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ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT BUILDING SURVEY, 8200 AARHUS N, MYGGENÆSVEJ 25 GROUP NO.15 CLASS: 2ND SEMESTER DATE: NOVEMBER 2015

Made by: Kevin Bojesen Mathias Sinding Krog Nick Toustrup Nielsen Norbert Nadudvari

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Architectural Technology and Construction Management

Building survey Group no.15

Table of content

Contents

Location .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Historical facts..................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Photographic documentation ............................................................................................................................................................. 7

Room schedule ................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

Energy refurbishment ....................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Conversion of the building – habitable basement ............................................................................................................................ 14

Conclusion of the assignment ........................................................................................................................................................... 15

Literature .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 16



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Location

Myggenæsvej 25–8200Århus N

Jylland, Denmark



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Historical facts The building is located in Aarhus, an ancient and historically rich town in the east of Jylland, Denmark. It is the second major city of the country. The house was

built at the end of the post-war era in1956, almost a decade after the Danish government introduced a special state-loan, to kick-start the building industry while

keeping the costs down. The loan was only available if the price of the house was kept in a certain limit, and there were demands made on the interior and on the

construction.

For example:

the house had to have a toilet and the size of the house could not exceed

110m²

the walls must built by bricks

pitched roof with roof tiles or profiled sheets

windows with wooden frames

one storey, sometimes with a basement

The surveyed house shows characteristics of the ‘50s state loan:

it is 87m²

pitched roof with small overhang

high basement, external walls of red bricks

it is like an update of the master-builder’s house from the 1920’s

BATHROOM

BEDROOM LIVINGROOM DINING ROOOM

KITCHEN



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It had a major conversion in 1976. Just right after the big building boom (højkonjunkturperioden 1958-73) came the energy crises (tyve års krise 1974-94), but the

building got an extension anyway, the size of 42m². This building part shows that the family needed more rooms.

The next and last conversion was in 2005, when the building got a carport facing to the street front.

Nowadays the house have a medium size of 124m², excluding basement and the carport. The walls consists of bricks and the roof has got tiles.



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Photographic documentation

From the garden we can easily observe where the old

building ends and where the new extension starts. We

estimate the age difference of the tiles around 20 years.



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We have measured the habitable parts of the household.

The carport and the extension part of the carport – what is

used as a storage for garden tools – is not taking place on

our survey.



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The bathroom is quite a new part of the household, and

surprisingly contains shower and a bathtub as well. The

reason behind this idea could be that the house has one

bathroom and two children (they are happy to splash and

dabble at times)



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The kitchen arrangement gives the feeling of the ‘70s, with its upper cabinets and

the in-built corner. Of course it comes with modern kitchen equipment.



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The purpose of the conversion was to give more space and

separated rooms to the family members. On the pictures

above the bedroom and the kids rooms.



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Room schedule Materials (Internal) Ground floor

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Floors Wood 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N 1N State:

Tiles 1W 2N 1 = good

Carpet 2G 2 = satisfactory

Walls Plastered 1W(½) 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 3 = poor

Tiles 1W(½) Colors:

Windows Wood 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W W = white

Doors (Int.) Wood 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W R= red

Doors (Ext.) Wood 1B 1B 1B B= brown

Ceilings Wood cladding 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W 1W G= grey

Stairs Wooden railing 2G N= nature

Carpet 2G Z= zinc

Installations - fixed Radiator 2W 2W 2W 2W 1W 1W 2W 2W 1W

furniture Sink 1W 1Z

Mech. Ventilation 2W 2Z

Electric cabinet 2W

Materials (Internal) Basement

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Floors Tiles 3N State:

Carpet 3G 2G 1 = good

Walls Plastred 2W(½) 1W 2 = satisfactory

Tiles 2W(½) 3 = poor

Windows Wood 1B Colors:

