advanced building skins 14 | 15 June 2012 - lamp.tugraz.at - Graz ...
advanced building skins 14 | 15 June 2012 - lamp.tugraz.at - Graz ...
advanced building skins 14 | 15 June 2012 - lamp.tugraz.at - Graz ...
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Advanced Building Skins<br />
Figure 7: fixing console Figure 8: fixing detail steel frames<br />
3 The Growing Idea of Structural Design with Plastic M<strong>at</strong>erials -<br />
A Review and Outlook<br />
Comparing the Oskar-von-Miller-Tower to other projects it is the youngest milestone on the way to<br />
develop the right symbiosis of structural design for <strong>building</strong> <strong>skins</strong> and plastic m<strong>at</strong>erials. The roof of<br />
the Olympic stadium in Munich from 1972 is characterized by using only fl<strong>at</strong> sheets on a cable<br />
construction which is responsible for the geometric form. The fixing distances are very small and the<br />
fixing points are very domin<strong>at</strong>ing in the architectural design. The weight of the construction was the<br />
main technical fe<strong>at</strong>ure why a plastic m<strong>at</strong>erial was chosen in this applic<strong>at</strong>ion besides the protection<br />
against rain and the wish of high lightness of the architectural design.<br />
If you have a look to the Art House <strong>Graz</strong> from 2003 the symbiosis of structural design and plastic<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erial is getting stronger. The distances of the point fixing are higher as the stiffness of the<br />
thermoformed sheets is much higher than of the fl<strong>at</strong> sheets in Munich. Further the development in this<br />
project is coming forward as the aspect of the translucency and the combin<strong>at</strong>ion with light is realized<br />
in a façade project the first time. The geometric potential of the m<strong>at</strong>erial is tapped completely and<br />
therefore in this project you can realize the transform<strong>at</strong>ion of a pure applied façade into a complete<br />
architectural skin of the <strong>building</strong> which characterize the architectural design.<br />
Figure 9: Olympic stadium Munich 1972 Figure 10: Art House <strong>Graz</strong> 2003<br />
Last of all the Oskar-von-Miller-Tower in Munich tries to go forward the next step by adding the<br />
plastic m<strong>at</strong>erial as a necessary part of the structural design. The steel substructure, the kind of point<br />
fixing by consoles and the stiffness of the plastic m<strong>at</strong>erial PLEXIGLAS ® are one structural unit which<br />
is necessary for the structural design of this <strong>building</strong> on this site. In contrast to Munich here the plastic<br />
m<strong>at</strong>erial is not only a cladding m<strong>at</strong>erial, now it is getting an important part of the structural design.<br />
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