Reinforced concrete building design project & project based learning (case study)

The design concept of this double storey house is simple and very suitable for family rather than single. The area of the house is quite big and it has basic sections that every house has such as porch, kitchen, toilets, living room, and others. All dimension and size in the house are clearly stated and showed in architectural drawing. Hence, the materials also shown in the drawing such as tiles used. The project were designed by an architect named Ar. Lee Wee Meng from company Lee M. Architect. For the client of this house already known at the architectural drawing information who is Mr. Chong Jian Xiang. Next, for this design project, I prefer to use the Malaysia Standard Eurocode Code of Practice where I can refer all the materials loading, permanent load, imposed loads, partial safety factor for actions (Ultimate Limit State) and all the actions on structures exist in the building. The Eurocode Standard choosen also including Eurocode 1 and 2. As the project needs to design a double storey building, each structure element must be determined. Common structural elements in a residential building are pad footing, column, beams (simply supported and continuous beam) and slab. The project designed not only followed the standard or law however also need to ensure the house is suitable and economical for client.