Complex Steel Structures: Non-Orthogonal Geometries in Building with Steel - Softcover

Meyer Boake, Terri

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3038216313 ISBN 13: 9783038216315

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 2020

Synopsis

Complexity in architecture, construction and material manipulation is constantly increasing due to our present ability to design, calculate and fabricate an extending range of geometric shapes and systems. This volume addresses the design of complexity in the planning, fabrication and construction of steel structures based on non-orthogonal geometries: curved and chaotic geometries, poly-diagrid systems, lattice-grid structures and others. Topical photographs by the author on a wide range of international projects present innovative methods and techniques, providing an excellent understanding of the possibilities and requirements of complex steel structures.

About this title

About the Author

Professor Terri Meyer Boake, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
By Walter Koppelaar

PREFACE

PART ONE: THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX GEOMETRY

1. The Rise ofComplexity
·The Modern Condition: Starting Point
·A Change of Style
·The Introduction of Complexity into ArchitecturalDiscourse
·Emergence of Process-Based Thinking
·Deconstructivism
·To Expose or not to Expose?
·Parametric Design

2. The Digital Revolution
·The Link between Computing and Complexity
·High Tech Architecture Sets the Stage
·A Timeline of Software Advances
·Smooth Curves
·Building Information Modeling
·Parametric Modeling
·Matching the Software with the Expectations of theProject

3. Managing Complexity
·Defining Complexity
·Complex Typologies
·The Cost of Complexity



PART TWO: DESIGNING FOR COMPLEXITY - PRACTICALCONSIDERATIONS

4. Fabricating the Steel
·Communication and the Team
·Managing Element Design Sizes
·AESS and Its Impact on Finish Selection, CorrosionProtection and Maintenance
·Connection Design
·The Future of Fabrication

5. Corrosion Protection & Finishes
·AESS and itsImpact on Finish Selection, Corrosion Protection and Maintenance
·ProtectionMethods
·Cleaning andMaintenance

6. Erection Logistics
·Fighting Gravity
·Staging Area
·Shoring and Temporary Support Systems
·Lifting the Steel
·Welding and Connection Processes on Site
·Safety Issues

PART THREE: IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

7. Economically DrivenStrategies
·The Distance Factor
·Semi-exposure and the Use ofScreen Elements
·Making the Steel Recede
·Faking the Curve

8. Curved Geometries:
·FabricatingCurved Steel
·Degreesand Variations in Curvature
·ComplexCurvature

9. Angular Geometries:
·Deconstructivist Beginnings
·Concealed Systems
·Modified Geodesic Systems
·Architecturally ExposedAngular Geometries

10. Nodes

• The Emergence of the Node: Spaceframes
• The Evolution of the Node: Diagrids
• Node Functionality
• From Diagrid Nodes to more Widespread Applications
• Cast Nodes
• Expendable Casting Fabrication

11. Lattice/GridshellStructures
·Basic DesignParameters
·Member Types
·Nodal Connections
·Geometry Choices
·Larger Lattices

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3038216313
• ISBN 13: 9783038216315
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192