Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 6 / Heavy Wood Construction
References
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Eishin Campus - High School: Dining Hall heavy timber structure with moment resisting frames
1984
Dining Hall wooden structure with moment resisting frames due to unusually large windows.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Judo Hall heavy timber stepped truss
1984
Judo Hall trusses stepped in form, following the line of a stepped flat ceiling.
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Eishin Campus - High School: Central Hall heavy timber truss with curved members
1984
Douglas fir horse-shoe-shaped truss, a pure compression truss, with no interior bracing, but with a longitudinal exterior X-truss. The truss is connected to the massive concrete piers at the base with moment connections.
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