Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls – Photographs

01/07/1983

Exterior View, Interior View

Two images of the house, juxtaposing the wood-concrete combined construction system; one of the exterior concrete walls and the other of the interior with the wood cladding and the exposed structural frame.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls 1982

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 a half ...

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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, ...

Projects 1 Items

Sala House 1981 to 1983

700 Hillside, 94706, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Residential, Realized , Construction completed in Jun-1983

Three-story tower, 20 feet by 20 feet in plan on each floor, on a wooded, sloping site. The interior structure of the house is wood post and beam with pine panelling and hand-painted surfaces, and the exterior is a red ...

Drawings 1 Items

The Sala House: Wooden post and beam, load bearing structural frame combined with red and grey cast concrete exterior walls 2 2) Wall section 01/01/1982

Construction Innovation, Presentation Drawing, Axonometric, Section

Two drawings illustrating the construction system. The axonometric combines the three main stages of construction; the top part shows the wooden post and beam frame with the wall infills, ready for the pour; the middle part shows the formwork for ...