Often the existing contemporary architecture is followed by extensive and overly complicated design and structural aspects. By researching the behavior of elastically bent surfaces and interlocking them in certain formations, a hollow and lightweight structure is achieved which has great structural performance. An extended geometrical flexibility is achieved by the chosen joint technique and assembly process. A double-layered building system and architectural design proposal should be part of a new paradigm within the architectural design – integrating the demands of traditional building industry, spatiality and functionality; and simultaneously facilitating expressionistic architectural aspects and cutting edge technologies in one single non-linear design process.
ITECH M.Sc. Thesis Project 2015: Architectural Potentials of Elastically Bent Segmented Shells
Georgi Kazlachev
Thesis Advisers: Tobias Schwinn, Oliver David Krieg
Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Achim Menges
Second Supervisor: Prof. Jan Knippers