Focus on Construction of Modern Facades
GLASS CONSTRUCTION | LATTICE SHELL FACADE | CABLE FACADE
MASTER’S PROGRAM IN HAMBURG
INSTRUCTORS:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Wellershoff, Roman Baudisch
COAUTHORS:
Jack Ross, David Albers, Stephan Berthold
In this course, our group had to fulfill three tasks.
1 / GLASS CONSTRUCTION
We have designed a fully glazed waiting area for the planned HVV ferry station at HCU. All bearing elemts had to be glass. We calculated the load-bearing capacity and planned the details of the glass construction accordingly.
2 / LATTICE SHELL FACADE
In the second part of the course, we designed a double-curved lattice shell as a glass roof for a shopping mall. We used Rhino 3D to convert this into a surface model, and then we optimized it with the use of Grasshopper, resp. Evolute Tools, for a cost-effective production. We have also prepared the file for 3D printing.
3 / CABLE FACADE
In the last part of the course, we had to design a cable facade (including construction details) for the same shopping center. This facade had to be curved around at least one axis and carried out with diagonal cable girders.
