John V. (Jack) Christiansen, a pioneer in designing thin shell concrete structures, died Aug. 16 on Bainbridge Island. He was 89. Christiansen worked as a structural engineer in Seattle and was ...
A strange architectural concept that is slowly being rolled out in various places around the world, Binishells are structures of varying size that can be created quickly by using air pressure to lift ...
custom assembly of concrete, steel cable net, polymer textile formwork, heating and cooling coils, insulation, and thin-film photovoltaic cells The rooftop structure rises about 24 feet high, ...
The Princeton University course on German thin-shell structures in fall 2012 that resulted in the exhibition "Evolution of German Shells: Efficiency in Form" was co-taught by Sigrid Adriaenssens and ...
ETH Zurich, working in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects Computation and Design Group (ZHCODE) and Architecture Extrapolated (R-Ex) have unveiled a 3D-knitted shell serving as the primary ...
In an article recently published in the journal Additive Manufacturing, researchers discussed the utility of automated robotic concrete spraying in the digital manufacturing of ribbed concrete shells.
The formwork is made of a knitted textile: KnitCandela. (Video: ETH Zurich / Block Research Group) The heart of the four metre tall curved concrete shell is knitted. The structure’s formwork is a ...
KnitCandela: Der Prototyp der geschwungene Betonschale im Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo in Mexiko-Stadt (Foto: Juan Pablo Allegre) KnitCandela is a curved concrete shell consisting of an ...
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