In this chapter, Column and beam, it talked about the story of the usage of columns and beams. Columns is basically, mostly, used to connect it with a building structure to hold it. Beams can be used in a structure to carry loads from the columns that is being used. In this chapter, it also talked about "Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnataka was an example of the usage of columns. This had a total of 134 columns in 16 rows, and in the middle of the two rows, the columns were higher than the rest of the rows. In this book/chapter, it also talked about hot the Central to the Chinese system that influenced countries in the far east was dougong, which was a structural element of interlocking wooden brackets, it was mostly used in the 7th century BC & onward. It brought a peak in the "Hang and song periods", the brackets joined the columns to beams and used comprise of precisely cut elements that locked together without fixings or glue. They also had a degree of flexibility, they thought that this would help buildings from earthquakes into happening. after the song period, their ideas from their religious building became used as decorations, the idea of that usage then became to increased. In my opinion into this chapter is that I found it very confusing. Reason why is because there was words I did not understood, I had to google the words I didn't understood... But after all, this chapter was really interesting.
Book cover of "100 Ideas That Changed Architecture":
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