Description
Taylor & Francis Ltd On Span And Spaceexploring Structures In Architecture 2007 Edition by Bjorn N. Sandaker
In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture. As an experienced teacher and writer, Sandaker offers a well-founded aesthetic theory to support the understanding and evaluation of a structure's form and design, examining concepts and viewpoints from both the professions of engineering and architecture.Comprehensively covering structure and aesthetics, this book is ideal for students, professionals and academics in the areas of architecture and building. Part 1: Philosophy, Fundamental Aspects of Structures 1.1. Defining Structures 1.2. Aspects of Structural Form 1.3. Culture and Construction 1.4. Explanation vs. Interpretation of Structural Form Part 2: Pragmatics, Structural Form and Some Mechanical Problems 2.1. Three Basic Concepts 2.2. Structural Materials and Form 2.3. Mechanical Efficiency and the Economy of Means 2.4. Structural Scale Part 3: Aesthetics - An Aesthetics of Structures 3.1. An Aesthetic Qualification: The Freedom to Choose 3.2. Aesthetics and Structures 3.3. The Aesthetic Experience 3.4. Aesthetics of Mechanical Function 3.5. Aesthetics of Spatial Function