Delve into the intricacies of project review, exploring elements such as legend codes, plan references, sections, and hinge details. Discover the importance of edge conditions, material legends, cabinetry sections, and the role of bracing in architectural projects.
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- The article discusses how to review architectural projects, highlighting elements like the use of legend codes and their relevance in reading and interpreting design plans.
- It emphasizes the importance of details, such as hinge designs, edge conditions, and the use of bracing, in ensuring the integrity of architectural structures.
- The content also underscores the value of detailed information and line weight in representing material, demonstrating the meticulous attention to detail required in architectural project reviews.
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We have two more projects to review. This one is relatively small, and then we'll go on to the residential project. So you can see I have my legend up top.
Again, plastic laminates and stone solid surfaces. So they have the codes here that are, again, referenced over here in the elevation. So SS1 is the Caesar stone.
We have the plan. We have the elevation. We have the references through the sections.
You can see that these are hinged on the bottom. And here's the hole that people can use to pull the door down, like before. Sections, detailed information.
These are probably the print and copier rooms. Material legends. Phone room information.
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Cabinetry sections. You can see that they have this waste cargo system to hold up the garbage cans, very similar to what we've seen everywhere else. Again, you have certain conditions where they have to have backing on the back of the wall to hold up the counters.
Bathroom sink, ADA requirements. A tall cabinet. A section at the recycling cabinet.
So again, just more information of what goes where, what kind of bracing needs to happen at the back, the hinges. Again, all these details are inch and a half equals a foot. So everything except for, no, I'm mistaken.
All of these are inch and a half. Inch and a half here. Inch and a half there.
Six inches equals a foot. And again, full size over here on the bottom. Again, you're just seeing that these are more detailed information.
And then we have, again, more kitchen cabinet sections. More details. Again, just notice the scale.
Three inches equals a foot. Six inches equals a foot—not used. What's probably happening here is that at one point along the way, they had a detail that was in this location.
And then it was literally at the very last minute of the project. So they said, 'yank it out of there, just put in NOT USED, and don't reformat the sheet.' You find this kind of thing happen on a slightly regular basis.
If you, for example, have a detail sheet and there's a missing detail, rather than just having a hole in there, people would cross it out and label it 'DETAIL NOT USED.' So again, you can see the similarities between all of the drawings. You can hopefully appreciate the level of detail, the attention to detail.
And then also, as we zoom in, line weights to best represent the materials. So they would probably have a light layer, a medium layer, and a heavy layer. This kind of information right here will print in black, because they have that clearly illustrated screw detail there.
I'll enjoy reviewing our last project with you in the next video. See you soon.
