Go BackThe Campus of Eishin- High School: College Buildings – Flat beam ceiling structural design in ground floor arcades – Photographs
01/11/1989Four views of the College Buildings arcades; massive columns with base and capitals, and the closely-spaced ceiling beams, create a positive space where geometry and function are tightly intertwined.
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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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, ...