Tetto gigantesco – a Diverse Huge Roof Foils of a Research

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents 2
3. Preface 5
4. Foreword 7
5. Inquisitive Openness 9
6. A Theory
7. Technology as a Means of Expression in the Nineteenth Century – Architects and Engineers in Dialogue 17
8. Pioneer and Projection: The Misappropriation of the Engineer in Modernist Architecture 33
9. The Culture of Construction: Examples from the Last Fifty Years of a Remarkable Development 41
10. Structural Concepts and Spatial Design: On the Relationship Between Architect and Engineer 57
11. B Research
12. The Interplay of Technical and Architectural Aspects in the Palazzo della Regione in Trento by the Architect Adalberto Libera and the Engineer Sergio Musmeci 75
13. New Structural Potential of Wood: the IBOIS Research Laboratory at EPF Lausanne 91
14. Tetto gigantesco – a Diverse Huge Roof Foils of a Research 103
15. Model photos 114
16. C Practice
17. Deviations 131
18. Structure and Space 139
19. Each His Own 147
20. A Process of Rapprochement 153
21. On Designing Structures 161
22. The A16 Transjurane Highway: Architectural Acupuncture 169
23. Rules to Play By and Play With 175
24. Mutual Frankness and Self-Reassurance 185
25. Strong Structures 193
26. Meta-Dialogue 208
27. D Teaching
28. Structural Theory and Structural Design 241
29. Art and Science 249
30. Constructing as a Science 257
31. Construction Transforms Material into Space 263
32. Program and Structure 269
33. Authors and Interview Partners 274
34. Literature 277
35. Image Credits 279
36. Acknowledgements 283
37. Imprint 284