Cellular construction

The plan view of a house

This house is constructed from a
number of rooms (cells)
A three cell structure
Cellular Construction

• The structure consists

of walls each joined to
its neighbour.
• The external walls form
the boundaries of the
building and the internal
walls divide the building
into cells (rooms)
making the building
Cellular.
Structural Stability

• The strength of cellular

structures is achieved
by the large number of
short walls which are
joined together at right
angles.
• This type of structure is
usually used in low rise
domestic dwellings.
Materials to construct
walls
• The walls are usually
constructed from:
Brick
Block
Mass Concrete
or occasionally Stone.
Load bearing walls

• The total load of the

roof and intermediate
floors are transferred
to the foundations by
the external walls.
• The internal walls may
also carry some of the
load.
Solid wall construction
• Load bearing walls are an
easily erected form of
structure. They are built up
gradually block by block.
• Occasionally concrete is
used as the walling
medium, formwork has to
be erected to create a
mould for the liquid
concrete.