Structure as Architecture - School of Architecture

15 Shemitz, S. R. (1987). Lighting the way.Architectural Record, 175 (13), pp. 148–155. 16 Bussel, A. (2001). Great expectations ...

Introduction This chapter explores how exposed structure enriches architecture when structural forms and details contribute mean ...

played simultaneously when a structure is read, the following sections discuss each role separately. Representation Examples of ...

possess trunks and forked branches. Even twigs exist, located immedi- ately underneath the canopy. Only the leaves are missing! ...

Oriente Station, Lisbon, are elegantly curved. Their arboreal represen- tation is equally explicit. The Station platform canopy ...

Variously shaped tree-like columns are found in the Sagrada Familia cathedral, Barcelona. Splaying canopy columns on the Passion ...

In the final three examples where the structural representation of the tree is less explicit, large numbers of columns evoke the ...

skeletons finds expression in the arched spine-like truss of steel verte- brae that spans the length of the main terminal buildi ...

perimeter of the Palazetto dello Sport, Rome, inclined exterior struts that resist compression loads from its ribbed-shell roof ...

ark which is important in Armenian culture, as well as to symbolize aspects of Armenian immigration to countries like the USA. I ...

architect has created a work of narrative architecture that incorporates two seemingly disparate elements – a space-craft and mu ...

a reading derived from the natural world – that of the wings of a bird sheltering her offspring. The Church of the Autostrada, F ...

I refer to the amazing array of irregular struts that support the roof and also differentiate the sanctuary from the nave, frame ...

Exposed interior roof structure seems particularly amenable to sym- bolic interpretation. Lance LaVine writes of house ridge bea ...

202 STRUCTURE AS ARCHITECTURE In the Jewish Museum, Berlin, structural members play important sym- bolic roles. They reinforce t ...

enter the tower at ground level and pass through it towards the museum proper. While rain and wind pass through the generous gap ...

that of previous examples, it solicits different interpretations and cre- ates a refreshing degree of mystery in the same manner ...

are twisting, turning and climbing in an effort to break free from it and its constraining rigidity? Then again, perhaps the cur ...

References and notes 1 Fehn, S. (1983).The Thought of Construction. Per Olaf Fjeld and Rizzoli International Publications, p. 46 ...

Introduction The fact that most of the previous chapters in this book focus on spe- cific areas or aspects of architecture sugge ...