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

01/05/1985

Interior View

Two views of the gymnasium aisles, showing the columns with the x-bracing.

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Construction Innovation 1 Items

Eishin Campus - High School: Gymnasium heavy timber hammerbeam trusses 1984

Construction System, Heavy Timber Load Bearing Structure

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

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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

Eishin Campus - High School: Gymnasium 1982 to 1985

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

Educational, Realized , Construction completed in 1985

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 ...