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SOM structur al engineering / editor, Christian Schittich ; drawings, Ralph Donhauser, Kwami Tendar.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Detail engineering ; 4.
- Detail Engineering ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Structural engineering.
- Architectural firms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Munich, [Germany] : Detail Engineering, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Die Arbeit von Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's (SOM) bleibt besonders bei der Konstruktion von gigantischen Hochhäusern, den Supertalls, bahnbrechend mit fast 80 Jahren Erfahrung im Zusammenspiel von Architektur und struktureller Ingenieursarbeit. Dieser vierte Band der Reihe Hochbau von DETAIL präsentiert den theoretischen Hintergrund der SOM Structural Group und geht nicht nur der Frage nach, wie "hoch hinaus" Architektur gehen kann, sondern greift auch die Themen Effizienz und Wirtschaftlichkeit auf. Anhand einer Vielzahl von Projekten mit allgemeinen Baukonzepten und spezifischen Details werden Prozesse zur entsprechenden Lösungsfindung aufgezeigt. Diese Lösungen illustrieren die wichtigsten Werte des Unternehmens: Einfachheit, Klarheit, Hierarchie, Effizienz und permanente Forschung. Darüber hinaus werden die Projekte - vom James Turrel Skyspace bis zum Burj Khalifa - ebenfalls in einen ganzheitlichen Zusammenhang mit der Arbeit von SOM gesetzt , untermalt durch Anekdoten aus vielen anderen bekannten SOM Projekten, wie John Hancock oder Sears Tower. Dieser Band beleuchtet neue Hochbaulösungen und zeigt auf, welche Materialien auf innovative Weise für eine "neue Generation" von Gebäuden verwendet werden können.
- With nearly 80 years of experience in integrating architecture and engineering, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's (SOM) work remains groundbreaking, especially when it comes to designing supertalls. Besides addressing the question of "how high can you go", as well as the issues of efficiency and economy, this fourth volume of the DETAIL engineering series presents the theoretical background of SOM's structural group. On the basis of a variety of projects with their general structural concept or their specific details, the book explains the process of finding corresponding solutions. These solutions illustrate the company's core values: simplicity, clarity, hierarchy, efficiency and continuous research. In addition, the projects - from James Turrel Skyspace to Burj Khalifa - are also placed in the context of SOM's work as a whole using anecdotes from a number of other well-known SOM projects as John Hancock or Sears Tower. This volume considers how to find new structural solutions, as well as how materials can be used innovatively to create "next generation" buildings.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- Preface
- Past and future - reaching new heights
- SIMPLICITY + CLARITY
- Architecture and engineering at SOM - in the genetic code
- Informing design
- SCALE + FORM
- Scale and proportion
- Clarity of design - giving things a name
- Sensory fields, self-reflection and the future
- Structural design of tall buildings
- Tall building case study - Burj Khalifa
- HIERARCHY
- The importance of hierarchy
- Structure as poetry
- Exchange House in detail
- EFFICIENCY + ECONOMY
- Structural art
- Constraints spur creativity
- Optimising design goals
- The economy of construction
- Sustainability
- Integrating discipline and play
- RESEARCH + FUTURE
- Quo vadis - megatalls as the focus of the SOM Research Gang
- Structural optimisation - developing new design tools
- Research timeline
- PROJECTS + PEOPLE
- Catalogue of projects
- People
- Picture credits
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-95553-224-0
- OCLC:
- 1029815786
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