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Structural Design I
http://www.block.arch.ethz.ch/eq/
Philippe Block ∙ Joseph Schwartz
Structural design I+II
1. Introduction
2. Equilibrium and graphic static
3.+4. Cables
13. Cable-net and membrane structures
5.+7. Arches
14.+15. Vaults, domes and shells
16. Spatial arch-cable-structures
6.+8. Arch-cable-structures
12. Materials and dimensioning
9. Trusses
17. Spacial trusses
10.+11. Beams and frames
16. Shear walls and plates
20. Columns
19. Bending
Structural design I
Structural design II
Course overview
Structural design I+II
1. Introduction
2. Equilibrium and graphic static
3.+4. Cables
13. Cable-net and membrane structures
5.+7. Arches
14.+15. Vaults, domes and shells
16. Spatial arch-cable-structures
6.+8. Arch-cable-structures
12. Materials and dimensioning
9. Trusses
17. Spacial trusses
10.+11. Beams and frames
16. Shear walls and plates
20. Columns
19. Bending
Structural design I
Structural design II
Course overview
4Introduction
Christian Menn: Sunnibergbrücke, Klosters, 1998
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Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Léon Boyer: Garabit Viaduct, Ruynes, 1884
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Anton van Rieppel: Müngstener Brücke, Solingen, 1897
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Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Léon Boyer: Garabit Viaduct, Ruynes, 1884
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Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Léon Boyer: Garabit Viaduct, Ruynes, 1884
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Gustave Eiffel: Rouzat Viaduct, Ruynes, 1871
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Gustave Eiffel, Maurice Koechlin, Léon Boyer: Garabit Viaduct, Ruynes, 1884
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Gustave Eiffel: Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889
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Gustave Eiffel: Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889
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Gustave Eiffel: Eiffel Tower, Paris, 1889 Robert Delaunay
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John August Roebling: Niagra Falls Suspension Bridge, Niagra Falls, 1855
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John August Roebling (1806-1867)
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John August Roebling: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883
18Introduction
John August Roebling: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883
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John August Roebling: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883
20Introduction
John August Roebling: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883 Georgia O‘Keefe, 1949
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John August Roebling: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883 Joseph Stella, 1936
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John August Roebling: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1883 Joseph Stella, 1921
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Othmar Ammann: George Washington Bridge, New York, 1931
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Othmar Ammann: George Washington Bridge, New York, 1931
25Introduction
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Homer Gage Balcom: Empire State Building, New York, 1931
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Cass Gilbert, Othmar Ammann: Bayonne Bridge, New York / New Jersey, 1931
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Cass Gilbert, Othmar Ammann: Bayonne Bridge, New York / New Jersey, 1931
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Stamp of Othmar Ammann, 1979
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Othmar Ammann
30Introduction
Sir Thomas Bouch: Tay Bridge, Dundee / Scotland, 1879
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Sir John Fowler / Sir Benjamin Baker: Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, 1890
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Sir John Fowler / Sir Benjamin Baker: Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, 1890
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Sir John Fowler / Sir Benjamin Baker: Forth Bridge, near Edinburgh, 1890
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Othmar Ammann: George Washington Bridge, New York, 1931
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Leon Moisseiff, Clark Eldridge: Old Tacoma Bridge, Tacoma, 1940
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Leon Moisseiff, Clark Eldridge: Old Tacoma Bridge, Tacoma, 1940
37Introduction
Leon Moisseiff, Clark Eldridge: Collapse of the old Tacoma Bridge, Tacoma, 1940
38Introduction
Leon Moisseiff, Clark Eldridge: Collapse of the old Tacoma Bridge, Tacoma, 1940
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Dexter R. Smith, Charles E. Andrew: New Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Tacoma, 1950
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Lord Norman Foster, Ove Arup: Millennium Bridge, London, 2000
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Lord Norman Foster, Ove Arup: Millennium Bridge, London, 2000
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Lord Norman Foster, Ove Arup: Millennium Bridge, London, 2000
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Lord Norman Foster, Ove Arup: Millennium Bridge, London, 2000
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Lord Norman Foster, Ove Arup: Millennium Bridge, London, 2000
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Lord Norman Foster, Ove Arup: Millennium Bridge, London, 2000
