Photograph

Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy Timber Load Bearing Frames and Trusses – Photographs of drawings

01/01/1985

Drawing

Photograph of an axonometric drawing depicting the roof truss .

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

PMT

Characteristics:

8 1/2"x11", B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

Martinez Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop: Heavy timber load bearing frames and trusses 1985

Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing Structure

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Seth Wachtel, Lance Dom

Heavy Timber Loading Bearing Frames and Trusses; 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams and trusses; all wood.

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, ...

Projects

Heavy Timber Carpentry Workshop 1985 to 1986

4207 Arthur Road, 94553, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Offices & Workshops, Realized , Construction completed in Apr-1986

Client:

Center for Environmetal Structure - C.E.S. Directors

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Seth Wachtel, Lance Dom

Contractor:

Center for Environmetal Structure

Project cost:

$50,000

Project stages:

Layout on the site by C.E.S. Design Development and Building Permit drawings done after layout Direct construction management and on-site design decisions Users involved in the construction Innovative construction methods

The third building completed on the Martinez site was a heavy timber carpentry workshop, 800 square feet of floor area, with 12"x12" columns and 8"x14" beams, specially engineered trusses and wood paneling. .