The Campus of Eishin- High School: Dining Hall Heavy Timber Structure with moment resisting frames – Photographs of model

01/03/1984

Model

Two views of the balsa wood work model of the heavy timber structural frame. The black pieces of carboard indicate the location of plywood sheets, for the moment resisting frames.

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Content of

Construction Innovation 1 Items

Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall heavy timber structure with moment resisting frames 1984

Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing Structure

Dining Hall wooden structure with moment resisting frames due to unusually large windows.

References

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

Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall 1982 to 1985

Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

The Dining Hall is located on a high point of the site overlooking the lake, with an extensive lawn in front of it, and the bridge crossing the lake leading into it. It is a wooden, long and narrow building ...