*** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban ***Bringing together experts from research and practice; Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures; covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces; in the form of mathematics; computer algorithms; and design case studies.• Part I introduces the topic of shells; tracing the ancient relationship between structural form and forces; the basics of shell behaviour; and the evolution of form-finding and structural optimization techniques.• Part II familiarizes the reader with form-finding techniques to explore expressive structural geometries; covering the force density method; thrust network analysis; dynamic relaxation and particle-spring systems.• Part III focuses on shell shape and topology optimization; and provides a deeper understanding of gradient-based methods and meta-heuristic techniques.• Part IV contains precedent studies of realised shells and gridshells describing their innovative design and construction methods.
2014-03-10 2014-03-18File Name: B00J2XZK4W
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Founding TextbookBy ChuckThis is the founding text of the modern revival of North NorthWest Coast indigenous art. The statements by a number of Northwest artists are wonderful; I was especially impressed with the statement by Robert Davidson; who I briefly met when I was on Haida Gwaii a couple of years ago. For anyone wanting to understand Northwest Indigenous art; this is the book. Holm has done invaluable work and; along with many Haida artists; this work; in graphics; jewelry; wood carving; and sculpture has become some of the most revered art in the world. I am; as a sociologist; also interested in the whole question of Cultural Appropriation and what it means in this context since the renewal and development of this art is based on work done by a Euro-American (Holm) and many indigenous artists; including Bill Reid; Joe David; Nathan Jackson; Robert Davidson and many others.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. The NW Coast Formline "bible" - in color!By Robert HoffmannWonderful to see this book in color. Long cherished as the NW Coast Formline "bible" by artists who design in this style.Robert Davis Hoffmannhttp://tlingitart.com1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. An excellent classicBy N. Tatjana C. VersaggiThis is a really neat book. The images are high quality; the writing is above average and the them is interesting. It doesnt have the whole story; so youll need to go see the real deal; however; its an excellent jumping off point.
