On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:13:24 -0800, Jim Clark wrote:
Hi
Howdy
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JC: Here I have to disagree being very familiar with modern building
techniques
in Greece (and perhaps same holds in India?). Cement columns are filled
in with
bricks that are directly plastered over. Tracks are actually chiseled
into the
bricks for wiring etc. So no studs and dry wall involved. To hang a
picture or
other object, one needs to drill into the plaster/brick. Made me quite
nervous
the first few times I did it. Same might actually apply to a certain
degree in
some buildings in NA. Our condo in Winnipeg (one of the top 20 places
in the
world to visit according to National Geographic), for example, has one
long
wall of brick because it is a renovated warehouse.
The type of building I am referring to is represented in this article:
http://www.understandconstruction.com/concrete-frame-structures.html
It sounds like the type of buildings you and Carol DeVolder refer to
are similar to the following:
http://www.understandconstruction.com/load-bearing-masonry-construction.html
The benefits of concrete frame over "load Bearing masonry" are pretty
obvious which is why concrete frame is so commonly used. Now, local
customs might dictate what kinds of materials to use in buildings but,
to Carol DeVolder's points of buildings in India, it sounds like they
making
buildings like the Monadnock building described in the second link above
and in the following Wikipedia entry:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadnock_Building
If memory serves, the Bauhaus movement in architecture eschewed the
"load bearing masonry" approach for using an all steel beam construction
which allowed one to put up any type of exterior to the building -- from
glass curtains to more traditional brick and glass. But pure steel
frame
building have the drawback of expense (steel has not always been cheap)
and the fact that steel loses its strength in fires (see the following:
http://www.understandconstruction.com/steel-frame-structures.html ;
the steel structures in the World Trade Towers weakened because
of the heat of the fires and was a major cause of their collapse).
Concrete frame overcomes the problems associated with steel and
steel reinforced concrete with rebar rods) provides good
support. However, making all walls in a residential building concrete
sounds really odd to me because of the cost associated with so much
concrete and the amount of weight bearing down on the lower floor for
tall buildings, a problem that existed with "load bearing masonry" type
buildings which required ground floors to have walls a foot or more
thick to support the weight of the masonry on upper floors.
In any event, the architecture of Indian buildings draw upon a large
number of influences which determine what materials and designs
to use. One source for this is Jon Lang's "A Concise History of
Modern Architecture in India" which is available in preview form on
Google Books; see:
https://books.google.com/books?id=gxyGbhlKQXQC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=%22architecture+in+india%22+modern&source=bl&ots=ihL4M18IXe&sig=_IyFlXqzOWfLxGsdHQiZu3j3CVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF24unwJ_JAhUFbiYKHSI5DawQ6AEIUDAK#v=onepage&q=A%20Concise%20History%20of%20Modern%20Architecture%20in%20India%20&f=false
-Mike Palij
New York University
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