Construction Innovation

Eishin Campus – High School: Judo Hall heavy timber stepped truss

1984

Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing Structure

Judo Hall trusses stepped in form, following the line of a stepped flat ceiling.

Content of

Project 1 Items

Eishin Campus - High School: Judo Hall 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

The Judo Hall was initially part of the College Complex, located at the edge of the south ridge. It is a wooden building, with a floor area of 3,000 square feet, 80 feet long, 30 feet high, used for judo ...

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, ...

Books 1 Items

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Three - A Vision of a Living World 2005

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...

Book Chapters 1 Items

Chapter 16. Continuous Invention of New Materials and Techniques, 6 / Heavy Wood Construction

Publication,

Course Material 1 Items

Wholeness and Order in Large Span Roof Trusses 01/01/1985

Academic, Student Work, Professional Report Draft

63-page structural analysis of wooden truss behavior relating the earlier approach of their construction with the present, and refering to the design of the timber roof trusses of the Central Hall, the Gymnasium and the Judo Hall of the Eishin ...