Building Construction Systems

Stephen F. Austin State University junior interior design significant Mylinda Fancher places the finishing variations on her framing model of a 653-square-foot rock cabin with a spiral staircase and loft. SFA School of Human Sciences home design professor, Dr. Mitzi Perritt, and associate teacher, Sally Ann Swearingen, recently had their particular building construction systems course develop models to help learn the details of wood construction. The model functions as a learning tool for knowing the framing of walls, doorways, house windows, stairs, ceilings, second-level floors and roofs, along with insulation and layering of roofing products. The project is the extension of a home the pupils developed in a prior studio course. Following the framing model is complete, pupils will complete their particular building drawings to report the building blocks plan, furnishings layout, wall proportions, outside and interior elevations of built-ins, stair detail, building section, electrical/lighting plan, space finishes and window/door/appliance schedules.