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Wilhelm Riphahn, Fritz Leonhardt: Mülheimer Brücke, Köln, 1951
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Robert Maillart: Valtschielbachbridge, Donath, 1925
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Robert Hooke
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Heinz Isler
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Heinz Isler
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Heinz Isler
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Heinz Isler: Tankstelle, Deitingen Süd, 1968
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Heinz Isler: Tankstelle, Deitingen Süd, 1968
56Introduction
Heinz Isler, Hanging membrane model generated by self-setting polyester resin
57Introduction
Heinz Isler: Tennishalle, Grenchen, 1978
58Introduction
Eero Saarinen: Kresge Auditorium, Cambridge USA, 1955
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Antoni Gaudi: Modell Colonia Güell, Barcelona, 1908
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Antoni Gaudi: Modell Colonia Güell, Barcelona, 1908
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Antoni Gaudi: drawing Colonia Güell, Santa Coloma de Cervello, 1910
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Antoni Gaudi: modell Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, 1910
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Antoni Gaudi: Crypt Colònia Güell, Santa Coloma de Cervello, 1908
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Antoni Gaudi: Crypt Colònia Güell, Santa Coloma de Cervello, 1908
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Frank Gehry, John A. Martin: Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004
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Frank Gehry, John A. Martin: Ray and Maria Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2004
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Frank Gehry, Dowco Consultants Ltd.: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003
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Frank Gehry, Dowco Consultants Ltd.: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003
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Frank Gehry, Dowco Consultants Ltd.: Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003
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Eladio Dieste: Cadyl Horizontal Silo, Young, 1978
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Annibale Vitellozzi, Pier Luigi Nervi: Palazetto dello Sport, Rome, 1957
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Annibale Vitellozzi, Pier Luigi Nervi: Palazetto dello Sport, Rome, 1957
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Felix Candela: Los Manantinales Restaurant, Xochimilco, 1958
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Heinz Isler, Sicli Firmengebäude, Genf, 1970
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Christian Menn: Ganter Bridge, Brig, 1980
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Christian Menn: Ganter Bridge, Brig, 1980
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Ganter Bridge, Brig, 1980 Sunniberg Bridge, between Klosters and Serneus, 2005
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Christian Menn: Sunniberg Bridge, between Klosters and Serneus, 2005
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Christian Menn: Sunniberg Bridge, between Klosters and Serneus, 2005
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Christian Menn: Sunniberg Bridge, between Klosters and Serneus, 2005
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Robert Maillart: Zuoz Bridge, Zuoz, 1901
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Robert Maillart: Zuoz Bridge, Zuoz, 1901
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Robert Maillart: Zuoz Bridge, Zuoz, 1901
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Robert Maillart: Tavanasa Bridge, Danis-Tavanasa, 1905
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Robert Maillart: Valtschielbachbridge, Donath, 1925
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Robert Maillart: Salginatobel Bridge, Schiers, 1930
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Robert Maillart: Salginatobel Bridge, Schiers, 1930
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Laurent Ney: Footbridge of Knokke, Knokke-Heist, 2008
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Shigeru Ban: Picture Window House, Shizuoka, 2002
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Shigeru Ban: Picture Window House, Shizuoka, 2002
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Peter Rich, John Ochsendorf / Philippe Block: Museum Worls Heritage Park, Mapungubwe, 2009
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Reginald Ely 1444 -1471, John Wastell (Fan Vaulting) 1512-1515: Chapel at King‘s Collage, Cambridge, 1446 - 1547
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Paul Andreu: Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E, Paris, 2003
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Paul Andreu: Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E, Paris, 2003
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Paul Andreu: Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E, Paris, 2003
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Charles de Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E, Paris, 2003Chapel at King‘s Collage, Cambridge, 1446 - 1547
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Antoni Gaudi: Park Güell, Santa Coloma de Cervello, 1908
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Robert Maillart: Salginatobelbrücke, Schiers, 1930
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Robert Maillart: Salginatobel Bridge, Schiers, 1930