Go BackTokyo International Forum: Giant Vierendeel Trusses – Photographs of drawings
01/04/1989Four photographs of the perspective view 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.
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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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Unfolding of Wholeness in Large Buildings by Successive Transformations of the Space
Large building are not easy to design and keep the feeling of intimay in them. The way a large building can be given this quality is by succeeding in the creation of living centers throughout its fabric. The profusion and ...
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Tokyo International Forum - Giant Vierendeel Truss: Presentation Drawings
01/01/1989
Color 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 the competition.
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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 ...
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Tokyo International Forum - Giant Vierendeel Truss: Drawings of the Convention Hall interior
2 2) Final perspective before color was applied
01/01/1989
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.
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Tokyo International Forum: Photographs of drawings
01/04/1989
Two perspective views of the interior of the Grand Entrance Lobby. It shows the main staircase leading to the enormous Convention Hall, whose chrysanthemum trusses are just visible.
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Tokyo International Forum: Photographs of drawings
01/04/1989
Photograph of presentation drawing in 1:200, with the floor plan and section of the main Convention Hall, an enormous room, 50 meters by 70 meters, whose position defined the organization of the entire design.