ETFE

Technology and Design

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

ETFE foil has recently become an important material for the cladding of technologically sophisticated and innovative buildings. This material is very thin and lightweight and, when used in air-filled cushion assemblies, has enormous strength and a range of adaptive environmental attributes. ETFE cushion enclosures became known primarily through Grimshaw Architects’ Eden Project and Herzog + de Meuron’s Allianz Arena, and they are being used on the spectacular swimming stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the largest ETFE building envelope in the world so far. This book is conceived as an in-depth introduction to the characteristics of ETFE and its applications in construction. Project examples explore in detail the specific characteristics of ETFE building skins in the areas of structural behavior, light transmission, insulation, acoustics, fire engineering and environmental modification.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-06-06
Mått:230 x 300 x 19 mm
Vikt:1 138 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Birkhauser
ISBN:9783764385637

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Arkitektur inom Kultur
Byggnadsteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Annette LeCuyer is an architect and a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword Ian Liddell 1. Introduction: Pleasure, Power and Payloadevolution of balloons / the pneumatic imaginationevolution of concepts of ideal environment – Garden of Eden to Crystal Palace 2. The Pneumatic Imagination: Architectural Ideas and ApplicationsConcepts of lightness, efficiency (doing more with less) and total environments as developed by Buckminster Fuller, Walter Bird, Frei Otto and Archigram 3. Material Matters: ETFEMaterial ingredients/chemical makeup, manufacture/processing, propertiesWho developed ETFE, original use and subsequent applications outside architecture and building constructionmanufacturing of ETFE films (cutting and patterning, welding, printing)first generation ETFE architectural projects -Munich Olympics maintenance depot (Gunter Behnisch)-Botanical and aquatic enclosures in Germany and the Netherlands- Vector/Foiltec Design and Production Stefan Lehnart 4. Soft Structurecharacteristics of the material: yield, equilibrium with air pressurecharacteristics of the cushion system; fluid damping, synclastic system, size and shape, span, air pressure, camber, lighter primary structure, elimination of secondary structure, temperature and humidity, creep, edge stresses / edge details, puncture / repair 5. The Performative SkinLight transmission / UV transmissionDegradationThermal performanceAcousticsFireSustainability – raw materials, embodied energy, energy consumption in use, recycling, Cradle-to-cradleEnergy production / photovoltaics 6. Environmongery - The Variable SkinAbility to change light transmission, thermal attributes and appearance through variable air pressure 7. Life Safety 8. The Communicative Skin 9. The Climatic Envelope: The Next Generation-Projects now on the drawing boards offer the potential of achieving the large environmental envelopes envisioned by Fuller, Otto and others.-Implications/projections/crystal gazing Public vs private realmsLiberation vs captivation (internal freedom vs external control)Flexibility vs monocultureSustainability and the environment Afterword Ben Morris Project credits Bibliography Acknowledgments / image credits