1st Edition

Skins, Envelopes, and Enclosures Concepts for Designing Building Exteriors

By Mayine Yu Copyright 2014
    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    280 Pages
    by Routledge

    Integrate the best building envelope construction methods, materials science, and structural principles in your work using this book as a resource to help you…

    With more than seventy significant case studies located in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia from prehistory to the present, this book illuminates the theory and techniques of assembling exteriors. Six chapters organized by wall types, from hand-set monolithic walls to digitally fabricated curtain walls, each have a material focus section to help you understand their intrinsic properties so that you can decide which will best keep the weather out of your building.

    Examples from the ancient world, including the Pyramids and the Great Wall, through a range of renowned modern architects, such as Studio Gang, Sauerbruch Hutton, Herzog and deMeuron, and Rafael Moneo, illustrate how significant works in the history of architecture explored innovative use of materials – stone, brick, concrete, glass, and aluminium. Along the way, principles of construction from masonry and basic framing through ever more sophisticated envelope systems address classic problems presented by gravity, wind, rain, and sun with studies of lateral forces, building movements and materials that bridge the gaps in between them.

    Preface and Acknowledgements  Introduction  Part 1: Load-bearing Construction  1. Monolithic Bearing Walls: Masonry, Stone, and Concrete  1.1 Historical Survey: Pyramids at Giza, Great Wall of China, Roman Coliseum, Baths at Pompei, Hagia Sofia, Tomb of the Saminids, Great Mosque of Isfahan, Cathedral of Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Beauvais Cathedral, Machu Picchu, Mesa Verde  1.2 Material Focus: Brick: Case Studies: Monadnock Building; Eladio Dieste Churches; Robie House; Aalto Experimental House Muuratsalo  1.3 Material Focus: Stone: Case Studies Wesleyan Creative Arts Center, Israeli Supreme Court, Herzog & deMeuron Dominus Winery, CMU: Kahn Bath House  1.4 Material Focus: Concrete: Case Studies: Auguste Perret residence at Rue Raynuoard, Le Corbusier Unité d’Habitation Marseilles, Candela Xochimilco, Nervi Sports Pavilion, Herzon deMeuron Eberswalde, Tadao Ando  2. Load-Bearing Cavity Walls  2.1 Material Focus: How Water Penetrates: Case Studies: Morgan Library, Exeter Library, Säynätsalo Town Hall, Siza Center for Contemporary Arts  3. Light Frame Construction  3.1 Material Focus: Wood Framing a House: Case studies: Balloon frame; Vernacular Platform Frame; Jacobs Usonian House; Levittown; Gropius House; Seaside; Thorncrown; Herzog & deMeuron Plywood House; Vikingskipet; Starlight  Part 2: Non-load-bearing Construction  4. Frame and Infill Construction  4.1 Material Focus: Glass: Case Studies: Katsura Villa; Norwegian Stave Churches; Crystal Palace; Cast Iron Soho; Farnsworth House; Unité d’Habitation; Herzog deMeuron Stone House Tavole; Crown Hall IIT; Auguste Perret Travaux Publics; Swiss Pavilion at the Cité Universitaire; Herzog & deMeuron Stone House Tavole; Jean Prouvé; Kahn Richards Lab; Utzøn Bagsvaerd  5.  Cladding Systems  5.1 Material Focus: Sequence of Installation: Case Studies: Postparkasse;Foster Willis Faber Dumas and Sainsbury; Mockbee/Rural Studio Community Center; Vinoly Icahn cable net; Starrett-Lehigh Building; Johnson Wax Administration building and Research Tower; Precast spandrels; Foster Sainsbury Center for Visual Arts Moneo Kursaal San Sebastian  6. Curtain Walls  6.1 Material Focus: Unitized Curtain Wall - Assembly and Installation: Case Studies:
    Bruno Taut Glass Pavilion; Palm Houses Kew and Bicton; Hallidie Building; Gropius Bauhaus Building Dessau; Empire State Building; Lever House; Seagram; Van Nelle Factory; Yamasaki World Trade Center; Institut du Monde Arabe; Kelbaugh House; Sauerbruch Hutton GSW; Moneo Columbia Northwest Corner Building 
    Bibliography  Index

    Biography

    Mayine L. Yu is a senior associate at Davis Brody Bond Architects in New York and was an adjunct associate professor in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.

    "A great text on building enclosures providing historical context and connection between the spatial and technical requirements. The images of construction along with relevant portions from drawings are a great resource. This is a welcome addition to anyone learning about enclosures either on a course or in a studio."

    Hitesh Doshi, professor, Building Science, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University