How To Build Chinese Roof
The forbidden city s unique architecture chapter 2 the dougong.
How to build chinese roof. Only the royal family and confucius had the privilege to use such style of roof. Rounded tiles were most commonly used with profiles of arcs and semicircles. Glue the 6 oblique beams on thee ceiling. Hip hipped roof wudian roof see the 1st picture below.
Take all of it up to the roof at first don t leave anything behind as you do not want to keep going back and forth. Hipped roof is of the highest level in traditional chinese architecture. Replace the corners with full blocks step 2 2 place 3 oak wood logs on top of each log in the foundation. The upturned roof design appeared during the han dynasty 206 bc 220 ad and were the standard type used until the song dynasty 960 1279.
Make sure the ladder has been secured to the roof in the proper way. Before you get on the roof you have to gather and collect all the things you need in order to do the task you wanted to. Use drinking straws to skewer the positioning pieces and ceiling in the order shown. A nailless chinese construction method.
Place a 3x4 rectangle of oak logs. Place a ring of oak wood planks around the outside of the rectangle. Secure pieces together with tape placed on the nonpatterned side. These pillars will form the basics of the walls step 3 3 place three oak fence.
How to build a chinese traditional house by 3d max 中國傳統建築建造過程 duration. Glue the kraft paper or small cardboard pieces around the top hexagonal parts to build the top of pavilion. Make a slit in the oblique beams about 1 cm long to match the positioning pieces mind you. Such roof has five ridges and four sides all in the form of gentle slope.
Fill in the rectangle with oak wood planks. Nightsun huang 6 608 views. The wing part of the roof should curve upwards with the scalloped side of the pattern parallel to the roof ridge. Marco hernandez even today it sounds a near impossible task.
Gather all the necessary tools. This is a bit more complica. With the rafters felt and batten on all thats left are the tiles. Gable and hip roof duration.
Measure the tops of the boxes and cut the preprepared roof paper to fit making a roof shape like an inverted v. Place a ring of oak wood slabs around the outside. Eastern asia hip and gable roof xieshan roof. There should be a three block gap between each log.