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This provides an engineer's perspective on traditional construction methods for timber frames with infills, focusing on traditional paianta houses in Romania and minka houses in Japan to provide insights into the construction, seismic behavior, and design considerations of such structures.
List of contents
1. Introduction. 2. Traditional Architecture Worldwide. 3. Romanian Traditional Architecture. 4. Japanese Traditional Timber Frames. 5. Seismic Behavior of Traditional Timber Frames. 6. Fire Resistance of Traditional Timber Frames. 7. Strengthening Solutions. 8. Conclusions. Annex 1. The Design of a Paianta House. Annex 2. Design Example of a Traditional Japanese Residential House.
About the author
Andreea Dutu is a structural engineer and lecturer at the University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Romania. She previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Yoshihiro Yamazaki is a structural engineer at the Building Research Institute, Japan, working on the revision of Japanese technical standards for building structures, especially for CLT panel construction.
Summary
This provides an engineer’s perspective on traditional construction methods for timber frames with infills, focusing on traditional paianta houses in Romania and minka houses in Japan to provide insights into the construction, seismic behavior, and design considerations of such structures.
