households or sometimes a large group of families.
This report involves designing a building which will act as a home for seven people of which
four of them are adults, two are children under the age of 12 years, and one is a disabled and
wheelchair bound adult. The building which is proposed comprises of six bedrooms, one
study room, and a music room. The music room will be treated with special acoustic
materials in order to enhance the control of noise in the proposed building. Due to the
handicapped and wheelchair-bound adult, the house will have a ramp to facilitate his/her
movements within the building. Further relevant information regarding the materials used
will be given in detail.
Materials for the music room and their advantages.
For the music room, the materials used for the walls should be sound proofing in order to
enhance sound control. The noise from the music hall should be controlled in order to reduce
annoying noises to other rooms. Some of the materials that can be used for the music room
include:
 Low-cost acoustic panels
 Sound and noise isolation foams
 Soundproofing foam
 Sound materials barriers
 Clear plastic curtains
 Noise absorbers
 Materials with high acoustic materials

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Advantages
1) Improved safety
By using acoustic materials, it greatly helps to reduce the risks which are associated with loud
noise. The children who are under the age of 12 years can have their eras destroyed in case
they are exposed to high levels of noise. By use of this materials the safety of the kinds in the
proposed home is enhanced (Trubiano, 2015, p. 349).
2) They create a welcoming environment.
By using the above-mentioned materials in the music room, it is very hard for the noise of the
music being played to get into the other rooms such as the bedrooms and the lounge. As there
are very low levels of noise in the other rooms thus creating a pleasant and welcoming
environment (Trubiano, 2015, p. 172).

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d) List the types of the proposed materials to be used for all the building elements
No Elements Details Quantity Materials
1 Doors 16 single leafed doors.
One double door for the main entrance.
Both of the doors are Hinged doors
17  Wood for all the interior doors. The doors for
bathrooms should be waterproofed.
 Steel for all the exterior doors.
2 Walls 200mm thick masonry walls.
2800mm high
35  Bricks
 Structural Insulated Panels
 Low-cost acoustic panels
 Sound and noise isolation foams
 Soundproofing foam
 Sound materials barriers
Clear plastic curtains
3 Ramp The gradient of 1:18 with a maximum length of 10m. 1  Steel

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The lamp has an intermediate landing to facilitate resting.  Concrete
4 stairs The stair width of 1.2 m and having aa raiser of 150mm and a
tread of 300mm.
There is an intermediate landing of 1m, and also the stairs are
made of wooden nosing (Nicholson, 217, p. 178).
1  Wood
 Steel
 concrete
5 floors The floors are made of smooth textures which are achieved by
use of various materials.
2  Wood
 Carpet
 Tiles
 Concrete
6 windows Double sash windows
All the windows used in the building are sliding windows
34  Aluminium
 Glass
 Vinyl
 Wood.
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Conclusion
In conclusion, a home is a dwelling place which in most cases is used permanently or semi-
permanently residence for a family, an individual, and households or sometimes a large group
of families. There is need to do proper location of spaces according to their use and making
informed decisions regarding the selection of materials to be used in the building (Trubiano,
2015, p. 34).
In this proposal the location of the given spaces was guided by the relationship between them.
For instance, the kitchen, dining, and lounge have a very close relationship, and due to that,
they had to be closely linked. The study room was located far from the music room so as to
achieve a conducive environment for studies. The stairs and the ramp had to be located
together so that it was possible to define the access point to the upper level.
As per the number of occupants four of the adult bedrooms are ensuite while the two of them
are four the children under the age of twelve. I provided a unique design of a washroom for
the designed handicapped and wheelchair-bound adult (australianfloorplans.com, 2016, p.
367).

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