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Article
Form, Force, Performance: Multi-Parametric Structural Design
Article first published online: 6 MAR 2008
DOI: 10.1002/ad.637
Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Issue
Architectural Design
Special Issue: Versatility and Vicissitude
Volume 78, Issue 2, pages 20–25, March/April 2008
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How to Cite
Bollinger, K., Grohmann, M. and Tessman, O. (2008), Form, Force, Performance: Multi-Parametric Structural Design. Archit Design, 78: 20–25. doi: 10.1002/ad.637
Publication History
- Issue published online: 6 MAR 2008
- Article first published online: 6 MAR 2008
- Abstract
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Keywords:
- vector-active lattice systems;
- Karl Culmann;
- Graphic Statics;
- Jean Victor Poncelet's scientific work;
- David P Billington, The Tower and the Bridge: The New Art of Structural Engineering, 1985;
- morphological zones;
- Coop Himmelb(l)au, BMW Welt, Munich, Germany, 2008;
- SANAA, School of Management and Design, Essen;
- Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa;
- thermal activation systems;
- The Lakehouse, Patagonia project;
- ArchiGlobe;
- Lindenmayer systems;
- Underground Station Roof, Piazza Garibaldi, Naples;
- Dominique Perrault;
- Fabian Scheurer;
- RStab software;
- Learning Centre, EPFL, Lausanne;
- Felix Candela's shells;
- Ove Arup
Abstract
In the 20th century, the classification of structures according to defined building typologies was central to engineering design. Here Professor Klaus Bollinger, Professor Manfred Grohmann and Oliver Tessmann of design engineers Bollinger + Grohmann challenge this preconception. By considering each structure as an individual case in point with inherently complex behaviour, they move away from the notion of a building being a variant of an established type. They further discuss this mode of working, in relation to their own recent projects, in terms of relevant methods and generative techniques, as well as the respective consequences that it has had on the relationship between force, form and structural performance. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.