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WATER IN THE FREEMAN HOUSE:
A STUDY OF THE BLOCK IN THE TEXTILE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION
ASSEMBLY AS THE PRIMARY ROUTE FOR WATER INFILTRATION
by
Alice Ormsbee
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
December 2006
Copyright 2006 Alice Ormsbee
Object Description
| Title | Water in the Freeman House: a study of the block in the textile block construction assembly as the primary route for water infiltration |
| Author | Ormsbee, Alice |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2006-09-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schiler, Marc |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Breisch, Kenneth A. Romanach, Maria |
| Abstract | The Freeman House, a textile block building by Frank Lloyd Wright, has a long history of water infiltration problems which continue today. Techniques were used to determine the primary cause of water infiltration. Roof profile analysis was used to determine the slope of the flat kitchen and living room roofs, x-ray diffraction was used to study the composition of the efflorescence present throughout the building, and Karsten pipe analysis was used to determine the absorption rate of the blocks.; The roof was found to be sound, and the gross morphology of the efflorescence in the kitchen suggests that infiltration through the roof is not necessarily the source of infiltration in that location. X-ray diffraction revealed the efflorescence to be thenardite, a potentially very destructive salt. Karsten pipe analysis showed astounding absorption in the block, leading to the conclusion that the primary source of water infiltration is via the blocks themselves. |
| Keyword | Freeman House; textile block; Frank Lloyd Wright; concrete block; water infiltration |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m47 |
| Rights | Ormsbee, Alice |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Ormsbee-20060928 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-Ormsbee-20060928.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | WATER IN THE FREEMAN HOUSE: A STUDY OF THE BLOCK IN THE TEXTILE BLOCK CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLY AS THE PRIMARY ROUTE FOR WATER INFILTRATION by Alice Ormsbee A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE December 2006 Copyright 2006 Alice Ormsbee |
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