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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782357003321

Autore

Veltkamp Martijn

Titolo

Free form structural design [[electronic resource] ] : schemes, systems & prototypes of structures for irregular shaped buildings / / Martijn Veltkamp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : IOS Press, c2007

ISBN

6611733477

1-281-73347-4

9786611733476

1-60750-271-2

600-00-0429-X

1-4337-1145-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Research in architectural engineering series, , 1873-6033 ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

624.1/771

Soggetti

Architectural design

Building layout

Structural design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Contents; Introduction; Theoretical framework: design variables and their use in structural design research; Precedents of free form structures in the BLIP-framework; The design of alternative structural schemes and systems; Case study implementations of schemes onto systems and structural designs; Prototyping and further development of Delta Ribs; Conclusions and recommendations; References; Summary - Free Form Structural Design; Samenvatting - Het constructief ontwerpen van vrije vormen; Acknowledgements; About the author

Sommario/riassunto

Irregularly shaped building designs with surfaces curving in two directions ('double curved'), and also known as Free Form, Blob or liquid architecture, have gained renewed interest in the last decade due to the then emerging availability and user-friendliness of computerized design tools in the 1990's. These tools were introduced in the domain of architectural design through a technology transfer from film-, car-



and aero plane-industry. Whereas architects explored the tools' formal consequences and proposed building designs with them, the disciplines involved in the technical realization of