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Content How to use this book Preface 10 Solid and filigree construction 13 Modules The importance of the material 19 The perception of architectural space 20 The longevity of materials 21 Masonry The pathos of masonry 22 The materials 31 Masonry terminology 32 Design and construction 33 Masonry bonds 35 Tying and reinforcing double-leaf masonry walls 39 The skill of masonry construction 40 Types of construction 46 Prefabrication 49 Concrete On the metaphysics of exposed concrete 56 The materials 60 The concreting process 63 10 rules for the production of concrete 66 Exposed concrete surfaces 67 Floor supports, exposed concrete with internal insulation 69 The fixing of heavy external cladding (concrete) 70 The fixing of heavy external cladding (stone) 71 Chart for establishing preliminary size of reinforced concrete slabs 72 Linear structural members 73 Systems with linear members 74 Planar structural members 75 Systems with planar structural members 76 Timber Wood: indifferent, synthetic, abstract - plastic 77 The materials 82 Wood-based products: Overview 84 Wood-based products: Layered products 85 Wood-based products: Particleboards 87 Wood-based products: Fibreboards 88 Important panel and prefabricated systems: Overview 89 Panel construction: Current developments 94 Timber construction systems: Overview96 Platform frame construction: Construction principle 99 Chart for establishing preliminary size of timber beams 103 Conversion of a trunk in traditional Japanese timber building culture 104 The threads of the net 106 Steel Why steel? 113 Sections - forms and applications 120 Fire protection 122 Potential applications for structural steelwork 123 Connections: A selection 124 Structures - frame with cantilevering beams 126 Structures - frame with continuous columns 128 Structures - two-way frame 130 Chart for establishing preliminary size of steel beams 132 Folding and bending 133 Frames 134 Girder, lattice beam and facade 135 Space frames 136 Diamonds and diagonals 137 Canopy structures 138 Insulation The invisible building material 139 Transparent thermal insulation 143 Thermal insulation materials and their applications 144 Thermal insulation systems: Overview 146 Glass or plastics Glass-crystalline, amorphous 147 Plastic 150 Glass, the opaque building material 151 Plastic on the threshold of architecture 159 Foundation - Plinth Building underground 169 Site preparation: Surveying work 177 Site preparation: Earthworks 178 Foundations 179 Foundation schemes: Loadbearing layer inside 180 Foundation schemes: Loadbearing layer outside 181 The basis for plinths 182 External wall below ground: Influences on the building envelope 185 Facade The wall 186 The design of the facade 191 Opening For and against the long horizontal window: The Perret - Le Corbusier controversy 200 The window - opening package 209 Position of window, opening rebate forms 210 The window as a component - frame sections 211 The window as a component - glass 212 Window - horizontal section, 1:1 213 Window - vertical section, 1:1 215 The opening as a hole 217 The opening as a horizontal strip 218 The opening as a joint 219 The opening as a transparent wall 220 About the door 221 Doors - types of opening 222 Doors - types of door stop 223 Doors - hardware 224 Wall - opening: Influences on the building envelope 225 Cutting out sunlight and glare 226 Floor The doubling of the sky 230 Roof The roof 236 Pitched roof: Functions of layers 238 Flat roof: Functions of layers 239 Flat roof: Warm deck - conventional systems 240 Flat roof: Warm deck - special systems 241 Flat roof: Upside-down roof 242 Flat roof: Cold deck 243 Pitched roof 244 Flat roof 245 The roof as a folded plate 246 Barrel-vault roof and shell roof 247 Criteria and relationships 248 Flat roof: Pitched roof - Repercussions for the building envelope 249 Stairs, lifts Flights of fancy 250 Excerpt from the Bauentwurfslehre by Ernst Neufert 255 The geometry of stair transitions 257 Balustrades and spandrel panels: Extract from SIA 358 258 Lifts 259 The staircase as an assembly of simply-supported beams 261 The staircase as a monolithic, organic form 262 The staircase as a space frame 263 The staircase as a solid timber construction 264 Forms of construction An attempt to classify horizontal and vertical space development 267 Vertical loadbearing structures in solid construction: Cross-section