Proposal to Roof the Courtyards of an Historical Building in Pisa with Glass and Steel Grid Shells: Form Finding and Stability Problems
Publication: Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 15, Issue 2
Abstract
The technical note describes a proposal to roof two internal courtyards of the main building of the Engineering Faculty at the University of Pisa by means of thin flat shells made of a quadrilateral mesh of steel bars supporting plane glass plates stiffened by a grid of steel cables. An exposure of the structural design concepts and of the geometrical genesis of the shells is presented accompanied by a stability analysis and a description of the technological solutions found to solve some crucial constructional problems.
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Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 15 • Issue 2 • June 2009
Pages: 62 - 66
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© 2009 ASCE.
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Received: Jan 12, 2008
Accepted: Sep 26, 2008
Published online: May 15, 2009
Published in print: Jun 2009
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