Storyboard

In this case, the beams act as additional support to the SIP panels, which themselves form a surface with flexural rigidity. Due to this property, the beams do not require a series of additional supports and allow for an attic space for non-habitational uses, such as storage.

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According to the design, each module has a central beam that supports the roof beams. Additionally, there are two beams to support the central mezzanine, which is not tensioned by the weight of the roof:

Before placing the beams, the mezzanine walls are erected. Eight of them are external walls and two are internal, as shown in the plan generated by Thermomuro for the fabrication of the SIP panels:

The beams are embedded in the SIP walls and have lateral beams to support the roof:

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The design of the mezzanine walls is defined in the Thermomuro SIP design as follows:

with the exterior panels:

and the interior panels:

This includes the walls around the staircase.

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Before placing the beams, the mezzanine walls are erected. Eight of them are external walls and two are internal, as shown in the plan generated by Thermomuro for the fabrication of the SIP panels:

From a distance, the walls look like the decoration on a cake:

Inside the house, in the kitchen, you can see through the opening for the staircase the door of the mezzanine wall of the hobby room:

From the living/dining area, you can see the mezzanine wall of the bedroom module:

and on the other side, the wall of the study:

From below, you can see the external mezzanine walls of the lateral modules, with the central module wall still missing:

Finally, here is a general view of most of the mezzanine walls:

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The assembly of the beams is based on the embedded central beam and the lateral beams supported by it and on the mezzanine. In the case of the central module, the beams are supported by the wall of the central window, with the necessary adjustments for the situation:

Upon arrival, little progress is seen because it was first necessary to resolve how to place the beams:

Once it was clarified how to mount the beams, modifications had to begin to fit the central beams into the supporting walls. In this case, you can see the southeast end:

and on the other side, the access to the future hobby room:

In the study module, work has not yet begun:

From the study module, you can see the space above the kitchen and, in the background, the bedroom module:

Additionally, it is now visible how the hole for the spiral staircase has taken shape:

and in the living and dining areas, both the support beams and the main beams are still missing:

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The new visit brings great disappointment. Not only has the process not been completed, but the living and dining areas remain unchanged:

And if you look towards the mezzanine of the bedrooms:

or the study:

you notice something strange. Upon closer inspection, the beams in both the bedroom module, looking southeast:

and towards the entrance door:

or when looking at the beams in the study module, you see the irregularity:

This becomes even clearer when observing the beams in the other module:

or viewing the house as a whole:

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At this point, the team recognized the problem and proceeded to correct it. It was never clear whether it was an error or if the beams were intentionally placed that way to be corrected later, which makes little sense. The important thing is that, after emphasizing how the beams should be mounted

and arguing that a design modification would affect the stability of the structure, it was successfully corrected, as shown below.

Here are the beams in the kitchen:

then the pantry and study beams:

followed by the dining and living room beams:

the bedroom beams:

and finally the entrance beams:

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