Shell Structures for Architecture

Name: Shell Structures for Architecture
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9780415840590
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Form Finding and Optimization

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Shell Structures for Architecture explores modern design approaches for shell and gridshell structures, blending theory and practice. It offers an introduction to structural shells, covering their behaviour and the history of form-finding and optimisation techniques. The book then delves into computational methods such as force density, thrust network analysis, dynamic relaxation, and particle-spring systems. Advanced shape and topology optimisation methods are explained, supported by case studies of real-world projects showcasing innovative design and construction.
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This book is ideal for architecture and engineering practitioners and students interested in the computational and structural design of complex curved surfaces. It suits those seeking both theoretical foundations and practical insights into shell architecture.

Brings together for the first time the most relevant form finding and structural optimization techniques for shell and gridshell structures, and transfers knowledge in the form of mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies, providing highly pedagogical material for architects and engineers in practice.

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Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization features a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban, bringing together experts from research and practice. It presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. This book introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces through mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies.

Part I introduces the topic of shells, tracing the ancient relationship between structural form and forces. It covers the basics of shell behaviour and the evolution of form-finding and structural optimization techniques.

Part II familiarises the reader with form-finding techniques to explore expressive structural geometries, covering methods such as the force density method, thrust network analysis, dynamic relaxation, and particle-spring systems.

Part III focuses on shell shape and topology optimization, providing a deeper understanding of gradient-based methods and meta-heuristic techniques.

Part IV contains precedent studies of realised shells and gridshells, describing their innovative design and construction methods.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415840590

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 22 April 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 6 Tables, color; 184 Line drawings, color; 176 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

Edited by Sigrid Adriaenssens
Edited by Philippe Block
Edited by Diederik Veenendaal
Edited by Chris Williams

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 219.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 1470g

Pages: 340

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Sigrid Adriaenssens is a structural engineer and Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, USA, where she directs the Form Finding Lab. She holds a PhD in lightweight structures from the University of Bath, adapting the method of dynamic relaxation to strained gridshells. She worked as a project engineer for Jane Wernick Associates, London, and Ney + Partners, Brussels, on projects such as the Dutch National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. At Princeton, she co-curated the exhibition ‘German Shells: Efficiency in Form’ which examined a number of landmark German shell projects.
Philippe Block is a structural engineer and architect and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Technology in Architecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he directs the BLOCK Research Group, and is founding partner of structural engineering consultancy Ochsendorf, DeJong & Block LLC. He studied at the VUB, Belgium, and MIT, USA, where he obtained his PhD. He has received the Hangai Prize and Tsuboi Award from the International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures (IASS) as well as the Edoardo Benvenuto Prize. He developed thrust network analysis for the analysis of historic vaulted masonry and design of new funicular shells.
Diederik Veenendaal is a civil engineer and a research assistant at the BLOCK Research Group, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He received his Masters from TU Delft, Netherlands and started his career at Witteveen+Bos engineering consultants, working on groundfreezing analysis for the downtown stations of the Amsterdam North/South subway line and the structural design for the largest tensioned membrane roof in the Netherlands, the ice skating arena De Scheg. His current research involves the comparison of existing form-finding methods and development of new ones for flexibly formed shells and other structural systems.
Chris Williams is a structural engineer and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Bath, UK. He specializes in computational geometry and structural mechanics, in particular for lightweight structures and tall buildings, and his work has been applied by architects and engineers, including Foster + Partners, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Buro Happold. He worked at Ove Arup and Partners, where he was responsible for structural analysis of the Mannheim Multihalle. Since then, he has worked on such projects as the British Museum Great Court roof, Weald & Downland Museum gridshell, and the Savill Gardens gridshell.