Dom-ino structural system

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The Dom-ino structural system is Le Corbusier’s pioneering open-floor concrete frame concept that uses free-standing columns and flat slabs to allow flexible, non-load-bearing walls and liberated facades.

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Dom-ino House system 1
Dom-ino structural system canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural structural system ⓘ
reinforced concrete frame system ⓘ
allows free placement of interior walls ⓘ
independent design of facade from structure ⓘ
rapid on-site assembly ⓘ
stacking of identical floor plates ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dom-ino House system ⓘ
Maison Dom-ino system ⓘ
conceptualDate 1914 ⓘ
1915 ⓘ
designer Le Corbusier ⓘ
facadeFunction curtain-like skin independent of structure ⓘ
feature cantilevered floor edges ⓘ
free facade layout ⓘ
free plan layout ⓘ
liberated facade ⓘ
non-load-bearing partition walls ⓘ
open floor plan ⓘ
pilotis-like columns ⓘ
standardized structural grid ⓘ
hasComponent flat concrete slabs ⓘ
free-standing columns ⓘ
staircase zone ⓘ
historicalSignificance early model for modern open-plan housing ⓘ
key step in development of modern architecture ⓘ
influenced International Style architecture ⓘ
linked to: International Style

Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture ⓘ
modernist housing design ⓘ
open-plan apartment blocks ⓘ
postwar mass housing prototypes ⓘ
use of pilotis in modern architecture ⓘ
influencedBy industrialization of building ⓘ
reinforced concrete technology ⓘ
loadPath slabs span between columns ⓘ
vertical loads carried by columns ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from "domus" and "innovation" or "domus" and "ino" (small house) interpretations ⓘ
placeOfConception Europe ⓘ
purpose to allow industrialized housing construction ⓘ
to enable flexible interior layouts ⓘ
to separate structural system from enclosure ⓘ
relatedTo Five Points of a New Architecture ⓘ
Maison Dom-ino prototype ⓘ
Villa Savoye ⓘ
representedIn axonometric diagrams by Le Corbusier ⓘ
structuralMaterial reinforced concrete ⓘ
structuralSystemType column-and-slab frame ⓘ
wallFunction non-structural enclosure ⓘ

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Dom-ino structural system → alsoKnownAs → Dom-ino House system ⓘ
linked to: Dom-ino structural system