Architecture

xkittenxsocksx · 08-17-2007, 7:28 AM

Me and a few friends built a stable for some affluent faggots horses. It was part of a scheme we signed up for in college as an enrichment. We did use a few other people on certain things as I can not build trusses and also can not put on roofs like the local council wants.

Slab laid after putting council required 2mtr holes for all securing points

Footings bolted to concrete and filled with gravel to act as termite barrier.

Compressed straw bails stacked onto footings to act as walls.

Bails tensioned to get level. I counted 180 nuts that had to be turned many times to make sure the top plate was accurate.

Outside was rendered by machine. Lime and sand for first coat and followed by a lime/sand/cement finish. It still cracked with drying.

Trusses on.

Inside was hand packed with a soil/water mix and then coated with a hand done lime render. The soil was taken from a paddock on the property.

Roof on. and colour samples on the render.

So now we have a 18mtr by 12mtr stable for horses with three bays and a tack room. Some stopped to ask why we had built a house like this and was amazed when we said it was for horses.

I also forgot, the fences in the paddocks are split pine that we cut of a friends farm and hand drove into place. The fence its self is a poly material that is fantastic. Not that you're interested.

Mirrorman · 08-17-2007, 7:37 AM

Wow. But just one question. WHY did you guys do it?

xkittenxsocksx · 08-17-2007, 7:42 AM

Well we have to do an enrichment course in college, it's like an activity you take to try something new and enhance various skills. Though because everything was already full up by the time me and a few others put our names down, architecture was the only mediocre thing left. Even though it had nothing to do with my future prospects, I still had to do it.

Mirrorman · 08-17-2007, 7:44 AM

Poor you. But anyway thats a GREAT job! You just don't build a house every day. Nicely done. It really looks, like theres lots of thought in that.

ne3 · 08-17-2007, 10:19 AM

It's cool. I like it mate.

Kenneh · 08-17-2007, 10:22 AM

Great snaps dude, your location choices are pretty cool.

OoooF4LiFe · 08-17-2007, 11:06 AM

Looks like it was a pretty sweet project. Have any leftover plans? I'd love to look at them. Been studying architecture for close to 4 years now.

I_Smell · 08-17-2007, 11:49 AM

It's cool how all the resources were chosen perfectly for they're job, like the uninteresting poly fence.

The hay walls were temporary though, right?

xkittenxsocksx · 08-17-2007, 1:21 PM

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Originally Posted by OoooF4LiFe

Looks like it was a pretty sweet project. Have any leftover plans? I'd love to look at them. Been studying architecture for close to 4 years now.

Nope no plans, I love studying architecture and the way an object can be manipulated. But that's as far as I'll take it probably.

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Originally Posted by I_smell

It's cool how all the resources were chosen perfectly for they're job, like the uninteresting poly fence.

The hay walls were temporary though, right?

Ha no, well I guess that's what you get when you hire around ten 16 year old guys to make you a stable.

Ox · 08-18-2007, 5:53 PM

Very nice indeed. That stable is cooler than my house. Not entirely sure making the walls out of horse food was a great idea though.

The Fetus · 08-21-2007, 7:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Oxtail-Soup

Very nice indeed. That stable is cooler than my house. Not entirely sure making the walls out of horse food was a great idea though.

I think it was used to hold up the roof.

Archduke Chocula · 08-21-2007, 7:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Oxtail-Soup

Very nice indeed. That stable is cooler than my house. Not entirely sure making the walls out of horse food was a great idea though.

I believe the hay is used mainly as insulation and something to apply the lime/concrete overcoat onto. The roof appears to be supported by wooden columns placed between the bails. Very nice design Twiggz.