Building Knowledge, Constructing Histories, volume 2 Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium

VOLUME 2

Pier Luigi Nervi and Fiat. The expansion of Officine Mirafiori in Turin
L. Greco

The vaulted roof of San Vittore in Milan: An unusual sixteenth-century construction
A. Grimoldi

The evolution of the cast node of the Pompidou Centre: From the ‘friction collar’ to the ‘gerberette’
B. Hamzeian

German stonemasons and the fort architecture of the Texas frontier
L. Hancock

The Chinese teahouse at the 1873 Vienna world exposition
A. Harrer

Documenting depression-era construction: The University of Virginia’s PWA buildings
B.J. Hays

King’s College Chapel: The geometry of the fan vault
J. Heyman

Late Antique vaults in the cisterns of Resafa with ‘bricks set in squares’
C. Hof

Evolutionary traces in European nail-making tools
C. How

Arch bridge design in eighteenth-century France: The rule of Perronet
S. Huerta

‘Recommended minimum requirements for small dwelling construction’. A forgotten ancestor of the modern USA building code
N.P. Isaacs

Earthen buildings in Ireland
A. Jiménez Rios & D.W. O’Dwyer

Iron on top. The use of wrought iron armatures in the construction of late Gothic openwork spires
C. Kayser

The Munich state opera house. Constructing between tradition and progress at the beginning of the nineteenth century
C. Knobling

The roof of the Marble Palace in Saint-Petersburg: A structural iron ensemble from the 1770s
A. Kosykh, W. Lorenz & K. Frommelt

Modernity and locality in the use of brick in Spanish architecture (1870s–1930s)
R. Kumagai, Y. Ito & F. Kimura

Study of traditional gypsum in Spain: Methodology and initial results
V. La Spina

Interdisciplinary research on the heritage of housing complexes in France (1945–75)
R. Labrunye, G. Bolle, K. El Alami, I. Requena & D. Siret

Earthen mortar walls in Cremona: The complexity and logic behind a construction technique
A.G. Landi

Geometry and proportions of the medieval castles of Latvia
A. Lapins

New typology for Old & Middle Kingdom stone tools: Studies in the Hatnub quarries in Egypt
O. Lavigne

Luigi Moretti and the program of the case albergo in Milan (1947–50)
R. Lucente & L. Greco

Hydrotechnical models of the ‘Modellkammer’ (chamber of models) in Augsburg, Germany
R. Mair & C. Weber

Abandonment of sexpartite vaults: Construction difficulties and evolution
R. Maira Vidal

Late Gothic constructions in Müstair and Meran
M. Maissen, M. Gantner & S.M. Holzer

Built-in, exposed or concealed comfort services. Attempts to industrialise collective housing after 1945
G. Marino

The Portland cement industry and reinforced concrete in Portugal (1860–1945)
J. Mascarenhas-Mateus & C. Rodrigues de Castro

Origins of the modern cable-stayed bridge: The Dischinger story
R. May

Frederick Lanchester and the invention of the air-supported roof
W. McLean

Catetinho: The first presidential house in Brasília, Brazil
M.M. Mennucci & P.P. Palazzo

Some aspects of steel building construction of the industrial architecture in the United States (1890–1930)
M. Mislin

Iron bridges for Rome, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy
R. Morganti, A. Tosone, M. Abita & D. Di Donato

The hyperbolic paraboloids of the Tor di Valle racetrack in Rome
S. Mornati

The secret of zoomorphic imposts: A new reading of the Achaemenids’ roofing system
M. Motamedmanesh

The dome of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris, a historical and structural analysis
L. Moubax & K. De Jonge

Braided rope with vegetable fibers for the construction of the Inca bridge of Q’eswachaka (Peru)
E. Muscio & J. Anaya Díaz

Church of Mission San José, San Antonio: Using construction history to inform preservation approaches
A. Nau & Q. Collette

Knowledge transfer in vaulting. The Assier church and Valencian stonecutting
P. Navarro-Camallonga, J. Calvo-López & M.A. Alonso-Rodríguez

Nineteenth-century stone protection: The invention and early research on fluosilicates and their dispersion into Europe
T.G. Nijland & W.J. Quist

The Boyne Viaduct: Early indeterminate lattice girder analysis and design
D.W. O’Dwyer & R. Cox

Sixteenth-century development from common rafter roofs to ridge purlins in Leiden (NL)
E. Orsel

European iron bridges in Puerto Rico: The example of the Guamaní bridge
J. Ortiz-Colom

Accouplement: Vicissitudes of an architectural motif in classical France
P.P. Palazzo

Fabrication and erection of large steel bridges in the twentieth century: From structural analysis to optimisation of fabrication
E. Pelke & K.-E. Kurrer

