reframing the 2x4: reciprocal frame timber structures
arch662 + arch660 - thesis, fall 2020-summer 2021hyde park, chicago, il
prof. tsz yan ng, prof. wes mcgee, ryan culligan, benton johnson, sydney brown, kyle vansice, rahul attraya, megan mohney, jonathan baranowski, rishabh moorjani, simon beskitt
nicholas di donato, huiting du, charlotte fuss, nicolas garcia, jeong su han, yuhao huang, hannah kirkpatrick, ho kyung lee, meghan owens, hana saifullah, xingyue sun
site
ray elementary school is located in hyde park, chicago, il. this k-8th grade chicago public school is the proposed site for a timber outdoor classroom
reciprocal frame
a reciprocal frame is a self-supporting structure made up of at least three members.
various parameters can be changed, including the number of members, their lengths, the angle at which they sit, and the angle they intersect at.
joints
in pairs, we investigated various joint types and assemblies associated with reciprocal frames
node
mortise + tenon
tapered joint
tolerance
assemblies
through these explroations, we found double layer reciprocal frames to be an interesting way of separating the topology of a roof structure from that of a ceiling structure while still keeping the system unified.
computational design process
prototype 1
ceiling
ceiling + roof
ceiling + roof + interstitial members
prototype 2
ceiling
ceiling + roof
ceiling + roof + interstitial members
prototype 3
we also looked at stacking as a system to build up slab volume
final design assembly
