Workshop 1

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Workshop 1

• Questions?

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Tower and the Bridge

• 1 A New Art Form
• 2 The Ideals of Structural Art
• 3 The History of Structural Art
• 4 Engineering and Science
• 5 Structures and Machines
• 6 Structures and Architecture
• 7 The Three Dimensions of Structure
• 8 Structural Art and Society

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1 A New Art Form

• Static technology and structures also important
  (as opposed to machines) no potholes!
• merging of art and technology
• starts in a big way with industrial revolution
• engineers can be artists
• engineering art is not equal to architecture

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2 The Ideals of Structural Art

• structural art is modern, not modern art
• emerges due to IR and in democracies
• freedom and discpline in balance
• efficiency minimize materials
• economy conserve public resources
• harsh times creates more advances
• efficiency and economy can equal ugly you need
  elegance!

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3 The History of Structural Art

• eiffel tower splits architecture in to two
  periods
• prior to eiffel tower iron
• post eiffel tower architecture switches to art
  form, because of reinf. conc.??
• post ww2 people look to architecture to overcome
  deficiencies in cities

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4 Engineering and Science

• techonology and engineering are different from
  science
• they have parallel activities, but
• technology... building for (wo)mans want or need
• science generalizes knowledge but engineering
  does not always follow... (gives examples where
  techonology does not always follow science)

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5 Structures and Machines

• theme structures and machines have strong
  relationship
• need both, machines make structures, machines go
  in structures, infrastructure,
• static v dynamic
• technology equals no art? maybe/maybe not

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6 Structures and Architecture

• some structures come directly from engineers
• structural design large scale / single use
• architecture smaller scale with complex human
  usage private house is archetype
• structural design as an art form separate from
  architecture?
• structural engineer not equal to architect
• modern materials at first introduction offend
  some in architecture (steel?)
• tech schools considered offensive by some

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7 The Three Dimensions of Structure

• scientific-engineer
• science vs. engineer redux
• efficiency constrained by safety
• social-architect
• society and public support constraints,
• economy
• symbolic-sculptor
• bridges are our most durable monuments (?)
• elegance

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8 Structural Art and Society

• when structure and form are one life is good
• 3 ss reviewed
• analysis/computers are not a substitute for human
  creativity
• very keen on design competitions
• materials have their own significance lots of
  political connections?

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For structures which you encounter in the world
around you, you should be able to1. explain
qualitatively the means by which loads are
transferred to the ground2. evaluate the
qualifications of the structure as a work of
structural art 3. research the social, symbolic
and scientific aspects of the structure and
express your findings clearly in both written,
graphical, and spoken form
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