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Beyond bending : reimagining compression shells

By: Publication details: Munich Detail Business Information 2017Description: 190,ipISBN:
  • 9783955533908
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DDC classification:
  • 624.17762 BLO
Contents:
Contents Foreword : 6 La Biennale di Venezia -- Reporting from the front: the war on bending / Alejandro Aravena -- 11 In the footsteps of Vitruvius / John Ochsendorf -- 12 Beyond bending 15 Beyond the slab I : 17 Building with weak material -- 20 Beyond the slab II : 33 Building with less material -- 42 Beyond the dome : 55 Exploring form and forces -- 64 Beyond freeform : 79 Extending stereotomy -- 90 The making of the Armadillo Vault : 101 Form and structure : 103 Engineering the extreme: 116 a conversation with Ochsendorf DeJong & Block -- Stereotomy and fabrication : 127 informing geometry: a conversation with the Block Research Group -- 138 Construction and assembly : 147 Balancing craft and machine: a conversation with Escobedo Group -- 170 Afterword : 178 A new research-driven architectural practice / Gilles Retsin. Authors 184 Contributors 186 Exhibition and object credits 187 Image Credits 188 Bibliography 190
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Contents
Foreword : 6
La Biennale di Venezia --
Reporting from the front: the war on
bending / Alejandro Aravena -- 11
In the footsteps of Vitruvius /
John Ochsendorf -- 12
Beyond bending 15
Beyond the slab I : 17
Building with weak material -- 20
Beyond the slab II : 33
Building with less material -- 42
Beyond the dome : 55
Exploring form and forces -- 64
Beyond freeform : 79
Extending stereotomy -- 90
The making of the Armadillo Vault : 101
Form and structure : 103
Engineering the extreme: 116
a conversation with Ochsendorf DeJong & Block --
Stereotomy and fabrication : 127
informing geometry: a conversation with the Block Research Group -- 138
Construction and assembly : 147
Balancing craft and machine: a conversation with Escobedo Group -- 170
Afterword : 178
A new research-driven architectural
practice / Gilles Retsin.
Authors 184
Contributors 186
Exhibition and object credits 187
Image Credits 188
Bibliography 190

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