Structure as Architecture - School of Architecture

the ribs provides them with additional horizontal stiffness through its in-

plan ring-beam action. A circumferential moment-resisting frame similar

to that of the Licorne Stadium lies within the dome surface to resist lat-

eral loads.

Arches

Arches also offer a potential synthesis of architectural and struc-

tural form. At Ludwig Erhard House, Berlin (Fig. 3.16) repeated arches

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▲ 3.13 Licorne Soccer Stadium, Amiens, France, Chaix & Morel
et Associés, 1999. Curved ribbed walls enclose the pitch and
spectators.

▲ 3.14 Wall ribs, props and longitudinal girts.

▲ 3.15 The Reichstag Cupola, Berlin, Germany, Foster and Partners, 1999. Radial ribs
and circumferential tubes. ▲ Germany, Nicholas Grimshaw &3.16 Ludwig Erhard House, Berlin,
Partners, 1998. Arched end of building
as seen from the rear.