Candela Isler Müther: Positions on Shell Construction. Positionen zum Schalenbau. Posturas sobre la construcción de cascarones.

Matthias Beckh; Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes; Matthias Ludwig; Andreas Schätzke; Rainer Schützeichel

Published by Birkhäuser 2021

Candela Isler Müther

Positions on Shell Construction. Positionen zum Schalenbau. Posturas sobre la construcción de cascarones.

Matthias Beckh , Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes , Matthias Ludwig , Andreas Schätzke and Rainer Schützeichel

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035620986

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The Masters of Concrete Shells

Concrete shell construction started to become popular in the mid-20th century. Technically advanced designs with conspicuous expressiveness began to appear all over the world. With three typical protagonists – Félix Candela (1910–1997), Heinz Isler (1926–2009), and Ulrich Müther (1934–2007) – the book examines this construction method. Their work – primarily in Mexico, Switzerland, and the former GDR – was carried out under very different political, economic, social, and cultural conditions.

The authors analyze the buildings and projects against the background of developments in architecture and engineering at that time. The focus is on mutual influence, shared aspects and differences in the design processes, the structural design, and the execution. In addition, the book examines how the work was received and today’s application of the building method.

Learning from Félix Candela, Heinz Isler, and Ulrich Müther and their historic shell construction buildings
Unknown material from the drawing archives
In English with summaries in German and Spanish

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Matthias Beckh, Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes, Matthias Ludwig, Andreas Schätzke, Rainer Schützeichel

Reviews

„Das Buch leistet in seiner Ausführlichkeit einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur Untersuchung der Werke von Candela, Isler und Müther – die in fachlichem Austausch miteinander standen und sich gegenseitig konstruktiv beeinflussten, auch über die Grenzen politischer Systeme hinweg.“ (Mariam Gegidze in BauNetz, 02.2021)

„In dieser Vielschichtigkeit ist das Buch ein Abbild vieler der gezeigten Bauten: eineharmonische Konstruktion, ja, eine runde Sache.“ (David Kasparek in derarchitekt, 03.2021, http://derarchitektbda.de/5541-2/)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	4
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Three Cultures and Ways of Making Reinforced Concrete Shells Juan Gerardo Oliva Salinas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Relations between Félix Candela, Heinz Isler, and Ulrich Müther Matthias Ludwig Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Spaces for Industry. A Comparison of Modular Shell Systems by Félix Candela and Heinz Isler Matthias Beckh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
Candela Isler Müther. A Photographic Essay Wilfried Dechau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
Félix Candela’s Hypar Groined Vaults. Mexican Contribution to the Development of Concrete Shells Juan Ignacio Del Cueto Ruiz-Funes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	54
Beautifully Shaped Forms. The Shells of Enrique de la Mora and Félix Candela Elisa María Teresa Drago Quaglia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
The Bodily Economies of Concrete Technologies María González Pendás Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Félix Candela’s Last Shells in Mexico. The Roof Structures for Mexico City’s Underground Stations Eduardo Alarcón Azuela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Félix Candela’s Legacy in the United Kingdom Marisela Mendoza Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
The Formative Years of Heinz Isler Matthias Beckh and Rainer Schützeichel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Heinz Isler’s Experimental Approach to Form-Finding Giulia Boller and John Chilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
From Foam to Form. The Peculiar First Free-form Shells of Heinz Isler Matthias Beckh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
More than Concrete. Heinz Isler’s Projects in Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics Elke Genzel and Pamela Voigt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
(Re)presenting Shells. Heinz Isler’s Work on Display Rainer Schützeichel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
“New Constructions”. The Beginnings of Shell Building in the German Democratic Republic Andreas Schätzke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Safe at Last? The Fate of Ulrich Müther’s Magdeburg Hypar Shell in a Changing Society Tanja Seeböck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
The Music Pavilion in Sassnitz. A Shell Structure by Ulrich Müther in Collaboration with Dietmar Kuntzsch and Otto Patzelt Susanne Brorson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Ulrich Müther: Quantity or Quality? Georg Giebeler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Zusammenfassungen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
Resúmenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
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(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German, Spanish
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Architekten/-innen, Bauingenieure/-innen, Historiker/-innen, Studierende
Pages
- Main content: 208
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 260
Keywords: Konstruktion; Tragwerk; Beton; Schalenbau

eBook

Published: November 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783035620986

Hardcover

Published: November 9, 2020
ISBN: 9783035620962