By Rivka Oxman, Robert Oxman
At the present time the convergence of layout, engineering and architectural applied sciences are breeding a brand new fabric perform in experimental structure. during this pioneering book, this crucial shift is absolutely outlined as a hugely dynamic synthesis of rising ideas of spatial, structural and fabric ordering built-in throughout the program of materialization and fabrication applied sciences. supplying the principles for a brand new idea of structuring in structure, the hot Structuralism has extensive implications for how we either conceive and adopt architectural layout, as its impression starts off to emanate not just throughout schooling the world over, but additionally via architectural learn and practice.Features most appropriate study and design-oriented engineering practices:Bollinger + GrohmannBuro HappoldHanif Kara (AKT)Werner SobekFocuses on layout and fabrication applied sciences within the contemporary paintings of:Martin BechtholdBarkow LeibingerEMBT (Enric Miralles, Benedetta Tagliabue)Gramazio & KohlerFabian Scheurer (designtoproduction)Yves Weinand and Markus HudertContributors include:John ChiltonDominik Holzer and Steven DowningNeri OxmanHelmut PottmannNina Rappaport
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After manipulating the form, the surfaces were cut by vertical and horizontal planes which resulted in curves that defined the axis of the corresponding structural tubes. This way, the double-curvature shape was formalised by the combination of two families – horizontal and vertical – of single-curvature tubes, reducing the complexity of the steel workshop manufacture. A further simplification for the production and manufacturing was the adaptation of the resulting variable curvature of the tubes to a reduced number of different curvatures which best fitted the geometry and were not discernible by the naked eye, as a departure from the ideal variable curvature.
Moreover, it produces no emissions and is self-sufficient in terms of its energy requirements. It is thus the first example of the Triple Zero principle developed by Werner Sobek. below: R128 is the first building in which diametrical views and outlooks through the building are possible across four storeys. The development that has taken place in the Werner Sobek office over the last years mirrors the changes that have taken place in the practice’s understanding of planning and design. Where services were initially offered as highly specialised designers and structural design engineers in the field of ultralightweight facades, this soon extended to the ‘in toto’ design of building structures, and within just a few years to include facade planning.
They understand the basic technical role played by engineers, but can also push engineers to think of questions they have not thought of themselves. In this way, good architects know how to get the best out of engineers. For example, the design for Foreign Office Architects’ Ravensbourne College in London (2010) is grounded as an extension of their research on facade patterns and ornament, but still required an unspoken empathy in order to subvert, yet still control, the structural and constructional aspects.