The Campus of Eishin – High School: Gymnasium – Heavy timber hammerbeam trusses – Photographs of model

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, ...

The Gymnasium is a large, 11,340 square feet, wooden building, surrounded by the water of the lake and accessed through a bridge. The walls covered with black plaster, and the dark red metal roof give its exterior identity, and wood ...

Nine drawings of truss sections and details; its stepped structure shapes harmoniously the interior gym space.