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Borgart, A. (author), Eigenraam, P. (author)
During his live Heinz Isler built around 1400 shell structures, until he deceased in 2009. Heinz Isler is part of a Swizz tradition of structural art in the 20th century, which includes engineers such as Robert Maillart, Othmar Ammann und Christian Menn [1]. During his live Heinz Isler developed several methods for physical form finding of his...
conference paper 2012
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Morales Beltran, M.G. (author), Borgart, A. (author)
This paper states the importance of using scaled models for the teaching of structures in the curricula of Architecture and Structural Engineering studies. Based on 10 years’ experience working with models for different purposes, with a variety of materials and constructions methods, the authors will address the advantages and possible...
conference paper 2012
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Vrouwe, I. (author), Feijen, M. (author), Houtnam, R. (author), Borgart, A. (author)
In this paper different qualities of architectural textile techniques and tectonics are explored. By using a reframing strategy micro techniques and tectonics as used in fashion and textile design are evolved into an architectural scale. To reveal the quality of this reframing procedure a case scenario has been executed. By reframing patchwork...
conference paper 2011