On span and space: exploring structures in architecture
Sandaker, Bjorn Normann
On span and space: exploring structures in architecture - London Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008 - xi,209p.
CONTENTS
Illustration credits
Preface and acknowledgements ix xi
Part 1
PHilOSOPHY
Fundamental aspects of structures 1
Defining structures
Aspects of structural form 4
Culture and construction 12
Explanation vs. interpretation of structural form 13
Part2
PRAGMATICS
Structural form and some mechanical problems 19
Three basic concepts 19
Structural materials and form 20
Mechanical efficiency and the economy of means 57
Structural scale 77
Part3
AESTHETICS
An aesthetics of structures 97
An aesthetic qualification: the freedom to choose 97
Aesthetics and structures 99
The aesthetic experience 109
Aesthetics of the mechanical function 125
Aesthetics of the spatial function 140
Notes 181
Bibliographical references 197
Index 203
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On span and space: exploring structures in architecture - London Taylor & Francis Ltd 2008 - xi,209p.
CONTENTS
Illustration credits
Preface and acknowledgements ix xi
Part 1
PHilOSOPHY
Fundamental aspects of structures 1
Defining structures
Aspects of structural form 4
Culture and construction 12
Explanation vs. interpretation of structural form 13
Part2
PRAGMATICS
Structural form and some mechanical problems 19
Three basic concepts 19
Structural materials and form 20
Mechanical efficiency and the economy of means 57
Structural scale 77
Part3
AESTHETICS
An aesthetics of structures 97
An aesthetic qualification: the freedom to choose 97
Aesthetics and structures 99
The aesthetic experience 109
Aesthetics of the mechanical function 125
Aesthetics of the spatial function 140
Notes 181
Bibliographical references 197
Index 203
9780415357920
721 / SAN