The Campus of Eishin – High School: Gymnasium heavy timber hammerbeam trusses – Design Development Drawings
9 9) Detail of another steel plate fabricated for special commections

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

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, ...

Balsa wood work model of the building with the heavy timber trusses.

Views of two drawings with fabricated connection details of the truss members.

Three views of the building interior with the hammerbeam trusses giving good shape to the interior space.