- 258 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Throughout history, people have constructed simple timber lattice shelters such as the tepee or yurt, covered with animal skins, leaves, grasses and woven fabrics. Over the last fifty years, more sophisticated 'webs of wood' have emerged, with timber gridshells in particular becoming a structurally expressive form of architecture. Recent developments in digital design, 3-D modelling software, timber fabrication technologies as well as trends towards low-carbon construction have further reinforced architects' interest in the use of lightweight timber grids and lattice structures.
This timely book charts the origin and evolution of the timber gridshell and its relation to timber lattice architecture. Drawing on a range of international case studies, the authors trace the effect advances in technology have had on design and construction in this field, providing a clear understanding of the structure, morphology, design process, and construction technology, and examining both the application and constraints of timber gridshells in architectural design.
Timber Gridshells is a highly illustrated, up-to-date resource which provides detailed answers and inspires new ideas. As such, it is essential reading for students of architecture as well as professional architects.
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INDEX
- Aalto University 152
- ABAQUS software 166
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden 48–9
- Acord-BAT 232
- acoustics 40, 186
- adhesives 55, 65, 111, 214
- aesthetics 41, 60, 66, 69, 127, 186, 250
- Ahuriri Valley Lodge 139–41
- air conditioning 41
- algorithms 175, 198, 223
- Alishan Bridge, Taiwan 152–6
- The Almond, Catalunya 171
- AlphaCam software 239
- alternative materials/systems 99–145
- aluminium 32, 66, 69, 223
- Architecture Workshop 112
- Der Architekt 40
- Arup & Partners 25, 30, 32, 34, 36; and deployable gridshells 53; and digital fabrication 186, 192, 210, 214; and early gridshells 41; and ribbed gridshells 94; and small-scale projects 156
- Association of Consulting Engineers New Zealand 121
- Atelier One 106
- Atelier Warmbronn 25–6, 30
- Autoban 139
- ayous 139
- Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) 139
- Bacher, M. 40
- Bad Orb gridshell see Toskana Thermal Springs, Bad Orb
- Bad Sulza gridshell see Toskana Thermal Springs, Bad Sulza
- Balich, M. 229
- bamboo 96, 100, 103, 106, 147, 156
- Ban, S. 45, 47–8, 186, 198, 239
- Barcelona Tech 166
- basketry weaving 2–3, 103, 121, 198, 210
- Bath University 52, 66
- battens 6–7, 59, 127, 141, 149, 152, 171
- Beatfuse!, New York 112
- Béguet, L. 127
- Berlin University of Arts 10
- birch 6...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- One Introduction: shells with holes
- Two Early gridshells
- Three Second-generation deployable gridshells (post-Mannheim)
- Four Ribbed gridshells
- Five Alternative materials and systems
- Six Recent small-scale projects and research experimentations
- Seven Made to measure: digital fabrication
- Eight Current practice
- Postscript
- Index