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This square building is placed at a 45-degree angle to the property line
to ensure a good view to the south. To make the second floor living room
fully open to the landscape on the north and south sides and to private
proper ventilation, two wooden walls are set parallel to each other on
the east and west sides. In order to make these two walls stand by themselves
and resist the lateral stresses without the need for bracing or supporting
walls they, along with the steel folded plate roof structure, are tensioned
by steel rods anchored to the ground outside. In this project, the folded
plate roof is given a tensile function. The interior's structural plywood
is used as a finishing material as well as bracing, providing that a single
material can bear two functions at once to help promote low-cost construction. |
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