concepts 278 Vertical loadbearing structures in solid construction: Plan concepts 279 Vaulted loadbearing structures in solid construction: Compression structures 280 Of heavy mass and apparent heaviness 282 Ksar Ferich: A fortified storehouse in southern Tunisia 285 Sculpted architecture: The Scottish tower house 290 Provision of services during planning work 298 The sequence of building operations 299 Compartmentation 300 Box frame construction 301 Frame construction 302 Column-and-slab systems 303 Single-storey shed forms 304 Prefabrication: System building 305 Building performance, energy Sustainability: Fundamentals of architecture 309 The problem of heat flow and vapour diffusion 313 Insulation concepts: Diagram of layers 314 Insulation concepts: Complementary systems, loadb. layer inside 315 Insulation concepts: Complementary systems, loadb. layer outside 316 Seven rules for the design of a low-energy house 317 Low-tech - high tectonics 318 Selected projects Structural issues: The relationship between interior structure, loadbearing structure, and infrastructure 323 Apartment blocks, Martinsbergstr., Baden: Burkard Meyer Architekten 331 Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marktoberdorf: Bearth + Deplazes 341 Detached family home, Grabs: Peter Markli 350 Paspels School: Valeric Olgiati 360 Volta School, Basel: Miller + Maranta 369 Sihlhof School, Zurich: Giuliani Monger 378 Im Birch School, Zurich: Peter Markli 389 Vocational Training Centre, Baden: Burkard Meyer Architekten 402 Teacher Training College, Chur: Bearth + Deplazes 410 Swiss School of Engineering for the Wood Industry, Biel: Meili + Peter 419 Private house, Sevgein: Bearth + Deplazes 430 Leutschenbach School, Zurich: Christian Kerez 435 Drawings Preparation of drawings for buildings: Excerpt from Swiss standard SIA 400:2000 447 Presentation on drawings: Example: timber platform frame construction 453 Symbols: Legend for the catalogue of components 455 Foundation - Plinth Single-leaf masonry 456 Double-leaf masonry, rendered 457 Facing masonry 458 Fair-face concrete with internal insulation 459 External insulation, rendered 460 External cladding, lightweight 461 External cladding, heavyweight 462 Timber platform frame construction 463 Solid timber panel construction: Plinth - Roof 464 Wall-Floor Single-leaf masonry, rendered 466 Double-leaf masonry, rendered 467 Facing masonry 468 Fair-face concrete with internal insulation 469 External insulation, rendered 470 External cladding, lightweight 471 External cladding, heavyweight 472 Non-loadbearing external wall 473 Timber platform frame construction 474 Solid timber panel construction 475 Opening Single-leaf masonry 476 Double-leaf masonry, rendered 478 Facing masonry 480 Fair-face concrete with internal insulation 482 External cladding, lightweight 484 External cladding, heavyweight 486 External insulation, rendered 488 Non-loadbearing external wall 490 Timber platform frame construction 492 Solid timber panel construction 94 Hinged door, external - wood 496 Hinged door, external - wood/glass 497 Sliding door, external - metal/glass 498 Hinged door, internal - wood 499 Sliding door, internal - wood 500 Floor Hollow clay block floor 501 Hourdis-type hollow clay block floor 502 Solid concrete slab 503 Ribbed concrete slab 504 Concrete waffle slab 505 Hollow-core concrete slab 506 Composite slab, profiled metal sheeting-concrete 507 Solid timber floor 508 Timber joist floor 509 Timber box element floor 510 Steel floor 511 Roof - Parapet Pitched roof - warm deck: Fibre-cement, external cladding, lightweight 512 Pitched roof - warm deck, monopitch roof: Fibre-cement - facing masonry 513 Pitched roof - cold deck: Roof tiles - masonry in brickwork bond 514 Pitched roof - cold deck: Sheet metal - single-leaf masonry 515 Flat roof - warm deck: Bitumen, double-leaf masonry, rendered 516 Flat roof - warm deck: Bitumen, fair-face concrete with internal insulation 517 Flat roof - warm deck: Plastics, external cladding, heavyweight 518 Flat roof - warm deck: Bitumen, non-loadbearing external wall 519 Flat roof - upside-down roof: Bitumen, external insulation, rendered 520 Flat roof - cold deck, uncoated roof: Bitumen, timber platform frame construction 521 Flat roof - warm deck, suitable/unsuitable for foot traffic 522 Flat roof - cold deck 524 Flat roof - upside-down roof, with rooftop planting 526 Further reading 531 Picture credits 532 Index 546 |
