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Thin-shell structures are light weight constructions using shell elements. These elements are typically curved and are assembled to large structures.
Brasilia Cathedral
1970
Oscar Niemeyer
Advantages vs:
Other methods of construction Other materials
Disadvantages
Concrete as material humidity
HISTORY
PIONEERS
US Anton Tedesko (1903-1994) ITALY Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979)
SPAIN Eduardo Torroja (1891-1961) and his pupil Felix Candela (1910-1997)
David, Barry, and Randy South- Monolithic Dome Institute
Structural Engineer
Planetarium Sky shows
The Carl Zeiss Company leading manufacturers of equipment that produces sky shows
Dyckerhoff and Widmann, created the solution known as the Zeiss Dywidag System. Roberts & Schaefer Company in Chicago
Hayden Planetarium
- first full-scale American thin concrete shell
The Society for Concrete Construction AIA Gold Medalist Nervi dedicated himself to studies of the covering construction of very big dimensions Invented the Ferro Cemento
Ferro-Cemento
Breakthrough in the field of concrete
used steel mesh as a core and layers of cement were brushed on top The mesh was thin, flexible, and elastic
Eduardo Torroja
(1891 1961)
pioneer in the design of concrete-shell structures Torroja graduated as an engineer a Professor at the Escuela de Caminos in Madrid as well as Director of the Instituto Tecnico de la Construccion y del Cemento
48 m. diameter shell placed over eight pillars joined by a prestressed tie beam
Felix Candela
(1910 1997)
did not invent the concrete shell nor was he the first to use hyperbolic parabaloids (hypar) Huddersfield Gem website asserts he was the all time greatest practitioner of shell design Nicknamed the Shell Builder
HYPERBOLIC
PARABOLOID
Market, Huddersfield
The encyclopedia Brittanica calls Felix Candela a designer of reinforced-concrete (ferroconcrete) structures distinguished by thin, curved shells that are extremely strong and unusually economical.
Monolithic Domes
The Monolithic Dome, is a safe, energy efficient, beautiful structure with many advantages over standard construction A Monolithic Dome is the ideal structure for any sport facility: school gymnasium, indoor football or hockey stadium, mega-arena, rodeo arena, skating rink, etc