Session
Architecture
Description
In Civil Engineering, every structure harbours some degree of logic within it. Sometimes, it is easy to see it, while sometimes it lies somehow hidden and only a well informed eye can take hold of it. The Natural phenomena are dual in their manifestation. So are Tension and Compression, which represents the basic “genomes” of this interaction and are present within each structure from the simplest to the most complicated one. A structural form represents a physical manifestation of this invisible interplay, which, when in consonance with the natural flow of forces results not only in an economic but in a well proportionate and aesthetic structure – a work of art. Nowadays, the culture of putting unreserved belief on the results given by supercomputers slowly degraded in becoming a tradition. This paper calls for an increase to awareness within the community of structural engineers – by visiting some of the basic principles on which our profession holds on.
Keywords:
Structures, logic, compression, physical
Session Chair
Carolina Jaeger-Klein
Session Co-Chair
Mimoza Sylejmani
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-33-2
First Page
78
Last Page
87
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
7-11-2014 5:30 PM
End Date
7-11-2014 5:45 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2014.8
Recommended Citation
Selmani, Feti, "On Form and Logic of Structures" (2014). UBT International Conference. 8.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2014/all-events/8
Included in
On Form and Logic of Structures
Durres, Albania
In Civil Engineering, every structure harbours some degree of logic within it. Sometimes, it is easy to see it, while sometimes it lies somehow hidden and only a well informed eye can take hold of it. The Natural phenomena are dual in their manifestation. So are Tension and Compression, which represents the basic “genomes” of this interaction and are present within each structure from the simplest to the most complicated one. A structural form represents a physical manifestation of this invisible interplay, which, when in consonance with the natural flow of forces results not only in an economic but in a well proportionate and aesthetic structure – a work of art. Nowadays, the culture of putting unreserved belief on the results given by supercomputers slowly degraded in becoming a tradition. This paper calls for an increase to awareness within the community of structural engineers – by visiting some of the basic principles on which our profession holds on.