Tragsysteme

Author : Heino Engel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UVA:X030200028

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Tragsysteme by Heino Engel Pdf

Back in print--the standard work on Heino Engel's structure systems. The hundreds of drawings and photographs reproduced in this hardback volume offer almost endless variations on the many structural systems that can keep buildings together: within a few pages of one another, tents, domes and cubes are shown supported by poles, cables, ribs, rafters and beams. Engel's presentation and explanation of this highly complex material differs fundamentally from others' work on the subject in that he focuses entirely upon the functions and design effects of these mechanisms, without regard for technical details: More than an engineering text, this is a catalogue of ideas and forms for architects and dreamers, a David Macaulay book for adults. Structure Systems skips over more commonly treated special designs and completed buildings for typical, representative and surprising shapes. As a reference work or daydream material, it is an indispensable repertoire of forms.

Author : Heino Engel
Publisher : Hatje Cantz
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015043816803

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Tragsysteme by Heino Engel Pdf

"This work excels through sharp definition and articulation of contents, yet its true significance is to be seen in the fact that here, for the first time, the whole world of structures in building is brought into one comprehensive order under one single criterion, thus providing access to the multiplicity of all different structure systems in full. In order to accomplish this, for communication purposes, all theoretical verbalizations and calculations are practically left out. Instead, as medium of transmission - another feature of this book - the pictorial language is chosen." "In a simplified manner the complex behaviour of structure systems is illustrated and the relationship between structure and architectural form is demonstrated. Thus, the designer - architect, engineer or student - acquires knowledge and perspective of formulating structural ideas."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Heino Engel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1981-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0442286643

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Structure Systems by Heino Engel Pdf

Author : Maarten Meijs,Ulrich Knaack
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783034610636

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Components and Connections by Maarten Meijs,Ulrich Knaack Pdf

Every building is composed of parts, or components, that may be organized in various ways. For example, there are different ways to configure walls so that they perform their primary functions – bearing, dividing, and sheltering – in an optimal manner. This book presents the most common load-bearing systems, such as plate, massive, and skeleton construction, and describes their impact on the structure as a whole. It explains how spaces can be vertically or horizontally connected and assembled into larger wholes. The individual elements, such as floor slabs, roofs, openings, and foundations, are described together with their functions and the various possibilities for connecting them. The book goes beyond the wealth of possible detail to demonstrate the basic principles of detailing. Numerous specially prepared drawings set forth the principles of components and then illustrate them with reference to realized projects.

Author : Heino Engel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015007570289

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Tragsysteme by Heino Engel Pdf

Author : Peter Noever
Publisher : Hatje Cantz
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114147056

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Architectural Resistance by Peter Noever Pdf

"Twenty architects explored possible developments for the lot neighboring the Schindler House, a revolutionary architectural landmark located in West Hollywood, California. Their visionary ideas are combined in this book to uniquely demonstrate contemporary avant-garde architecture in an unusual line-up. Responding to the challenge that 'It is the architect's duty to offer resistance', [this book] explores the field of tension surrounding architecture, urbanism, and preservation today. It poses the following questions: Is a landmark such as the Schindler House singular, or is it tied to a complex network of relations and urban situations? Is context important to a landmark's intrinsic meaning? How do we measure the social significance of unparalleled historic works of architecture? To what degree do landmarks rely on their surrounding conditions?"--Back cover.

Author : Heino Engel
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781462916849

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Measure and Construction of the Japanese House by Heino Engel Pdf

A remarkable classic work on traditional Japanese architecture and its general integrative quality, the order of space and form, the flexibility of partitions and room functions and other important or unique qualities. The author describes in detail, and with numerous architectural plans and drawings, the influence of the anatomy of the Japanese human body on traditional units of measurement and on house construction. This work is not simply a description of the features of the Japanese house, but "an invitation to probe the possibilities of utilizing this architectural achievement of the Japanese …in modern living and building," according to the author, who further believes that the unique features of the Japanese house are better suited to serve as a pattern for contemporary housing than any other form of residential structure.

