Universidad Simón BolivarEnglish for architecture and urban planning II

Teacher Leticia Estevez

Wall – Post and Lintel

Arianna ChacónOriana Sanchez

Caracas, May 2014

Content- Definitions

- Post and lintel- Wall- Advantages and disadvantages- Materials- Wall - Post and lintel in the past- Wall - Post and lintel today- Sources- Interactive game

Definitions

What is a post?

What is a lintel?

“A long, sturdy piece of timber, metal or concrete set upright in the ground and used as a support or marker”

“A horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window”

What is a wall?

“A structure that defines an area, carries a load, or provides shelter or security”

Post and lintel Post and lintel is the simplest illustration of load and support in construction and is created by setting a horizontal beam on top of two vertical supports.

The job of the lintel is to bear the loads that rest on it without deforming or breaking.

The job of the post is to support the lintel and its loads without crushing or buckling.

Wall• Non-bearing walls: doesn’t support

any load. Decoration only. • Load-bearing walls: part of the

structure, supports load.

Another types of walls some types of walls are:

• Curtain walls: facade of a building. Non-bearing wall, only decoration.

• Partition wall: separates rooms. Non-bearing-wall.

• Mullion walls: structural system in which the load of the floor slab is taken by prefabricated panels around the perimeter.

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages Disadvantages

- Simplicity.

- Prefabricated walls.

- Stability.

- When we use good columns and beams, we can have free walls

- Limited weight.

- Distance between posts.

- The load-bearing wall of masonry is thickened in proportion to the forces it has to resist

- Doors and windows weaken the resistance of the wall

Materials

Post and lintel construction can incorporate wood, metal and stone. The walls are constructed with wood, steel, glass, brick, stone and concrete.

Wall - Post and lintel in history

From prehistoric times to the Roman Empire, the post-and-lintel system was the root of architectural design. Used is Egyptian and Greek temples.

The development of the arch challenged the system.

One of the earliest and most renowned post and lintel example is the prehistoric Stonehenge monument in England.

Wall - Post and lintel today

Third new component: the wall.

Pergolas are an example of modern post and lintel construction

Sources• http://

www.ehow.com/about_5066026_advantages-post-lintel-construction.html#ixzz32mTL1EbG

• http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/lintel?q=lintel+

• http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/post?q=post

• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/472032/post-and-lintel-system

• www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/634696/wall

• https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Post_and_lintel.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall

LET’S PLAY!

What is a lintel?

What is a post?

Name one advantage of the wall - post and lintel system

Name one desadvantage of the wall - post and lintel system

Wich is the new component that is been used with the post an lintel system?

Stone is better as a post or as a lintel?