Berryessa House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls – Design Development Drawings

15/11/1981

Design Development, Section, Details

Drawing with vertical section details of the living room – kitchen volume of the house, depicting the timber-concrete combination construction system, across walls, ceiling and roof, in which the timber frame is used for vertical forces and the concrete shell for horizontal and vertical forces. .

Content of

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 ...

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, ...

Records 1 Items

Berryessa Terraced House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with sprayed concrete exterior walls 01/01/1981

Construction Innovation, Construction Works, Construction Process

8-page document outlines three important building operations of the project, namely the following: Pitched Concrete Roof, Post and Beam Wall with Concrete Exterior, and Concrete Column Base for Wooden Column. Each Building Operation includes the “Summary of Operation” chart and ...