Aesthetics and Technology in Building: The Twenty-First-Century Edition
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0252041690
ISBN 13
9780252041693
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Pages
256
Description
From the librarian:
Nervi is known in 20th century engineering history for his expressive and advanced work in reinforced concrete, including this use of innovative curved formwork, built out of his "ferro cemento". "Aesthetics and Technology in Building" is a series of published lectures that Nervi delivered at Harvard in 1961. In these lectures, he discusses the design and construction of some of his most well-known structures complete with section details, moment diagrams, analysis methods, and anecdotes of construction. Photographs of custom-made formwork and construction processes, connect the structural engineering reader with the real techniques that made these structures possible and giving inspiration on how these same techniques may be extended into contemporary practice.
From the cover:
The UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Pirelli skyscraper in Milan. The Palazetto dello Sport in Rome. The "soaring beauty" of Pier Luigi Nervi's visionary designs and buildings changed cityscapes in the twentieth century. His uncanny ingenuity with reinforced concrete, combined with a gift for practical problem solving, revolutionized the use of open internal space in structures like arenas and concert halls. Aesthetics and Technology in Building: The Twenty-First-Century Edition introduces Nervi's ideas about architecture and engineering to a new generation of students and admirers. More than 200 photographs, details, drawings, and plans show how Nervi put his ideas into practice. Expanding on the seminal 1961 Norton Lectures at Harvard, Nervi analyzes various functional and construction problems. He also explains how precast and cast-in-place concrete can answer demands for economy, technical and functional soundness, and aesthetic perfection. Throughout, he uses his major projects to show how these now-iconic buildings emerged from structural truths and far-sighted construction processes. This new edition features dozens of added images, a new introduction, and essays by Joseph Abram, Robert Einaudi, Alberto Bologna, and Gabriele Neri on Nervi's life, work, and legacy.
Nervi is known in 20th century engineering history for his expressive and advanced work in reinforced concrete, including this use of innovative curved formwork, built out of his "ferro cemento". "Aesthetics and Technology in Building" is a series of published lectures that Nervi delivered at Harvard in 1961. In these lectures, he discusses the design and construction of some of his most well-known structures complete with section details, moment diagrams, analysis methods, and anecdotes of construction. Photographs of custom-made formwork and construction processes, connect the structural engineering reader with the real techniques that made these structures possible and giving inspiration on how these same techniques may be extended into contemporary practice.
From the cover:
The UNESCO headquarters in Paris. The Pirelli skyscraper in Milan. The Palazetto dello Sport in Rome. The "soaring beauty" of Pier Luigi Nervi's visionary designs and buildings changed cityscapes in the twentieth century. His uncanny ingenuity with reinforced concrete, combined with a gift for practical problem solving, revolutionized the use of open internal space in structures like arenas and concert halls. Aesthetics and Technology in Building: The Twenty-First-Century Edition introduces Nervi's ideas about architecture and engineering to a new generation of students and admirers. More than 200 photographs, details, drawings, and plans show how Nervi put his ideas into practice. Expanding on the seminal 1961 Norton Lectures at Harvard, Nervi analyzes various functional and construction problems. He also explains how precast and cast-in-place concrete can answer demands for economy, technical and functional soundness, and aesthetic perfection. Throughout, he uses his major projects to show how these now-iconic buildings emerged from structural truths and far-sighted construction processes. This new edition features dozens of added images, a new introduction, and essays by Joseph Abram, Robert Einaudi, Alberto Bologna, and Gabriele Neri on Nervi's life, work, and legacy.
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