11th EAEA Envisioning Architecture: Design, Evaluation, Communication Conference in 2013Track 3 | Conceptual Representation | Exploring the layout of the built environment |
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Trajectories of the hollow stone: representational strategies for visualizing the integrated structural space frameKeywords: representation; structure; spatial interpretation |
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ABSTRACTIn 1953, the acclaimed architect Louis I. Kahn expressed some of his early and formative thinking on the potential of the space frame, writing: “In Gothic times, architects built in solid stones. Now we can build with hollow stones. The spaces defined by the members of a structure are as important as the members….The desire to express voids positively in the design of structure is evidenced by the growing interest and work in the development of the space frame.” (Kahn, 1953, p. 23) For Kahn, the hollow stone became a metaphor for the integration of the latest scientific thinking in the building arts. He saw architecture as a researching of the history of materials and structure enhanced by a practical application of contemporary scientific thinking. |
AUTHORBruce JohnsonDepartment of Architecture, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA Bruce A. Johnson received his Undergraduate Degree in Architecture from Kansas State University where he was awarded the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Bachelor of Architecture Traveling Fellowship, which afforded the study of sacred architecture in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. In 1994 he received the Lowenfisch Memorial Prize for his Split Level Sod House while completing his Graduate Degree in Architecture at Columbia University. He has practiced with Stanley Tigerman and is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas where his research focuses on direct fabrication and systems integration within the space frame structural typology. |