Multihalle Mannheim; the documentation on the design and execution work of Mannheim Hall

Multihalle Mannheim; the documentation on the design and execution work of Mannheim Hall
Author: Berthold Burkhardt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1978
Genre: Grillages (Structural engineering)
ISBN:

"The documentation on the design and execution work of the Mannheim Hall was prepared at the IL, directed by Frei Otto, in close cooperation with the architects, Mutschler & Partners, Mannheim, and the engineers, Ove Arup & Partners, London. This publication is, at the same time, a report on the sub-project "Experience gained by buildings" of the Sonderforschungsbereich 64 "Wide-Span Lightweight Structures" of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft."

The Architecture Machine

The Architecture Machine
Author: Teresa Fankhänel
Publisher: Birkhaüser
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2020-07-20
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9783035621549

Today, it is hard to imagine the everyday work in an architectural practice without computers. Bits and bytes play an important role in the design and presentation of architecture. The book, which is published in the context of an exhibition of the same name of the Architekturmuseum der TUM at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich (October 14, 2020 to January 10, 2021), for the first time considers - in depth - the development of the digital in architecture. In four chapters, it recounts this intriguing history from its beginnings in the 1950s through to today and presents the computer as a drawing machine, as a design tool, as a medium for telling stories, and as an interactive communication platform. The basic underlying question is simple: Has the computer changed architecture? And if so, by how much?

Elastic Gridshell (softcover)

Elastic Gridshell (softcover)
Author: Lionel du Peloux
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-03-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781388709396

In this thesis, which marks an important step in a personal research adventure initiated in 2010, we try to embrace the issue of the design of elastic gridshells in all its complexity, addressing both theoretical, technical and constructive aspects.The whole content is in english except the general introduction and conclusion which is in french. However, each chapter is an individual unit with its own introduction and conclusion.

Shell Structures for Architecture

Shell Structures for Architecture
Author: Sigrid Adriaenssens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2014-03-21
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1317909380

*** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban *** Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces, in the form of mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies. • Part I introduces the topic of shells, tracing the ancient relationship between structural form and forces, the basics of shell behaviour, and the evolution of form-finding and structural optimization techniques. • Part II familiarizes the reader with form-finding techniques to explore expressive structural geometries, covering the force density method, thrust network analysis, dynamic relaxation and particle-spring systems. • Part III focuses on shell shape and topology optimization, and provides a deeper understanding of gradient-based methods and meta-heuristic techniques. • Part IV contains precedent studies of realised shells and gridshells describing their innovative design and construction methods.

Seven Structural Engineers

Seven Structural Engineers
Author: Félix Candela
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2008
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780870707032

Since 1997, the Structural Engineers Association of New York has hosted a lecture series in honour of the structural engineer Felix Candela. This book presents all eight lectures in written form for the first time. The lectures cover varying topics related to structural engineering, and have been given by some of the most prominent structural engineers working and teaching today. Each essay is fully illustrated.

Fabric Formwork

Fabric Formwork
Author: Alan Chandler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2007
Genre: Concrete sculpture
ISBN: 9781859462843

Fabric-cast concrete involves casting concrete in forms made with flexible formwork. This provides the potential to produce forms that are both structurally efficient and architecturally exciting in a relatively inexpensive and practical manner. By careful shaping of the fabric it is possible to produce complex shapes that would otherwise be difficult and expensive to produce using conventional formwork systems. This book contains six essays that describe the collaboration between the Universities of Edinburgh and East London, together with the Centre for Architectural and Structural Technology (CAST) at the University of Manitoba, in their detailed and practical research into concrete casting and formwork. Richly illustrated with photographs and diagrams and containing new and innovative research this book offers the architect, engineer and student inspiration and technical guidance in this re-emerging material.

Innovation in Architecture

Innovation in Architecture
Author: Alan J. Brookes
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134549326

In this highly original book, through a series of essays, key architects and engineers in Europe, Australia, and the USA describe the ideas and development behind the innovative technology in their chosen projects, with the emphasis being on the means of production and the links between design and the manufacturing process.

The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin

The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin
Author: Annalisa Marzano
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2018-04-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1316730611

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.

Processing of Slender Concrete Shells - Fabrication and Installation

Processing of Slender Concrete Shells - Fabrication and Installation
Author: Eisenbach, Philipp
Publisher: kassel university press GmbH
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017
Genre: Concrete construction
ISBN: 3737602581

Lightweight structures and material optimized systems are of major relevance in the building industry and particularly in the design of concrete structures. This is not only for aesthetic reasons, but also to use material in a resource conserving way. The increase of strength characteristics, as one measure to reduce cross section dimensions, postulates the prefabrication of cementitious materials under laboratory conditions. This thesis examines the contradiction of the possibility to realize slender concrete elements and the complexity of the discontinued homogeneity arising from necessary segmentations. Proposals of implementation strategies are demonstrated and verified on the basis of selected case studies.