Doors (Int.) Wood 2W 2W 2W W = white

Doors (Ext.) Wood 1B R= red

Ceilings Wood cladding 1W B= brown

Stairs Wooden railing 2G G= grey

Carpet 2G N= nature

Installations - fixed Radiator 3W 3W 3W Z= zinc

furnitures Sink 2W

Mech. Ventilation 3Z

Electric cabinet 2W

Materials External

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Plinth Plastred 1W 1W 3W 1W

Wall Plastred 1W 1W 3W 1W

Window Wood 1B 1B 1B 1B

Doors Wood 1B 1B 1B

Roof Roofbricks 2R 2R

Gutter/downpipe Zink 2Z 2Z 3Z 2Z



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Energy refurbishment Which architectural thoughts you should make before making energy refurbishment? Energy refurbishment is good for the environment, our economy

and our health. Important is to consider that the original lines in the house are respected, so the house does not look “out of balance”.

We consider the following:

Solar panels – It will be possible to use the position of the roof, which goes to the south. Then it will be obvious to use of the power of the sun, and use

it in the energy frame in the house, and the economy for the owner of the house.

New roof – It will also be possible to make roof improvement in the same time. More isolation would give a positive impact to the heat lose through the

roof construction. As it is now the isolation between the ceiling and the roof is approximate 20-30 cm in the old part of the building. Altogether, there

are good reasons to make this improvement.

A one family house on approximate 150 m2, like our house at 128 m2, uses on heat 17.500 kWh on yearly basis. The plan could be to double the isolation

from 200 mm isolation on a 150 m2 roof area, and if it put altogether 400 mm isolation. In there is a short calculation it will show as following.

Yearly energy safe kWh pr. m2 = 12 kWh/m2 Yearly energy safe kWh 150 m2 x 12 kWh/m2 = 1800 kWh/year Yearly C02-safe kg 0,122 kg/kWh x 1800 kWh = 219,6 kg

After the improvement on the roof it will be possible to reduce the kWh per year with 1,25 pct. which goes directly in a positive way to the economy on

the warming payment yearly.

Skylights/renew windows – It is important to draw daylight into your home for indoor air quality and your health’s sake. It can be done, with well-placed large window openings, like tall windows from floor to the ceiling, which ensures light far into the room, glass facades and skylights. Bright surfaces and relatively smooth surfaces also helps daylight into the room Especially there are possibilities the new improved skylights in the kitchen and Livingroom area, where the ceilings are made with perfect degrees angle

to get the sun from the south into the room and bring lights and heat into the space.



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Conversion of the building – habitable basement The family would like to add more habitable space to its existing building, and at the same time, they consider to keep the nice backyard. That makes our

proposal opportunities limited, so we came up with the idea of making a habitable basement for a single person or a couple. The basement has an

individual entrance from the side yard of the house, which makes it an ideal rental, where the family is not bothered by the subtenant.

A small bathroom along with a washing machine, kitchen and an in-built wardrobe can easily be placed in the 45 m² sized basement, leaving the

opportunity to have a 14m² room as a living/bedroom.



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Conclusion of the assignment During the last few weeks we have completed a task, what was new for all the group members. We choose a single family house, located close to our

school, what made our surveying job easier. The group very quickly agreed on the main rules and terms concerning our project.

While measuring the house we made some mistakes. To begin with, we did not started drawing on the recommended millimeter paper on the spot, we

made our own drawing with the measures. The upcoming days we learned the lesson, why it is important to do it in way, how the task was introduced

by the teachers. Luckily after finding out the missing measures we had the time to go back and collect the missing data.

We believe that the energy refurbishment and a future renovation will affect the family in a positive way both economically and health wise. For example

improving the incoming natural light in the living room/kitchen area would make the cold and dark room a lovely warm sweet home. The renovation

gives optimal use of the basement according to the wishes of the family.



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Literature Arkitektur Guide Jylland - Olaf Lind, Arkitektens Forlag 2002

Dansk Arkitektur – vilkår, muligheder og udfordringer – J. W. Hansen, G. Knudsen, N-O. Lund, E. Nygaard, M. Lyhne-Knudsen; 1994 Kulturens politik

Danmarks Arkitektur – Enfamiliehuset – Lisbet Balslev Jørgensen, 1979 Gyldeldal

http://www.byggeriogenergi.dk/energiloesninger.aspx

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