Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes: Materials, Semi-finished Products, Form Finding, Design

Jan Knippers; Jan Cremers; Markus Gabler; Julian Lienhard

Published by Birkhäuser 2011

Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes

Materials, Semi-finished Products, Form Finding, Design

Jan Knippers , Jan Cremers , Markus Gabler and Julian Lienhard

In the series DETAIL Construction Manuals

https://doi.org/10.11129/detail.9783034614702

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About this book

From transparent to translucent – new possibilities for building with a versatile material

Whether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes. Innovative technical developments are constantly improving its material properties; at the same time, there is a growing new awareness of its potential as a construction material. While plastics used to be employed primarily as an inexpensive variant on traditional building materials, they are increasingly regarded in the construction world today as a serious and viable alternative, be it as supporting structures, roofs, facades, or elements of interior design and decoration. Thanks in large part to this inherent self-sufficiency, plastics are currently enjoying an unprecedented surge in popularity, even among the international architectural avant-garde – as multiwall sheets or corrugated, fiber-reinforced panels, or as filling between glass panes. And the new generation of ecological bioplastics also pays tribute to the debate on sustainability, ridding plastics of their lingering reputation as environmental offenders.

From the history of plastics and membranes in architecture to their material properties and requirements in construction and design, the Plastics and Membranes Construction Manual cuts to the chase, providing the kind of solid and comprehensive overview of the subject that readers have come to expect from the Im DETAIL series. Selected project examples round off the reference work and make it indispensable for the day-to-day life of the professional planner and for every architecture library.

A thorough introduction to producing, finishing, and using plastics and membranes
With detailed descriptions of materials and semifinished products
First comprehensive overview of reference details based on the very latest research

Author / Editor information

Jan Knippers, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen (itke), Fakultät für Architektur und Stadtplanung, Universität Stuttgart

Jan Cremers, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Architekt, Fakultät Architektur und Gestaltung, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart

Markus Gabler, Dipl.-Ing., Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen (itke), Fakultät für Architektur und Stadtplanung, Universität Stuttgart

Julian Lienhard, Dipl.-Ing., Institut für Tragkonstruktionen und Konstruktives Entwerfen (itke), Fakultät für Architektur und Stadtplanung, Universität Stuttgart

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vi
Part A. Polymers and membranes in architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Part B. Materials Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Part C. Semi-finished products Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Part D. Planning and form-finding Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	132
Part E. Building with polymers and membranes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
Part F. Case studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	224
Part G. Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	286
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	296

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Pages
- Main content: 296
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1100
- Coloured Illustrations: 450
Keywords: materials; membranes; plastics

eBook

Published: December 17, 2012
ISBN: 9783034614702

Hardcover

Published: October 13, 2011
ISBN: 9783034607339

Paperback

Published: October 13, 2011
ISBN: 9783034607261