Mark West

The Fabric Formwork Book

Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete

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Produktbeschreibung

The Fabric Formwork Book provides the first comprehensive handbook on the emerging technology of flexible moulds for reinforced concrete architecture. Beautifully designed and illustrated with a superb range of images, diagrams and technical drawings, the book both informs and inspires.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 221mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 1438g
• ISBN-13: 9780415748858
• ISBN-10: 0415748852
• Artikelnr.: 44518316

Autorenporträt

Mark West is an artist, builder, professor of architecture, and inventor of numerous flexible mould techniques for concrete construction. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (CAST) at the University of Manitoba, and is currently a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as teaching at other schools of architecture and engineering internationally.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. List of Credits. Part 1: About Flexible Formworks
Introduction. 1. On Flexibility 2. A History of Fabric Formwork Diederik
Veenendaal 3. The Structural Intelligence of Flexible Materials Edward
Allen, John Ochsendorf and Mark West Part 2: Construction Introduction. 4.
Textiles 5. Concrete 6. Connections Mark West and Ronnie Araya 7. Tips and
Tricks 8. Cast-in-Place Column Moulds 9. Cast-in-Place Wall Moulds 10. Open
Trough Moulds 11. Non-Pressurized Moulds Mark West and Ronnie Araya 12.
Truss and Branching Forms Glossary. Bibliography. Web Resources. Index