Conceptual Structural Design

ISBN-13: 9780727765987 / Angielski

Olga Popovic Larsen

Opis

Conceptual Structural Design engineers addresses a topic that lies on the intersection of architecture and structural engineering. Within a building project, conceptual structural design and how successfully it has been dealt with, impacts both building performance as well as building appearance. Whilst engineers and architects are both educated in different fields, the most rewarding projects are where their shared expertise can be utilised in full. This book illustrates how these two professions can be bridged. In the first half, it details the theory and investigates sources of inspiration for developing structural form including what we can learn from natural forms, using intuition, finding inspiration from precedents, applying understanding of structural principles, utilising physical models for design, and using new design tools, construction methods, emerging technology and materials to develop new structural forms. The second part presents real life case studies showing projects in context and examples of best practice. Reflective of the changing times in which we live, this book shows. This fully updated third edition of Conceptual Structural Design is essential reading for architects and engineers, and for anyone interested in conceptual structural design.

Spis treści

1. Introduction – new text 2. Lessons from Nature: Design through Evolution - revised text (small changes) 3. Primitive Structures: Design through Intuition - revised text (small changes) 4. Master Builders and Beyond: Design from Precedent - revised text (small changes) 5. Scientific Principles and Materials: Design through New Possibilities - revised text (small changes) 6. Learning from Physical Models: Design through Experimentation - revised text (small changes) 7. The New Era: Design Tools, Methods and New Materials – updated and revised text The Link - revised text (small changes) Case Study 1. Building with Nothing at All: Glass Structures - unchanged Case Study 2. A Stacked Landscape: Dutch EXPO Pavilion 2000 – To be replaced by a new case study Case Study 3. Capsules of Plant Life from Planet Earth: The Eden Project - unchanged Case Study 4. The Magic Children’s World: Guastalla Nursery - unchanged Case Study 5. Architecture Through Innovation and Performance: Woodland Trust HQ – unchanged Case Study 6: To be confirmed Postscript - revised text (small changes)