Efficient Structure

Construction · Building

Context Structure Follows Social Spaces205

Problem

A structure that uses more material than it needs to, or that forces every room into the same rigid system, makes building more expensive and rooms less free than they could be.

Solution

Choose a structural system that carries much with little material and bends itself to the shape the rooms call for, instead of squeezing every room into one uniform, stiff grid.

Usage Floor and Ceiling Layout210 · Floor-Ceiling Vaults219 · Roof Layout209 · Roof Vaults220 · Final Column Distribution213 · Columns at the Corners212 · Perimeter Beams217 · Box Columns216 · Wall Membrane218 · Frames as Thickened Edges225 · Column Connections227