Unique Architectural Forms Enabled by Base-Isolation
Being freed from rationalism, recent architecture has a trend towards the integration of architecture and structure in the fa鏰de through collaboration between architect and structural engineer, and the trend has resulted in a number of buildings with free and novel appearances. However, in earthquake-prone countries such as Japan, where earthquake loads dominate significant part of structural design, it is often difficult and calls for hard decisions by the structural engineer to meet design requirements of the building owner and the architect. In this article are introduced projects in which the concept of integration of fa鏰de and structure has been achieved in earthquake-prone Japan by effectively utilizing base-isolation system, with particular focus on PRADA Boutique Aoyama building.
Base-isolation Unique architectural form Diagonal latticework frame Cast steel
Masayoshi Nakai
General Manager, Advanced Structural Engineering Dept., Takenaka Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
国际会议
14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering(第十四届国际地震工程会议)
北京
英文
2008-10-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）