Gate house

On Friday 12th Marc, we had a hand in for our construction and detailing project, which was to design and detail a gatehouse. The site i chose is situated in urban park, Uitenhage.

My design consisted of a regular box-like structure for the actual gatehouse with rivenstone cladding in certain areas accentuating areas of openings such as doors and windows or where a window wasn't there, was the secuity boom box. The front main window of the gatehouse is unsupported therfore not limiting any views of incoming traffic approaching the gatehouse. Successful angle of slope of screed allow the water collected from the roof to flow down into the duct and into a water storage tank which can be used as 'grey water' to flush toilets. The duct is closed up with a timber lath screen.

In addition, the roof was to be consisting of gum poles constructed and put together in a butterfly roof profile. The actual gatehouse would then seem to slip beneath this roof structure with timber laths covering the gum pole frame. The gum pole rafters are held up by stainless steel cables fixed to purpose made brackets connected to the gum pole horizontal members.

The entrance and exit gates which are motorised by 'Centurion' motor, is a galvanized mild steel frame with timber laths tied with rope to the gate. See some 3D renderings of my proposed gate house.