Go BackTokyo International Forum – Giant Vierendeel Truss: Drawings of the Convention Hall interior
01/01/1989Color perspective view of the interior space of Convention Hall A, depicting the six pairs of Vierendeel bent type of beams with chrysanthemum hollow cuts in them, as submitted to competition. Two additional perspectives, one similar to submitted one but in black and white, and the other an earlier perspective in pencil.
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Geometry and Fifteen Fundamental Properties
Christopher Alexander recognized the importance of the geometry of centers and for years he was looking for the common structural features among buildings, paintings, streets, carpets, doors, windows, etc. which have "life" and "wholeness". He identified fifteen structural features which ...
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Emergence of Geometric Order in Building Structure
Focusing primarily on the pure beauty of the geometric order, which comes, above all, from the building structure (columns, walls, beams, vaults and so forth), specifically from the aperiodic grids which form the abstract underpinning of the building structure.
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Neighborhood of Seventy Low-Cost Houses: Design Development Drawings - Prototype House Elevations and Sections
01/03/1989
Two drawings of the prototype house, one with two of its elevations and the other with two sections.
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Tokyo International Forum - Giant Vierendeel Truss: Sketches of the Convention Hall interior
01/01/1989
Three preliminary color perspective sketches of the interior space of Convention Hall A; the first gives a rather complete but roughly drawn overview, while the other two provide the basic elements of space, with focus on the Vierendeel beams with ...