ARCH 303 FALL 2015 | INTRO TO WOOD FRAMING SYSTEMS

“Roofworks” - Filigree Construction (tectonics) “earthworks” - Solid Construction (stereotonomy)

Gottfried Semper 1803 –1879

• Semper, Gottfried. The Four Elements of Architecture and Other Writings.

Trans. Harry F. Mallgrave and Wolfgang Herrmann. Cambridge, 1989.

• Semper, Gottfried. Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts; or, Practical

Aesthetics. Trans. Harry F. Mallgrave. Santa Monica, 2004.

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Basics of Wood Construction – primary, secondary, tertiary framing systems

Cutler Anderson Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Pool House, Medina Washington, Cutler Anderson Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Pool House, Medina Washington, Cutler Anderson Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Guest House, Medina Washington, Cutler Anderson Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Top and Above: Michael Green Architect designed the all timber Wood Innovation Design Center with a charred wood facade. It uses cross-

laminated timber and is designed for possible future expansion.

Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum / Teeple Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction – Heavy Timber, Post-and-Beam

Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum .

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction - Balloon framing

Naked House in Saitama by Shigeru Ban

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction - Balloon framing

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction – Platform Framing

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction – Platform Framing

Indiana Avenue Houses-Arnold Triplex, Frank O. Gehry & Associates 1981

Gehry Residence, Frank O. Gehry

Jonathan Tuckey Design

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction – Platform Framing

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction – Panel Construction

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Types of wood construction: Light Wood Frame Construction – Panel Construction

Landesgartenschau Exhibition Hall

Institute for Computational Design's (ICD) Principal: Achim Menges

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Beams and Joists

James Cutler, Wright Guest House Naito Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: glulam beams

North Vancouver City Hall renovation, Architect: Michael Green

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: glulam beams

Centre Pompidou-Metz, Architect: Shigeru Ban

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

Traversina, Steg Bridge

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

Botanical Museum in Koshi, Hiroshi Naito

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

Botanical Museum in Koshi, Hiroshi Naito

Sea Museum, Hiroshi Naito

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

Sea Museum, Hiroshi Naito

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses

MoMA PS1: Dunescape by SHoP Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses – repetition and difference

MoMA PS1: Dunescape by SHoP Architects

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Trusses – repetition and difference

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Shells

Filigree/Skeleton Construction | Horizontal Spanning: Shells

ARCH 303 FALL 2015 | INTRO TO WOOD FRAMING SYSTEMS