Chinese Roof Construction

Post and beam construction was used most often in classical chinese architecture.

Chinese roof construction. Build an earthquake resistant wooden building strong enough to endure several tumultuous centuries but without using nails or glue. A nailless chinese construction method. Shijiazhuang sanhe steel structure co ltd is professional manufacturer who s devoted to steel structure construction. The 9th china guangzhou international facade waterproof exhibition roof china 2019 was successfully held on may 15th 17th at poly world trade center expo which is recognized as one of the most professional and comprehensive waterproof industry events in china.

Spanning over an exhibition space of 50 000m2 in five halls with cihie 2019 roof china 2019 made a record number of visitors. We provide the whole set of services include making construction designs producing products and installation. The post and beam gave the interior an open floor plan having the weight of the structure on the posts rather than the walls making the walls non load bearing. We are located in shijiazhuang city hebei province.

However the traditional skills of chinese architecture including major and minor carpentry masonry and stonemasonry are still applied to the construction of vernacular architecture in the vast rural area in china. The forbidden city s unique architecture chapter 2 the dougong. Our factory covers an area of 60 000 square meters. There were two kinds of hip roof.

Chinese architecture brought artistic characteristics such as harmony which emphasized the feel of the material and unity between materials and structure. Marco hernandez even today it sounds a near impossible task. Although chinese architectural history reaches far back in time descriptions of chinese architecture are often confined to the well known forbidden city with little else explored by the west. Way more information than you ever wanted on how to fell a tree.

Ancient chinese wooden architecture is among the least studied of any of the world s great architectural traditions from the western point of view. Traditional chinese architecture is not only as old as chinese civilization with 5 000 years of history but unique in the world particularly when the roof system is concerned both in terms of its multi layered dougong structure a set of interlocking wooden brackets that supports the massive roofs and its visual style in shape size and colour. World s best tree felling tutorial. The roof structures were based on a series of beams set in parallel tiers.