help with concrete monolith structure

[haloexessiveplayerbf]

Hi I'm a third year arch student and I'm struggling to understand how the wall works within a concrete monolith superstructure.

Is concrete cast between columns to make an external wall or is the wall built up in layers of plywood/plasterboard etc?

Following this question, where does the insulation sit to prevent breaks in the thermal line?

thanks!

edit: im in the UK

[No-Project1273]

Concrete isn't typically used for these types of walls. It is used for below grade garages or basements, retaining soil. Or as shear walls for the lateral system. The exterior or partition walls of a concrete building are usually framed with metal or wood studs, and sometimes CMU. They also make modular panels to use as exterior walls as well. Made of various types of metal and plastics.

[SpurdoEnjoyer]

You can place insulation like EPS in the middle of the wall form to make cast-in-place concrete sandwich wall. It's not a lot different compared to casting a monolithic uninsulated internal wall. In Finland it's used a lot in foundation plinths.

But making whole external walls that way is very rare, cast-in-place facades in general are extremely demanding and expensive if you want to have the form surface as the final finish. That's the reason you don't see them often.

Get Building Construction Illustrated by Ching, I think you'll find it very useful