The Campus of Eishin – High School: Gymnasium heavy timber hammerbeam trusses – Design Development Drawings

01/04/1984

Design Development, Section, Details

One drawing of the truss viewed in cross section, in which its stepped structure shapes harmoniously the interior gym space, and another one viewed in longitudinal section, in which the cross bracing is visible. Seven smaller scale drawings provide the connection details, depicting mortise and tenon joints, as well as specially fabricated steel plates used in particular connections.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Hansjoachim Neis, Gary Black, Artemis Anninou, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

Extract from 24"x42" drawing

Scale:

1:50, 1:10

Content of

Construction Innovation

Eishin Campus - High School: Gymnasium heavy timber hammerbeam trusses 1984

Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing Structure

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Hansjoachim Neis, Artemis Anninou

Gymnasium hammerbeam roof trusses, spanning 53 feet, with mortise and tenon connection details, and specially fabricated steel connections for joints.

Contents

Drawings

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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, ...

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