Experience in using metal-wood structures of religious buildings frames
Abstract
Experience in using metal-wood structures of religious buildings frames
Incoming article date: 16.10.2023The Russian Federation is a multi-religious state, which has recently seen an increase in the construction of various religious buildings. At the same time, the bulk of the churches being built are small buildings, located, as a rule, in villages and small towns and designed for simultaneous visits by up to 120-150 parishioners. Various materials are used for their construction, including wood. Usually these are log or block buildings, but it is also possible to use other wooden housing construction systems, including light frame ones. The theoretically possible remoteness of towns and villages from large district and regional centers, the impossibility of delivering large-sized beams and logs, the lack of their own production base and other factors lead to the need to use ordinary boards in wooden frame structures. As an example, we consider the construction of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in one of the farms in the Rostov region, the load-bearing structures of which are made using light-frame house-building technology. The presence of open space in the central part of the Temple and the placement of an octagon-shaped superstructure above it required the use of a supporting structure made of steel I-beams. Thus, the structure of the Temple frame is a metal-wood system. The article shows that the combined use of steel and wood in light-frame buildings ensures a rational organization of the space of religious buildings.
Keywords: religious building, temple, belfry, octagon, narthex, altar, wood, light frame building, beam, I-beam, supporting structure