Berryessa Terraced 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

Two drawings with vertical and horizontal section details of the studio volume of the house, depicting the timber-concrete combination construction system, across walls, window seats, ceiling and roof, in which the timber frame is used for vertical forces and the concrete shell for horizontal and vertical forces. .

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Size:

Extract from 24"x30 1/2" drawing

Scale:

1/2"=1'

Content of

Construction Innovation

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

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou

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 ...

Contents

Drawings

References

Scientific Research

Innovative Construction Systems, Techniques and Materials

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Construction Innovation

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

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

Authors:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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 ...