The contribution focuses on the patents (1958-64) for modular thin vaults in reinforced concrete filed by the German engineer Wilhelm Johannes Sil-berkuhl (1912-1984). The modular thin vaults – shaped on narrow hyper-bolic paraboloid sectors – are mostly applied for the roof of industrial buildings and were widely used in Germany and abroad, in the 1960s and 1970s. Mainly known as ‘Silberkuhl-System’, the vaults are entirely pre-fabricated and prestressed on-site. The study explores the relation between form, construction process and structural conception of the Silberkuhl modular hypar-shells, with the aid of a powered visualization framework based on parametric 3D modelling. The use of a computational modelling environment provides an insight on the geometry and the structural behav-ior of the vaults. The application of the vaults for the ‘Magazzino Merci Ri-nascente’ in Rome (1962), still existing, is presented as paradigmatic case study for the spreading of the system in Italy.
Cocco, L., Giannetti, I., Russo, M. (2023). The Silberkuhl System (1958–1970). Exploring Form, Construction, and Structural Conception of HP-Shell by Parametric Modeling. In S. Gabriele (a cura di), Shell and Spatial Structures. IWSS 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (pp. 299-308). Springer International Publishing [10.1007/978-3-031-44328-2_31].
The Silberkuhl System (1958–1970). Exploring Form, Construction, and Structural Conception of HP-Shell by Parametric Modeling
GIANNETTI, I;
2023-10-01
Abstract
The contribution focuses on the patents (1958-64) for modular thin vaults in reinforced concrete filed by the German engineer Wilhelm Johannes Sil-berkuhl (1912-1984). The modular thin vaults – shaped on narrow hyper-bolic paraboloid sectors – are mostly applied for the roof of industrial buildings and were widely used in Germany and abroad, in the 1960s and 1970s. Mainly known as ‘Silberkuhl-System’, the vaults are entirely pre-fabricated and prestressed on-site. The study explores the relation between form, construction process and structural conception of the Silberkuhl modular hypar-shells, with the aid of a powered visualization framework based on parametric 3D modelling. The use of a computational modelling environment provides an insight on the geometry and the structural behav-ior of the vaults. The application of the vaults for the ‘Magazzino Merci Ri-nascente’ in Rome (1962), still existing, is presented as paradigmatic case study for the spreading of the system in Italy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
