NAME: ASAAD ALMADANI

ID NUM: 1010215

DR: FAROOQ MOFTI

AR-320HUMAN ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

BALLON FARMING

Balloon framing is a method of wood construction – also known as

"Chicago construction" in the 19th century– used primarily in Scandinavia,

Canada and the United States (up until the mid-1950s(

Balloon framing is a system of construction that utilizes lighter wooden

elements than traditional braced framing, and a version of it (platform

framing) continues to be employed as the main method of wooden frame

construction in the US today

balloon framing was by George Washington Snow, but in 1833--not 1832—onSt. Mary’s Church in Chicago. Sprague disproved Giedion’s theory in his 1981

Figure 1 - Image of a balloon frame from Audel'sCarpenter's and Builder's Guide, Copyright 1923.Retrieved from Wikipedia.com February 28, 2007

Wall is uninterupted, load-bearing.Second floor is supported internally.

Typical balloon frame house

The different between BALLON &PLATFORM FARMING..

Balloon frame diagram

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framing_(construction)

http://evstudio.info/three-wood-framing-methods-balloon-platform-advanced/