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NAME: ASAAD ALMADANI
ID NUM: 1010215
DR: FAROOQ MOFTI
AR-320HUMAN ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
BALLON FARMING
Balloon framing is a method of wood construction – also known as
"Chicago construction" in the 19th century– used primarily in Scandinavia,
Canada and the United States (up until the mid-1950s(
Balloon framing is a system of construction that utilizes lighter wooden
elements than traditional braced framing, and a version of it (platform
framing) continues to be employed as the main method of wooden frame
construction in the US today
balloon framing was by George Washington Snow, but in 1833--not 1832—onSt. Mary’s Church in Chicago. Sprague disproved Giedion’s theory in his 1981
Figure 1 - Image of a balloon frame from Audel'sCarpenter's and Builder's Guide, Copyright 1923.Retrieved from Wikipedia.com February 28, 2007
Wall is uninterupted, load-bearing.Second floor is supported internally.
Typical balloon frame house
The different between BALLON &PLATFORM FARMING..
Balloon frame diagram
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(construction)
http://evstudio.info/three-wood-framing-methods-balloon-platform-advanced/
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