معمار + مهندس = ساختار

by Ivan Margolius, محمود گلابچی (translator)

Architects + Engineers = Structures ist eine Hommage an die gro�en Architekten der Geschichte, die inspirative Techniken und L�sungen f�r Konstruktionsprobleme gefunden haben.

Architekten und Baumeister mussten von jeher neue Techniken, Methoden und Materialien entwickeln, um Bauwerke zu errichten, deren Konstruktion mit der Architektur zu einer Einheit verschmelzen konnte.

Dieser Band analysiert einige der weltweit brilliantesten Baustrukturen, einschlie�lich ihrer k�hnen und vision�ren Sch�pfer.

Die hier behandelten Bauwerke reichen vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart.

Diskutiert werden u.a. Arbeiten von so ber�hmten Baumeistern und Architekten wie Filippo Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, Victor Horta, Vladimir Tatlin, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers und Jan Kaplicky.

Gro�z�gig illustriert mit Farbfotos, Pl�nen und Zeichnungen.

Genres: Architecture

160 pages, Paperback

First published May 6, 2002

Reviews

[Demi · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting to have a non-Billington perspective on the topic. Margolius emphasizes "inspiration from nature" but I find his argument less convincing-- the book was more useful as an overview of structures in which structure and architectural design influence each other. What I enjoy about this take over Billington's is 1) the lack of limitation to post-industrial (Brunelleschi dome at the beginning was great), 2) chronology of structures, 3) less hating on Calatrava. That said, though, regarding 3)-- Margolius seldom discusses economy, a principle of Billington's which I believe is still important to consider.

I didn't always see the connection to "inspiration from nature", and even when it was there it wasn't very convincing how it was effective to the structures' impact. The images were also a major weakness to the book-- all black-and-white photos and at times they were very, very limited views of a project; other times photos of projects by the same engineer but not even mentioned in the text were included, which was extremely confusing. I feel that I personally may just make a list of the great selection of projects discussed-- a variety of well-known and obscure projects-- and look into those more in-depth myself. (happy to provide this list if you'd like it!)

In short, the selection of projects featuring a particularly strong architect-engineer collaboration in this book was good but poorly synthesized.

Edit: I will have to say that the intentions were there-- really enjoyed the introduction and afterword. In the introduction, his main point was that nature-motivated structures necessarily produced elegant forms, since nature tends towards low energy and high efficiency. Again, evidence that Margolius focuses on only two of Billington's three principles (elegance, efficiency, and economy). In the afterword, Margolius looks forward to future technologies inspired by nature, advocating for lightness in buildings and new materials (such as alloys, superfibers, techno-fabrics, self-repairing building materials, translucent concrete, molecular technology)

[Nima ُShoa · Rating 3 out of 5]

کتاب با بررسی اهمیت مهندس سازه در بناهایی که نقش سازه در آن ها پررنگ تر است آغاز می شود ودر ادامه همانند یک دایره‌المعارف به معرفی بناهایی از قرون وسطی تا امروز می پردازد که معمار برای تجلی طرح خود به مهندس سازه متوسل گشته و بدن همفکری با یکدیگر، موفق به انجام آن ها نمی شده است.
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