From Foam to Form. The Peculiar First Free-form Shells of Heinz Isler

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. Introduction 6
4. Three Cultures and Ways of Making Reinforced Concrete Shells 8
5. Relations between Félix Candela, Heinz Isler, and Ulrich Müther 16
6. Spaces for Industry. A Comparison of Modular Shell Systems by Félix Candela and Heinz Isler 24
7. Candela Isler Müther. A Photographic Essay 34
8. Félix Candela’s Hypar Groined Vaults. Mexican Contribution to the Development of Concrete Shells 54
9. Beautifully Shaped Forms. The Shells of Enrique de la Mora and Félix Candela 62
10. The Bodily Economies of Concrete Technologies 70
11. Félix Candela’s Last Shells in Mexico. The Roof Structures for Mexico City’s Underground Stations 76
12. Félix Candela’s Legacy in the United Kingdom 84
13. The Formative Years of Heinz Isler 90
14. Heinz Isler’s Experimental Approach to Form-Finding 98
15. From Foam to Form. The Peculiar First Free-form Shells of Heinz Isler 110
16. More than Concrete. Heinz Isler’s Projects in Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics 118
17. (Re)presenting Shells. Heinz Isler’s Work on Display 126
18. “New Constructions”. The Beginnings of Shell Building in the German Democratic Republic 134
19. Safe at Last? The Fate of Ulrich Müther’s Magdeburg Hypar Shell in a Changing Society 142
20. The Music Pavilion in Sassnitz. A Shell Structure by Ulrich Müther in Collaboration with Dietmar Kuntzsch and Otto Patzelt 150
21. Ulrich Müther: Quantity or Quality? 158
22. Zusammenfassungen 172
23. Resúmenes 183
24. Acknowledgments 194
25. Picture Credits 195
26. Indices 196