Deployable Structures

Oprawa: Paperback, Format: 17x12 cm, Stron: 160, 200 pictures, 2015 r.

Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments.

This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches. Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is packed with inspirational ideas for architecture stents and practitioners.

About the Author

Esther Rivas Adrover is a trained architect and has worked with various practices, incling Zaha Hadid Architects, Wilkinson Eyre and Grimshaw. She is also a design tutor at Oxford Brookes University and at the University of Greenwich.

Contents:

TYPOLOGIES

STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS 

GENERATIVE

SYNTEGRATION