PSS

Schreuder + Schreuder

Architects

WHO WORKS HERE?

This is in ranking order of who reports to whom.

Architect : Bertie Schreuder - Handles all big projects and client interaction does mostly all of the design work in the office

Senior technician : Michael Dube - Does all of the major plans and works hand in hand with the Architect a master on AutoCAD and sketchup

3D designer : Jennifer Rose - creates virtual scenes for online viewing and client perspective, mainly works on google sketchup, Revit and Artlantis

Junior Technician : Hendrik Saaiman - Handles smaller jobs such as detailing for houses and extension

DRAWING REFERENCE SYSTEM



 

Barnstedt

1.      What is the purpose of this drawing/information

The Barnstedt project was completed in 2008, however the plans submitted were for a much smaller residence. The footprint drawings were the first to be done, this required a site visit and measurements of the buildings outline on the ground floor to determine how accurate the plans were followed, this was necessary due to our firm working in collaboration with a German firm which belonged to the owner of this home.

The 2^nd set of drawings to be done were of the site where this residence was constructed to determine if all restrictions set by the title deed were followed in relation to the new additions. Following this were the final LA submission drawings including the new plans, elevations and sections.

When addition & alteration drawings are done the LA approved drawings are used as a frame onto which the new drawings are then added, these areas will then receive dimensioning and line weights to indicate the area of interest.

This building in specific required very fine designing, due to the shape it has and the height it reaches. a large posrtion of this house is made of wood which is one of the reasons the stacking method was able to be achieved.

Castle lane

Our firm is based in the Bo Kaap area which is where this project was done the back alley of our building was inhabited by homeless people and things became very unhygienic and worn down.

This was when the castle lane project began to close this lane with palisade fencing and various gates for access, the first step was to get the surrounding residents consent on the project which can be done by signing a general paper stipulating this.

Then quotes were requested from various steel companies and these were then compared to determine the best option. The site we were closing was very sloped which meant excavation or landfilling, excavation was chosen.

The closure of this street allowed us to work on a possible parking layout for the tenants who live there permanently, by measuring the area to work in by hand you can easily draw this to determine the placement of each parking space.

Rose Street

The building we are situated in is nr 8 Rose Street which will be acquiring a 2nd floor and some alterations, we are part of a row of houses all which support the same style, this ensured an encounter with the heritage offices.

In these drawings we tried to indicate the insignificance of the change when compared to the profile of the neighbouring buildings, there are also various engineering layouts that needed to be done, which was the conditions that came with the heritage confirmation of this house.

We were asked to resize the strairs to allow for the top floor to be lowered this however also required the load bearing beams to be redesigned which is shown briefly here.

The building uses cavity walls throughout the building which is indicated in the plan drawings, the building covers the entire yard to allow as much floor space multiple floors are also used.

The new inclusion of the 2nd floor is drawn in a darker line and dimensioned to indicate the point of focus when inspections are done in the local council offices.

In this case the 1st floor ceiling was in the shape of a butterfly truss so a new concrete floor slabs had to be used to allow the topfloor to have a level floorspace.

2ND INTERIM SUBMISSION 2011

KITCHEN

The house where this kitchen will be constructed has no specific style, which meant a fresh perspective had to be taken entirely. The space to work with in this house is very accomodating for this type of function which made this project quite fun.

BATHROOMS

The request made in this instance was to include an extra guest bathroom to still allow the tenants the privacy of their own bathroom apart from the en-suite main bedroom

OPTION 1

SHAKER KITCHEN

OPTION 2

URBAN LIFESTYLE KITCHEN

Rondebosch house

This residence was a project of alterations and additions for a client who lives in Rondebosch, the house has no specific style which allowed the changes to be made more freely than normal circumstances.

A level of symmetry is used to allow some level of structure in the new residence, this is neccessary due to the layout of the existing structure, to indicate this center lines are introduced to show which areas are in relation with eachother.

The areas in this house where demolition needed to be done for wall removal and concrete lowering is indicated with dotted lines, in most cases as much of the existing wall should be used to save on construction costs.

Castle lane closure

This project has received small adjustments to accomodate the owners of the residences affected aswell as the local municipality who needed the facade used in the project to match the bordering bathhouse facade.
When working with steel gates and fences the details should be kept to a minimum and rather be worked out on site to save time, in this case we did all calculation and measurement prior to any construction.

House in Fresnaye

This house is for sale and is situated in the Fersnaye area, this neighbourhood has very steep competition when selling a house is the concern, one of the most frequently asked questions is "can the view be compromised?"

In those cases the client asks the architect to draw this sketch and indicate what the possibilities for this happening is, by comparing the heights of the different yards and determining what the opposing property is entitled as far as building is concerned.

House in Blouberg strand
Small ideas are sometimes turned into big projects this is one of those cases where the client specifically asked for a door design alone but is now in the process of discussing some additions, this drawing carries sufficient information to be handed over to a carpenter or engineer and be made.

Farm gate

A possible entryway to a modern farm which is still in the design phases, the design is made to ccomodate the image of the house while blending with the environment.

Old Age Home

This project is from a old age home in Touws river that burnt down and is in the process of being rebuilt, these drawings are to determine the area of the indicidual sections of the building was situated there.

When a building burns down the use of the individual areas need to be determined for insurance claims to be accurate, the claim is calculated per room as is indicated here the different colours idicate rooms which fall under the same categories.