Umfang:
1 online resource (412 pages)
Ausgabe:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781135666804
Inhalt:
This is a book about structures that shows students how to "see" structures as integral to architecture, and how knowledge of structures is the basis for understanding both the mechanical and conceptual aspects inherent to the art of building. Analyzing the structural principles behind many of the best known works of architecture from past and present alike, this book places the subject within a contemporary context. The subject matter is approached in a qualitative and discursive manner, and is illustrated by many photographs of architectural projects and structural behaviour diagrams. This new edition is revised and updated throughout, includes worked-out examples, and is perfect as either an introductory structures course text or as a designer's sourcebook for inspiration
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Cover -- The Structural Basis of Architecture -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Structuring Space -- 1.1 Structure as Spatial Generator and Mechanical Object -- 1.2 Spatial Aspects -- 1.3 Mechanical Aspects -- 2 Statics -- 2.1 Polonceau - Past and Present -- 2.2 Basic Structural Actions -- 2.3 Isaac Newton and the Mechanical Basis of Structures -- 2.4 Weight vs. Lightness -- 2.5 Forces and Moments: Concepts to Explain Movement and Deformation -- 2.6 Equilibrium: A Fundamental Structural Requisite -- 2.7 Intermezzo Italiano -- 2.8 Support Reactions: Connecting Elements -- 2.9 Nordic Expression of Forces -- 3 Loads -- 3.1 CaixaForum -- 3.2 Loads on Buildings - Dead or (a)Live? -- 3.3 Lessons from History and Nature -- 3.4 Dead Loads: The Weights of Immovable Things -- 3.5 Occupancy Live Loads: Animate Objects, but Inanimate Too -- 3.6 Loading Diagrams: Abstractions of Reality -- 3.7 The Natural Elements: Earth, Wind, and More -- 4 Materials -- 4.1 Casa da Música -- 4.2 The Mechanical and Physical Properties of Materials -- 4.3 Concrete, Earth, and Bricks -- 4.4 Steel, Iron, and Aluminum -- 4.5 Wood and Cardboard -- 4.6 Glass -- 4.7 Fibers and Fabrics -- 4.8 Plastics and Composites -- 4.9 Exploring Material Properties: The Case of Chairs -- 5 The Hanger and the Tie -- 5.1 Jazz on Central Park -- 5.2 Floating Space -- 5.3 The Vertical Hanger -- 5.4 Inclining the Hanger: The Stayed System -- 5.5 Ties and Guys -- 5.6 Tension Connections -- 6 The Beam and the Slab -- 6.1 Straight versus Skewed Geometry -- 6.2 Beam Origins -- 6.3 Equilibrium from Internal Actions -- 6.4 Visualizing Actions: Shear and Moment Diagrams -- 6.5 Form Follows Diagram - Or Not... -- 6.6 Deformations and Internal Stresses -- 6.7 The Trouble with Beams, and Shape or Material Responses -- 6.8 The Virtues of Continuity
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12.6 The Hypar Shell -- 12.7 Beyond Surface and Geometric Purity -- Appendix -- Sources for Project Details -- Illustration Credits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index (by project name) -- Index (by subject)
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6.9 Two-Way Action and Beam Grids -- 6.10 The Slab: Beams Stretched Thin -- 7 The Column and the Wall -- 7.1 Maison Carrée and Carré d'Art -- 7.2 On the Threshold of the Acropolis -- 7.3 Compression Elements: How They Work -- 7.4 The Capital -- 7.5 Leonard Euler and the Slender Column -- 7.6 Mikado: A Multitude of Columns -- 7.7 The Shape of Compressive Elements -- 7.8 The Wall -- 8 The Truss and the Space Frame -- 8.1 Wachsmann and Himmelb(l)au -- 8.2 Spanning Trusses' History -- 8.3 Triangulation and Internal Stability -- 8.4 Roof Systems from East and West -- 8.5 Truss Forces, or How It Works -- 8.6 Truss Forms, or How It Looks -- 8.7 Joint Adventure -- 8.8 3-D Action: Space Frames -- 8.9 Tensegrity: When a Column Flies -- 9 The Frame and Lateral Stability -- 9.1 Framing Light and Space -- 9.2 French Frames -- 9.3 Stabilizing Subsystems -- 9.4 Overall Stability: Taking a Bird's Eye View -- 9.5 Frame Form and Behavior -- 9.6 Finnish Form -- 9.7 Degrees of Attachment: Fixed and Hinged Connections -- 9.8 Framing Vierendeel -- 10 The Cable and the Membrane -- 10.1 Wood in Suspension -- 10.2 Hanging by a Rope -- 10.3 Portuguese Tension -- 10.4 Cable Shapes and Cable Forces -- 10.5 Stabilizing and Supporting Suspension Cables -- 10.6 Cable Nets and Fabric Membranes -- 10.7 Frei Otto -- 10.8 Pneumatic Membranes -- 11 The Arch and the Vault -- 11.1 The Stone Arch Revisited -- 11.2 Arch Form as Historical Indicator -- 11.3 Understanding Arch Behavior -- 11.4 To Hinge or Not To Hinge? -- 11.5 Compression Forces and Bending Moments in Arches -- 11.6 The Foundations of the Arch -- 11.7 The Vault and Light -- 12 The Dome and the Shell -- 12.1 Domes in the Landscape -- 12.2 Traditional Dome: Arch Action Revisited -- 12.3 Shell Dome: Revolution in Structural Behavior -- 12.4 Due Duomi a Roma -- 12.5 Folded Plates and Cylindrical Shells: Beam Action Revisited
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Print version Sandaker, Bjø N. The Structural Basis of Architecture Florence : Taylor & Francis Group,c2011 ISBN 9780415415453
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Englisch
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