



The room that I need to cover with this structure is practically a square, so I'll lay the beams parallel to the facade just for my convenience. Actually I couldn't do it another way, as the back wall is open and it could not support anything.



In broad terms, this is the result of my investigations: over wide rooms, as in my case, the main beams were placed parallel to the shorter side of the room at a distance of about three meters each other. Over the beams were layed the joists (every 30-50 centimeters) and finally the planks, about two meters long and which ends joined together over the joists. Those could be nailed to the beams or placed with a simple joint.The room that I need to cover with this structure is practically a square, so I'll lay the beams parallel to the facade just for my convenience. Actually I couldn't do it another way, as the back wall is open and it could not support anything.

There are many different techniques to build a wooden frame, but since this is my very first experience and the room is actually a warehouse, I opt for a(beams-joists-planks) without many trappings. In the upper floors I'll surely have the chance to try more refined and richer structures.While finishing the construction of the walls and the column I often take measurements and assembling tests with the beams.Since I started this project, one of the things that stimulated more my imagination was precisely the laying of beams, joists and planks, based on my photographic documentation but mainly on the reading of the(""). The picture to the right comes from that book.