Compression Support Structures for Slabs
This paper presents a novel and rigorous approach for the design of efficient spatial support structures for flat slabs. Based on the given dead load of the slab and the topology of the supporting structure, this method allows form-finding of support stru
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Lars Hesselgren • Shrikant Sharma • Johannes Wallner Niccolo Baldassini • Philippe Bompas • Jacques Raynaud Editors
Advances in Architectural Geometry 2012
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Editors Lars Hesselgren . PLP Architecture London, UK Shrikant Sharma' Buro Happold, London, UK Johannes Wallner' TU Graz, AUT Niccolo Baldassini . RFR, Paris, FR Philippe Bompas . RFR, Paris, FR Jacques Raynaud . RFR, Paris, FR
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Lars Hesselgren Shrikant Sharma Johannes Wallner
Niccolo Baldassini Philippe Bompas Jacques Raynaud Maurizio Brocato Philippe Morel
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Figure I: Left: Tectonics defined as the evaluation of relationships between material, technique, and form. Right: A proposed relational model that places the mould in the centre of a realisation process addressing complex shaped constructions.
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Method
The new relational model forms the methodological basis of the research, and helps to identify essential parameters of geometrical consequences when material or technique is changed. Hence, the purpose of the model is to determine possible relations between a concept (idea), the material (concrete), and the technique (a mould material subjected to a technology), as presented in the final construction. The arrows in the model illustrate crucial considerations when choosing which forms, materials, and technique to work with. Three case studies are presented in this paper, investigating how these relations might unveil new ways of casting concrete in complex shapes, while fitting into the mode of production suggested by the available technologies.
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Method development
The method was developed by considering the relations b