Author : Christian Menn
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783034891318

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Prestressed Concrete Bridges by Christian Menn Pdf

This book was written to make the material presented in my book, Stahlbetonbrucken, accessible to a larger number of engineers throughout the world. A work in English, the logical choice for this task, had been contemplated as Stahlbetonbrucken was still in its earliest stages of preparation. The early success of Stahlbetonbrucken provided significant impetus for the writing of Prestressed Concrete Bridges, which began soon after the publication of its predecessor. The present work is more than a mere translation of Stahlbetonbrucken. Errors in Stahlbetonbrucken that were detected after publication have been corrected. New material on the relation between cracking in concrete and corrosion of reinforce ment, prestressing with unbonded tendons, skew-girder bridges, and cable-stayed bridges has been added. Most importantly, however, the presentation of the material has been extensively reworked to improve clarity and consistency. Prestressed Concrete Bridges can thus be regarded as a thoroughly new and improved edition of its predecessor.

Author : Joseph Choma
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781780677224

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Morphing by Joseph Choma Pdf

Cylinders, spheres and cubes are a small handful of shapes that can be defined by a single word. However, most shapes cannot be found in a dictionary. They belong to an alternative plastic world defined by trigonometry: a mathematical world where all shapes can be described under one systematic language and where any shape can transform into another. This visually striking guidebook clearly and systematically lays out the basic foundation for using these mathematical transformations as design tools. It is intended for architects, designers, and anyone with the curiosity to understand the link between shapes and the equations behind them.

Author : Francois Blanciak
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780262026307

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SITELESS by Francois Blanciak Pdf

An attempt to free architecture from site and program constraints and to counter the profusion of ever bigger architecture books with ever smaller content. Some may call it the first manifesto of the twenty-first century, for it lays down a new way to think about architecture. Others may think of it as the last architectural treatise, for it provides a discursive container for ideas that would otherwise be lost. Whatever genre it belongs to, SITELESS is a new kind of architecture book that seems to have come out of nowhere. Its author, a young French architect practicing in Tokyo, admits he “didn't do this out of reverence toward architecture, but rather out of a profound boredom with the discipline, as a sort of compulsive reaction.” What would happen if architects liberated their minds from the constraints of site, program, and budget? he asks. The result is a book that is saturated with forms, and as free of words as any architecture book the MIT Press has ever published. The 1001 building forms in SITELESS include structural parasites, chain link towers, ball bearing floors, corrugated corners, exponential balconies, radial facades, crawling frames, forensic housing—and other architectural ideas that may require construction techniques not yet developed and a relation to gravity not yet achieved. SITELESS presents an open-ended compendium of visual ideas for the architectural imagination to draw from. The forms, drawn freehand (to avoid software-specific shapes) but from a constant viewing angle, are presented twelve to a page, with no scale, order, or end to the series. After setting down 1001 forms in siteless conditions and embryonic stages, Blanciak takes one of the forms and performs a “scale test,” showing what happens when one of these fantastic ideas is subjected to the actual constraints of a site in central Tokyo. The book ends by illustrating the potential of these shapes to morph into actual building proportions.

Author : Milana Gitzin-Adiram,Erez Ella,Dan Handel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCBK:C097696416

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Aircraftcarrier by Milana Gitzin-Adiram,Erez Ella,Dan Handel Pdf

The year 1973 marked a watershed in the workings of global capitalism, in America's strategic interest in the Middle East, and in Israel's social, economic, and political structures. Together, these elements, shaped by territorial struggles and energy crises, radically transformed Israeli architecture.This publication looks at the structural environment that evolved at the time with the aid of contemporary visual commentary, historical materials, and essays on architecture in both the United States and Israel. The buildings being presented not only tell a tale of the unprecedented implementation of liberal and capitalist principles in a country that was hitherto known as a socialist welfare state, but of a cultural reorientation and an architectural agenda that are being examined today in light of another major crisis. Exhibition schedule: 13th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, August 29-November 25, 2012

