Tokyo International Forum – Giant Vierendeel Truss: Drawings of the Convention Hall interior

01/01/1989

Presentation Drawing, Perspective

Two black and white perspective views 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. The first is an early perspective in pencil and the second is the final perspective before color was applied on it.

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Gary Black, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Size:

24"x36"

Content of

Construction Innovation

Tokyo International Forum: Giant Vierendeel trusses in the Convention Hall 1989

Construction System, Steel Structure

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Hansjoachim Neis, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Eleni Coromvli, Gary Black, Annie der Bedrossian

Precast Vierendeel box beams, six meters deep, spanning 50 meters at a height of 20 metters. The beams are pierced by huge chrysanthemum-shaped voids, which are illuminated.

Contents

Drawings

References

Scientific Research

Drawings

Neighborhood of Seventy Low-Cost Houses: Design Development Drawings - Layout of street and house frontages with basic levels 01/05/1989

Architectural Design, Project, Design Development, Site Plan

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Kleoniki Tsotropoulou, Jeannie Ratclieffe, Fanta Lawrence, Seth Wachtel, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

24"x43"

Scale:

1:200

Site plan recording the nature of each lot’s house volume and entrance location in relation to the street, while introducing the basic street levels and the related house levels; based on a work site model, and following a process developed ...

Photographs

Tokyo International Forum: Giant Vierendeel Trusses - Photographs of drawings 01/04/1989

Construction Innovation, Drawing

Photographer:

Annie der Bedrossian/C.E.S., Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Print, Slide

Characteristics:

6"x8", Color

Two photographs of the perspective views of the Convention Hall interior, an enormous room 50 meters by 70 meters, with large columns. The roof is supported by Vierendeel box beams, pierced by giant chrysanthemum voids, which are illumunated. Two more ...