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Integral Masonry System and the Contemporary Façade
On investigating the symptomatic problems of Spanish enclosure walls which had appeared in recent years, it was decided that a new building technology should be designed for these walls in order to confort these problems of cracking and collapse. This circumstance gave rise to the employment of reinforced masonry as the first step in the solution to the problem. This was subsequently supllemented by the Integral Masonry System which allowed the vertical reinforcement of brick enclosure walls when necessary, in view of the need to leave horizontal movement joints below the slabs of framed structures. When applying the Integral Masonry System to the components which were recently designed for the same it is posible to construct buildings of reinforced or unreinforced masonry, by using universal units, bricks or blocks of any material, which may be vertically reinforced by rib reinforcement as and when necesary. As such, the Integral Masonry System may solve any situation where it is necessary to place specific reinforcement and always respecting both the vertical modulation of the bed joints and the horizontal modulation of the masonry in question. The three-dimensional reinforcement of the Integral Masonry System makes it posible to build prefabricated walls on site or at the workshop. The said prefabricated walls may be built in a horizontal, vertical or sloping directions which substantially simplifies bricklaying technique and reduces labour costs. The Integral Masonry System may be applied to all types of constructions and buildings.
Integral Masonry System and the Contemporary Façade
On investigating the symptomatic problems of Spanish enclosure walls which had appeared in recent years, it was decided that a new building technology should be designed for these walls in order to confort these problems of cracking and collapse. This circumstance gave rise to the employment of reinforced masonry as the first step in the solution to the problem. This was subsequently supllemented by the Integral Masonry System which allowed the vertical reinforcement of brick enclosure walls when necessary, in view of the need to leave horizontal movement joints below the slabs of framed structures. When applying the Integral Masonry System to the components which were recently designed for the same it is posible to construct buildings of reinforced or unreinforced masonry, by using universal units, bricks or blocks of any material, which may be vertically reinforced by rib reinforcement as and when necesary. As such, the Integral Masonry System may solve any situation where it is necessary to place specific reinforcement and always respecting both the vertical modulation of the bed joints and the horizontal modulation of the masonry in question. The three-dimensional reinforcement of the Integral Masonry System makes it posible to build prefabricated walls on site or at the workshop. The said prefabricated walls may be built in a horizontal, vertical or sloping directions which substantially simplifies bricklaying technique and reduces labour costs. The Integral Masonry System may be applied to all types of constructions and buildings.
Integral Masonry System and the Contemporary Façade
Adell Argilés, Josep María (author)
2000-06-01
Proceedings of 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference | 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference | 25-28 Junio 2000 | Madrid
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
690
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