Structure As Space: Engineering And Architecture In The Works Of Jurg Conzett and His Partners - Hardcover

9781902902012: Structure As Space: Engineering And Architecture In The Works Of Jurg Conzett and His Partners

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1902902017 ISBN 13: 9781902902012

Publisher: Architectural Association, 2006

Structure as Space is a monograph on the work of the innovative Swiss engineer Jurg Conzett, who has been instrumental in redefining the relationship between structural engineering and architecture.
This volume illustrates Conzett's own exquisite designs, such as his granite stress-ribbon Suransuns Bridge, as well as his collaborations with Switzerland's leading architects, among them Peter Zumthor and Meili & Peter. These works are presented in "manual" form, providing the reader with a guide to the secrets underlying the development of each structure. Each project is documented with drawings and structural diagrams as well as photographs.
Texts by J rg Conzett, Mohsen Mostafavi, and Bruno Reichlin explore the relation of engineering to architecture and the impact of engineering infrastructures on the natural environment.

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