The Campus of Eishin – High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams – Photographs of drawings

01/01/1994

Drawing

Drawings of construction details for the massive hollow beams and columns, about 24″ by 24″, built out of plywood and small section lumber, with frequent interior collars.

Photographer:

Hiroshi Nakano/C.E.S., Iruma-shi, Saitama, Japan

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Content of

Construction Innovation

Eishin Campus - High School: Club House new form of hollow, composite, wood and plywood columns and beams 1995

Construction System, Monocoque Construction

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, others

Construction system with structural members which are large, yet light, efficient and structurally sound; it is based on massive hollow beams and columns, about 24" by 24", built out of plywood and small section lumber, with frequent interior collars, thus ...

Contents

Photographs

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

Eishin Campus - High School: Parents Clubhouse 1990 to 1995

Nihongi 112-1, Iruma-shi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 2002

Client:

Higashino High School

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Randall Schmidt, Masaya Okada, Miyoko Tsutsui

Contractor:

Center for Environmental Structure, Japan

Project stages:

Layout on the site by clients and C.E.S. Use of full scale mock-ups Design Development and Construction Drawings done after layout Construction management along with on-site design decisions Budget and subcontractors under C.E.S. control Innovative

The Parents Clubhouse is a small building built at the edge of the lake for entertainment purposes.