Berryessa House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls – Photographs of mock-up

01/05/1981

Construction Experiment & Mock-up

The first full-scale mock-up of a wall section, made in the C.E.S. office, to test the combination of wood cladding on the interior side of the wall and exposed concrete surface on its exterior side.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls 1981

Construction System, Combination of Timber Framework and Concrete

Timber frame and concrete combination system: the vertical loads are taken by the interior post and beam system system, where columns and beams are simply pinned together by invinsible steel pins. All shear forces are taken by a one and ...

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Scientific Research 1 Items

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

One of the main topics of research, included in every building project, was to identify, early on in the design process, the material and techniques of construction. This would re-establish building as an art, and allow rapid shaping and adaptation, ...

Projects 1 Items

House for John and Mara Lighty 1981 to 1989

2675 Harness Drive, Berryessa Estates, Pope Valley, Napa County, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Aug-1989

Terraced house built for a couple; the house consists of six building volumes, gracefully positioned on a wooded slope among white oak trees, and includes the living room - kitchen volume, the studio volume, the bedroom - library volume, a ...