Structures by design : thinking, making, breaking / Rob Whitehead.

By:

Whitehead, Rob [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York ; London : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Description: ix, 472 pages : illustraions (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138224131
9781138224155

Subject(s):

Structural design

LOC classification:

TA 658 W45 2020

Contents:

Preface Starting with Structures 0.0 Introduction: The Case for Making & Breaking Part 1 Learning to Think, Make, and Break1.0 Body Structures: The Feel of Things1.1 Seating Structures: Elemental Design Options1.2 Building Structures: Effective, Efficient, and ExpressivePart 2 Resistance & Form2.0 FORM: Structures of Compression and Tension2.1 Compressive Arches: Past the Breaking Point2.2 Suspended Structures: Designing for TensionPart 3 Resistance & Section3.0 SECTIONS: Beams, Slabs, and Columns3.1 Stacking and Spanning Timber: Fundamental Framing and Analysis3.2 Better Beams and Slabs: Formal Experiments in EfficiencyPart 4 Resistance & Vectors4.0 VECTORS: Trusses and Triangulated Planar Assemblies4.1 Planar and Spatial Trusses: Long Span SolutionsPart 5 Resistance & Surfaces5.0 SURFACES: Structural Art, Utility, and Assemblies of Shells5.1 Spanning Surfaces and Shapes: Vaults & PlatesPart 6 Resistance & Frames6.0 FRAMES: Strategies for Stability6.1 High-Rise Structures: Taller, Thinner, and Smarter AppendixSpanning Tables, Charts, & Additional ExamplesAdditional ReadingsGlossaryIndex

Summary: "'Structures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking' is a new type of structures textbook for architects who prefer to learn using the hands-on, creative problem-solving techniques typically found in a design studio. Instead of presenting structures as abstract concepts defined by formulas and diagrams, this book uses a project-based approach to demonstrate how a range of efficient, effective, and expressive architectural solutions can be generated, tested, and revised. Each section of the book is focused on a particular manner by which structural resistance is provided: Form (Arches and Cables), Sections (Beams, Slabs, and Columns), Vectors (Trusses and Space Frames), Surfaces (Shells and Plates), and Frames (Connections and High-Rises)...

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	TUP Manila Library	NFIC	General Circulation Section-GF	TA 658 W45 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P00033707

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"'Structures by Design: Thinking, Making, Breaking' is a new type of structures textbook for architects who prefer to learn using the hands-on, creative problem-solving techniques typically found in a design studio. Instead of presenting structures as abstract concepts defined by formulas and diagrams, this book uses a project-based approach to demonstrate how a range of efficient, effective, and expressive architectural solutions can be generated, tested, and revised. Each section of the book is focused on a particular manner by which structural resistance is provided: Form (Arches and Cables), Sections (Beams, Slabs, and Columns), Vectors (Trusses and Space Frames), Surfaces (Shells and Plates), and Frames (Connections and High-Rises)...

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