One proposed building, four ways to read it
SO01 is a small proposed site office in the fictional Banksia Practice Yard. Each drawing answers a different question about the same building. Follow a door, window, room and level through the plan, elevations, section, schedules and specification to assemble a complete description.
Use SO01 to practise reading architectural documents. For assessment tasks P01 and P02, use the assigned BP-01 path documents.
Choose the source for the question
| Need to find | Use | What that source cannot establish |
|---|---|---|
| Where the office sits in the yard | SO-A101 site plan | A surveyed real-world position, safe excavation or approval to enter. |
| Where rooms, doors and windows are arranged | SO-A201 floor plan | Heights, structural capacity or an approved access route. |
| What each outside face looks like | SO-A301 elevations | Concealed connections, internal arrangement or footing design. |
| How floor, ceiling, window and roof levels relate | SO-A401 section A-A | Member sizing, bracing, ground bearing or connection adequacy. |
| What a tag means and its nominated size/finish | SO-SC01 schedules | Product approval, installation design or a measured as-built result. |
| What material/workmanship is specified | SO-SP01 specification | Whether those requirements have been constructed or inspected. |
| Which source revision belongs to this set | SO-IR01 register | Construction permission or confirmation of work completed on site. |
Start with identity, then follow a reference
- Open SO-A201. Read its title block: document number, R01, date, A3 paper size, 1:25 scale and document status.
- Find the north arrow. Locate D01 on the south wall and follow the tag to the door schedule.
- Find A-A. The arrows look west. Open SO-A401 and check that south is on the left and north on the right.
- Use the written levels to compare the floor and ceiling. Read the specification to learn what the section does and does not define.
Practise before assessment
These are formative source-reading examples. They do not submit or save assessment evidence.
Which documents tell you W01's location and height?
SO-A201 locates W01 in the north wall. SO-SC01 gives 1800 width, 1200 height and 900 sill above FFL. SO-A301/SO-A401 coordinate its sill 101.200 and head 102.400.
Can you order door D01 from the plan alone?
No. The plan locates it and the schedule gives a nominal 1000 x 2100 opening, material and operation. Frame, clear opening, hardware, performance and the access/threshold design still need resolution. A nominal opening is not an approved procurement size.
Does the line from the apron into D01 establish a usable entrance?
No. It shows where the door faces. SO01's FFL is 100.300 and EA2's centreline is 100.015: a 285 mm difference. The approach, landing and threshold have not been designed.
Check the project before combining information
BP-01 describes the yard and path; SO01 describes the proposed office within that yard. Read the two sets together where the office meets the apron or another site feature. C1 Banksia House and C4 Riverbend describe different sites. Their dimensions and specifications do not apply to SO01.