Author : Edward Allen,Waclaw Zalewski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 2027 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118174258

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Form and Forces by Edward Allen,Waclaw Zalewski Pdf

Here, in one volume, is all the architect needs to know to participate in the entire process of designing structures. Emphasizing bestselling author Edward Allen's graphical approach, the book enables you to quickly determine the desired form of a building or other structure and easily design it without the need for complex mathematics. This unique text teaches the whole process of structural design for architects, including selection of suitable materials, finding a suitable configuration, finding forces and size members, designing appropriate connections, and proposing a feasible method of erection. Chapters are centered on the design of a whole structure, from conception through construction planning.

Author : Bill Addis,Karl-Eugen Kurrer,Werner Lorenz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783433032572

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Physical Models by Bill Addis,Karl-Eugen Kurrer,Werner Lorenz Pdf

Physical models have been, and continue to be used by engineers when faced with unprecedented challenges, when engineering science has been non-existent or inadequate, and in any other situation when the engineer has needed to raise their confidence in a design proposal to a sufficient level to begin construction. For this reason, models have mostly been used by designers and constructors of highly innovative projects, when previous experience has not been available. The book covers the history of using of physical models in the design and development of civil and building engineering projects including bridges in the mid-18th century, William Fairbairn?s Britannia bridge in the 1840s, the masonry Aswan Dam in the 1890s, concrete dams in the 1920s, thin concrete shell roofs and the dynamic behaviour of tall buildings in earthquakes from the 1930s, tidal flow in estuaries and the acoustics of concert halls from the 1950s, and cable-net and membrane structures in the 1960s. Traditionally, progress in engineering has been attributed to the creation and use of engineering science, the understanding materials properties and the development of new construction methods. The book argues that the use of reduced scale models have played an equally important part in the development of civil and building engineering. However, like the history of engineering design itself, this crucial contribution has not been widely reported or celebrated. The book concludes with reviews of the current use of physical models alongside computer models, for example, in boundary layer wind tunnels, room acoustics, seismic engineering, hydrology, and air flow in buildings.

Author : Francis D. K. Ching,Barry S. Onouye,Douglas Zuberbuhler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781118848302

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Building Structures Illustrated by Francis D. K. Ching,Barry S. Onouye,Douglas Zuberbuhler Pdf

A new edition of Francis D.K. Ching's illustrated guide to structural design Structures are an essential element of the building process, yet one of the most difficult concepts for architects to grasp. While structural engineers do the detailed consulting work for a project, architects should have enough knowledge of structural theory and analysis to design a building. Building Structures Illustrated takes a new approach to structural design, showing how structural systems of a building—such as an integrated assembly of elements with pattern, proportions, and scale—are related to the fundamental aspects of architectural design. The book features a one-stop guide to structural design in practice, a thorough treatment of structural design as part of the entire building process, and an overview of the historical development of architectural materails and structure. Illustrated throughout with Ching's signature line drawings, this new Second Edition is an ideal guide to structures for designers, builders, and students. Updated to include new information on building code compliance, additional learning resources, and a new glossary of terms Offers thorough coverage of formal and spatial composition, program fit, coordination with other building systems, code compliance, and much more Beautifully illustrated by the renowned Francis D.K. Ching Building Structures Illustrated, Second Edition is the ideal resource for students and professionals who want to make informed decisions on architectural design.

Author : Martijn Veltkamp
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781586037819

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Free Form Structural Design by Martijn Veltkamp Pdf

Annotation. "Ever since architects dreamt of freely formed buildings, engineers have experienced difficulties in making these buildings structurally viable. The complexity lies in the relatively low-tech approach of the building industry seeking to exploit proven technologies prior to introducing new ones, pared with an everlasting wish to minimize cost, in an environment where simple planar frames have long been dominant. This book presents principles and solutions."--Jacket