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Masonry

Baker House at MIT


Masonry
Masonry materials
ƒ Stone
ƒ Clay
ƒ Calcium silicate
Precast lightweight concrete blocks in Storer Residence
ƒ Cement (“Textile block” house), Hollywood (F.L. Wright, 1923)

Photographs removed due to copyright


restrictions.

Fired clay bricks in Sarabhai house, India


(Le Corbusier, 1955)
Masonry
Masonry components
ƒ Bed joint and perpend Photographs removed due to copyright
restrictions.
ƒ Stretcher and header
ƒ Course
ƒ Bond and bonding dimension
Monadnock Building, Chicago (Burnham and Root, 1984-91)

Perpends Bed joints

Header

Stretcher

L= 2w + joint

Images by MIT OCW.


Masonry
Masonry bonds
ƒ Dimensional coordination
ƒ Offsetting of perpends on successive courses
ƒ Piority to stretcher courses
ƒ …

7
4 3
5
5
7

3
2

8
6

Image by MIT OCW.


Masonry
Masonry bonds
ƒ Stretcher bond
ƒ Header bond

ƒ English bond
ƒ English cross-bond

Image by MIT OCW.


Masonry
Masonry bonds
ƒ Flemish bond - Monk bond - Dutch bond

Image by MIT OCW.


Masonry
Masonry structure
ƒ Double-leaf walls
ƒ Appearance
ƒ Ornamentation

Images by MIT OCW.


Masonry
Masonry structure
ƒ Openings

Images by MIT OCW.


Masonry
Masonry structure
ƒ Thermal insulation
ƒ Rationalization with prefabrication
Masonry
Main reference for lecture contents:
ƒ “Constructing Architecture” by Deplazes: pp. 23-55

Additional readings relevant to lecture topics:


ƒ "How Buildings Work" by Allen: Chap. 18
ƒ "Fundamentals of Building Construction" by Allen: Chap. …
ƒ "Building Construction Illustrated" by Ching & Adams: Chap …

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