Research theme: Vertical Net Structures [DRX 2013]

Date: 23.07.2013

Tutor: Agata Kycia

Location: HENN, Berlin, DE

Description: The workshop introduces recent developments and tendencies in the design of tall buildings to the DRX 2013 researchers. Through a series of lectures, Agata highlights the critical aspects in the design of tall buildings, focusing on their structural performance.

The workshop introduces recent developments and tendencies in the design of tall buildings to the DRX 2013 researchers.

(pic. The projected 20 tallest buildings in 2020, www.ctbuh.org)

The workshop is divided into two parts. The first familiarizes the participants with the existing structural systems commonly used in the design of tall buildings throughout history, for example, rigid frame structures, rigid frame + core, core+ outrigger, perimeter and hybrid structures.

The second part focuses on the characteristics of height-active structures due to their extension in height and susceptibility to horizontal loading. An emphasis was placed on understanding these height-active structures as integrated systems in a complex stress condition, as well as their ability to collect the loads, redirect them to the ground and provide lateral stabilization. Redirecting horizontal loads to the ground, as one of the crucial features of high-rise structures, may even become the form defining element in the design of tall buildings.

The workshop concludes with an explanation of the Prototower designed during the DRX 2012, published and presented during the Tensinet Symposium at the Mimar Sinan Fine-Art University in Istanbul.

References: Heino Engel, Tragsysteme (2006), Mark Sarkisian, Designing tall buildings (2011), ctbuh.org

More information about the DRX 2013 you can find on the HENN website, or on facebook.

DRX 2013 Team:

DRX 2013  Principals: Martin Henn,Dipl.-Arch (DRX Host / HENN Design Director), M.S. AAD, Moritz Fleischmann, Dipl.-Ing., M. Arch. (DRX Director / HENN Head of Research)

DRX 2013 Experts: Prof. Dr. Christoph Gengnagel (UdK Berlin), Prof. Dr. Alexander Bobenko (TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik, MATHEON), Mirco Becker (Städelschule Frankfurt)
DRX 2013  Guest-Speaker: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Grohmann (Bollinger+Grohmann)

DRX 2013 Researchers: Daniel da Rocha, M.Arch. (HENN), Maximilian Thumfart, Dipl.-Ing. (HENN), Dragos Naicu, M.Phil (University of Bath), Sean Buttigieg, B.Arch (Städelschule Frankfurt), Kavin Horayangkura, B.Arch (Städelschule Frankfurt), Samar Malek PhD, LEED, AP (MIT, Universtiy of Bath), Isabella Thiesen, Dipl.-Math (TU Berlin)

DRX 2013 Workshop Tutors: Agata Kycia, MSc. Arch. (HENN , IAAC, TU Delft), Lorenz Lachauer, Dipl.-Ing (ETHZ, BLOCK Research Group), Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Clemens Preisinger (Karamba 3D,  Bollinger+Grohmann), Moritz Heimrath, Dipl.Arch, M.Arch (Karamba 3D,  Bollinger+Grohmann), Daniel Piker (Kangaroo,  Foster + Partners), Alex Reddihough (ARUP London)

DRX 2013 Jury: Prof. Dr. Toni Kotnik (University of Innsbruck, ETH Zürich), Mirco Becker  (Städelschule Frankfurt), Prof. Dr. Christoph Gengnagel (Professor, Lecturer, and Researcher UdK Berlin),
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bobenko (Professor, Researcher TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik, MATHEON), Daniel Piker (Kangaroo,  Foster + Partners), Alex Reddihough (ARUP), Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Clemens Preisinger (Karamba 3D,  Bollinger+Grohmann), Moritz Heimrath, Dipl.Arch, M.Arch (Karamba 3D,  Bollinger+Grohmann), Stefan Sechelmann, Dipl. Math, (TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik), Dr. Thilo Rörig (TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik), Christoph Seidel (TU Berlin, Institut für Mathematik)

More information about the DRX 2013 you can find on the HENN website, or on facebook.