Production of major public works in Brazil: From the scenes in documentaries from 1950–70 to an interrogation about the contemporary specificities of state-company relations
G.M. Petrella & C.H. D’Almeida

Early Greek stone construction and the invention of the crane
A. Pierattini

Experimental school constructions by Jean Prouvé. The benefit of closed prefabrication
A.L. Pöllinger

Sheltered. Parked. Respirated. Three underground spaces by Gottfried Schindler
A.W. Putz

Dutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture
W.J. Quist

Late Gothic system in the church of Saint-Séverin (Paris)
E. Rabasa-Díaz

Recent geopolitics of construction – origins and consequences
A. Rabeneck

Pier Luigi Nervi’s idea of “vertita delle strutture”
P. Radelet-de Grave

‘Theory’ and systematic testings – Emil Mörsch, Carl bach and the culture of experimentation into reinforced concrete construction at the turn of the twentieth century
C. Rauhut & T. Meyer

A timber bridge constructed in seventeenth-century Japan: Study of innovation in the construction of Kintai Bridge and its maintenance techniques
C. Ren

François Coignet (1814–88) and the industrial development of the first modern concretes in France
G. Richaud

Assessing geometrically the structural safety of masonry arches
J.-F. Rondeaux, A. Deschuyteneer & D. Zastavni

A masterpiece in the use of light, Johnson Wax headquarters. Racine, Wisconsin, USA
G. Sampaoli

The Church of Peace in Jawor: A few remarks on the organization of its construction in the years 1654–56 in the light of written and iconographic sources
U. Schaaf

Nubia vernacular: The villages of Bigge
B. Schäfer

Beyond Grubenmann: Swiss carpentry (1750–1850)
J. Schäfer & S.M. Holzer

Transfer of knowledge through books and prints: Jesuit design for the Western buildings and fountains in the Yuanmingyuan in Beijing
H. Schlimme

Earthquake-resistant foundations systems in Italy in the first decade of the twentieth century
F. Scibilia

Specifications and the standardisation of Ireland’s local harbours
E. Shotton

Fire brick in China: From mining to architecture
C.-X. Shu & Y.-B. Fang

New experiences with reinforced tile for Eladio Dieste when building the Cristo Obrero Church
M. Silva-Contreras

Competing visions of community, commerce and construction in the first Ohio River railroad bridge
D.A. Simmons

Knowledge transfer in the early medieval art of vaulting in Dalmatia
M. Šimunić Buršić

Onsite precast concrete: A critical approach to concrete at the Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkha University, Thailand
P. Sirikiatikul

Adobe constructions in Yún-lín county, Taiwan
P. Smars

The vaulted system of the Basilica of S. Ambrogio in Milan: A cross-feature in the Basilica’s life. Restoration and interpretation
C. Stanga & C. Spinelli

At the intersection of foreign building know-how: Plovdiv in the early twentieth century
I. Stoyanova

The influence of Howe’s structural typology on Galician wooden bridges
C. Tardini

The mushroom column: Origins, concepts and differences
A. Thuy & M. Rinke

The thirties summer holiday camps in the Abruzzo region: From design to building
A. Tosone, R. Morganti & A. Bellicoso

The first Luanda’s skyscraper: Comfort through natural and artificial control methods
A. Tostoes & M. Quinta

Victor Horta and building site photography
D. Van de Vijver

Business-card buildings: Corporate architecture and promotional strategies in buildings and projects for Eternit in Belgium (1955–75)
S. Van de Voorde & R. Devos

The foundations of the Nieuwe Kerk Tower in Amsterdam (1645–52)
G. van Tussenbroek

Joining techniques in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Belgian timber roofs
L. Vandenabeele, I. Bertels & I. Wouters

Education on the production chain: Lelé’s transitory schools in Brazil
A. Vilela

Innovations in the structural systems in tall buildings in Bogotá in the 1960s. Case study: Bavaria building
C. Villate Matiz

William Arrol and Peter Lind: Demolition, construction and workmanship on London’s Waterloo Bridges (1934–46)
C. Wall

Reverse engineering marvelous machines: The design of Late Gothic vaults from concept to stone planning and the prehistory of stereotomy
D. Wendland & M.J. Ventas Sierra

Emergence of heavy contracting in the United States in the nineteenth century
S.E. Wermiel

Hidden modernity: Reinforced concrete trusses in Brussels parish churches (1935–40)
R. Wibaut, T. Coomans & I. Wouters

Built to stock. Versatility of Hennebique’s urban warehouses in Belgium (1892–1914)
I. Wouters, S. Van de Voorde, M. De Fossé & I. Bertels

Biography

Ine Wouters, Stephanie Voorde, Inge Bertels, Bernard Espion, Krista Jonge, Denis Zastavni