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    The document discusses various construction principles used in architecture. It describes common principles like post-and-lintel, arches, vaults, domes, and trusses. It also mentions materials like stone, brick, concrete, wood, and their structural properties. Skeleton construction using reinforced concrete and steel is also covered.

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    The document discusses various construction principles used in architecture. It describes common principles like post-and-lintel, arches, vaults, domes, and trusses. It also mentions materials like stone, brick, concrete, wood, and their structural properties. Skeleton construction using reinforced concrete and steel is also covered.

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    CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES

    OF ARCHITECTURE
    A wide variety of construction materials are readily
    available to the architect these days, and from
    among them, we invariably chooses those are
    durable and strong and which have a potential for
    beauty besides purpose.
    • The usefulness and beauty of a building are directly related to the choice and
    handling of the materials employed in the construction principle to be employed.
    This may be contained any of the following:
    1. Post-and-lintel, the oldest of construction systems, which makes use of two vertical
    supports (posts) spanned by a horizontal beam (lintel). Most houses are built on this
    principle.

    Temple of Aphaia
    The arch which consists of separate pieces of wedge-shaped blocks called voussoirs
    arranged in semi-circle. The keystone which is the last set stone at top center, locks at the
    pieces together into a single curved structure.

    Basilica of Maxentius
    • A curved roof is simply a succession of arches, one placed behind another to produce
    a structural similar to a tunnel; this is called a barrel vault.

    Gothic rib-vault ceiling of the Saint-Séverin church in Paris


    • Grain vault in other hand, is formed by intersecting arches.

    • Cathedral ceiling
    • The dome which is hemispherical roof resembling a ping pong half ball, is built on a
    framework formed by a series of arches rising from consecutive points on a based
    called drum.

    Marawi, in Lanao del Sur


    • The truss, which a system of triangular form assembled into a rigid framework
    and functioning like a beam or lintel. It is employed in bridges, assembly plants,
    gymnasiums, theaters, and halls where wide spaces must be spanned with few
    several supports.
    Skeleton construction which employs reinforced concrete and steel. Concrete
    construction make use of concrete poured while still in semi fluid state. Steel rods are
    embedded in the concrete to make the structure strong enough to support great
    weight.
    • A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as a beam or a plate, anchored at
    one end to a (usually vertical) support from which it protrudes; this connection
    could also be perpendicular to a flat, vertical surface such as a wall. Cantilevers
    can also be constructed with trusses or slabs. When subjected to a structural load,
    the cantilever carries the load to the support where it is forced against[clarification
    needed] by a moment and shear stress.[1]

    • Cantilever construction allows overhanging structures without external bracing, in


    contrast to constructions supported at both ends with loads applied between the
    supports, such as a simply supported beam found in a post and lintel system
    • Stone and brick can withstand compression forces without crushing out of
    shape. Concrete also has compressive strength which makes it ideal for
    foundation walls.

    • Wood is the one of the most commonly used materials for houses. Wooden
    beams are used to hold up the roof or support the upper floors . Plywood
    sheets, apparently strong despite their thinness and lightweight are used for
    ceiling and wall panels. The houses exterior cad be made of wood too. And
    painted to withstand the elements.
    • Construction system

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