Structure as Architecture - School of Architecture

rafters connect directly to the core, and others to the primary can-

tilever trusses (Fig. 2.4). Slender longitudinal tubes interconnect the

partial portal frames at their knee-joints, and together with a mesh of

small-diameter tension rods, brace the framework members back to

the core.

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Foyer

Library

Restaurant

Classrooms

Theatre

Sound studios

Corridor with

roof diaphragm

Primary propped-

cantilever truss

Portal frame

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▲ 2.3 Simplified ground floor plan.

▲ 2.4 Partial portal frames span between the piers and the primary trusses or core walls.