Abstract
Abstract The paper is focusing on constructing nonlinear shaping of structural envelope in architecture of the digital avant-garde. Digital technologies create new opportunities by allowing construction of complex forms which until recently were difficult to design and build. The first part of the paper presents a concrete structure combined with a system of spatial structure used in constructing complex geometries envelope of The Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre in Baku (2013). The second part presents how to build c u r v i l i n e a r s u r f a c e s w i t h s h o t c r e t e t e c h n o l o g y – The EMP in Seattle (2000), The City of Culture in Santiago de Compostela (2010) and The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw (2014) will be presented. This study highlights issues of constructing curvilinear building envelops and shows new relationships between geometry and material which are different than before.
Highlights
The unconstrained creation of free forms in present day architecture has become a new aesthetical paradigm: architectonic requirements have stimulated the search for new types of structures
The space frame system allows the construction of a free form structure and saves time during the construction process, while the substructure has been developed to incorporate a flexible connection between rigid grid of the spatial structure and sheathing seams freely
These seams were obtained from a process of rationalization of the complex geometry, use, and aesthetics of the project
Summary
The unconstrained creation of free forms in present day architecture has become a new aesthetical paradigm: architectonic requirements have stimulated the search for new types of structures. To execute digital free surfaces, technical mastery of the material is needed, as new geometric solutions often pave the way for exploration of new materials and vice versa [1]. Virtual free surface imposes such technical solutions and materials which question the traditional thinking about a building. This is related to the principle of combining the load bearing structure and the “skin” into one tectonic self-supporting element. Different types of materials can be used as components of structural envelope. Popular are: shotcrete shells, fibre glass reinforced concrete and fibre glass reinforced plastic
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