A 1 Step Guide on How to Drop the Ball

As it turns out, many of us loaded semi-useless and irrelevant images to our online collections.

Below are a few images that I originally deemed boring, these later turned out just what the Doctor ordered.

Exterior of the Kensington Community Centre Indoor Basketball Court.

A large concrete box, no? Yes.

Interior of the Kensington Community Centre Indoor Basketball Court.

This is more like it. Not quite a portal frame system and more of truss system but still an impressive space.

Detail of the Truss-To-Wall connection.

Hope fully some details on how the truss system connects to the wall is visible here. Notice the safety mesh, foil insulation and the relation between truss placing and window location.

But wait there's more!

Pictured below is an in-class drawing of a very basic portal frame. Given to us were the locations and drawings of the roof sheeting and concrete wall paneling, it was up to us to complete the structural details. Below is my attempt, I have yet to check whether this is correct or not. If someone knows, or can point me in the right direction; leave a comment, or don't, I guess I can't really tell you what to do.

Long Span Construction & Security Issues

Interior of the Kensington Community Centre Pool.
Pictured here is the Kenginton Pool, finished only a few years ago. These massive blue I beams fly the roof across without a single column, fantastic.

Exterior of the Kensignton Community Centre Pool.
Note the surprisingly simple yet extremly important tensile super structure bearing the load of the roof. I was impressed by the tenacity by the lifeguards here, after being near the pool, fully clothed, with a camera for about 5 seconds I was pounced upon and asked why I was taking pictures of little kids. It was awkward.

Exterior of the State Hockey and Netball Centre.

Look at it... in all of it's flat, shiny glory... mocking you. Last time I came here it cost me money to get in, I had a feeling that I was not getting in. Thankfully, the ladies on the desk believed that i was on important Deakin Uni business and gave me a press pass, allowing me to get in for free (which others could not) and take photos (which others could not) despite not having any ID or Deakin Uni credentials. Be Alert not Alarmed.

Interior of the Main Basketball Court.
Pictured here is the epic truss system in the Basketball Court. It turns out that some kind of Junior State Karate Championship was being held here, any one of these little kids could kill me, easily

Interior of the Basketball Court.
Note that the roof seems to be suspended by the truss hanging from the walls rather than resting on them. I was impresed.

Interior of Netball Courts 3, 4, 5.
This was impressive. A series of curved beams in a wave-like pattern, transfering the roof load onto steel columns. That's a whole lotta netballing space.

Wall of Netball Court 5.
9 foot high concrete panels filled in the spaces between each supporting steel column. Prevents any aspiring netball star from getting too excited and running through the wall i guess, just into. The thousands of gijigawatt lights in this venue makes for difficult phototaking.

First you get the money...

Excellent, my blog of tyranny has begun.