Selldorf Architects’ Post

Modern buildings achieve the illusion of floating bricks through structural design and architectural techniques. One method involves using cantilevered construction, where bricks are extended beyond the building's support structure, giving the impression of suspension. Hidden steel or concrete beams provide stability while maintaining the appearance of weightlessness. Another approach utilizes glass curtain walls, allowing bricks to seemingly hover behind transparent surfaces, enhancing the perception of levitation. Additionally, precise placement and spacing of bricks create visually seamless patterns, contributing to the illusion. Through innovative engineering and design principles, modern architecture defies gravity, captivating observers with the mesmerizing sight of floating bricks. #ModernArchitecture #FloatingBricks #ArchitecturalIllusion #StructuralDesign #CantileverConstruction #InnovativeEngineering #ArchitecturalTechniques #LevitatingBricks #DesignInnovation #GravityDefyingArchitecture https://lnkd.in/gpsUf2fY Marcio Leão Parastoo Azad Nitesh Kumar Purohit Pareekh Jain Dr.Subramanian, Ph.D., FNAE, F.ASCE, M.ACI Narayanan Felipe Ochoa Cornejo 👨🏻🏫🇨🇱 Yeo Chee Min Oliver Jones Tanvir Hussain Prashant Srivastava Civil Er.Jai Kumar Tiwari Nitin Gupta Florian Palatini Grant LeBeau, EIT Gregory Harington Rajashekar Bhukya

Illusion of floating bricks is beautifully explained in this video along with a masterclass on brick architecture traditions

Next Thursday I will presenting a ground breaking facade innovation from Arup! Masonry cladding materials (terracotta, brick, stone, etc.) have some of the lowest embodied carbon among facade materials, yet our analysis shows that the majority of it is bound up the metal support frames, along with other components which you never actually see! Over nearly 25 years of designing facades in these materials, I have also noticed how absurdly complicated masonry facades have become, with increasingly complex components being stuffed into masonry cavity walls or behind rainscreen cladding to deal with fire, acoustic, thermal, moisture and structural issues. Somehow we have lost our way! So with a noble team of Arup of experts, we decided to challenge this, and question why we don't let the masonry material do the hard work. Well, actually, there are some very good reasons why we don't do this, thus we stopped building structural masonry buildings towards the end of the 19th century. But there's good news, we've overcome them and produced a facade system with 24% less carbon than a conventional brick facade, and 40% less than terracotta rainscreen (at least, it could well be more)! We have done this as one of six teams in this year's Architectural Ceramics Assembly Workshops (ACAW), which concludes next week with the construction of our teams' mock up panels in Buffalo, USA, and a live streamed symposium next Thursday, 15th August at 12 pm EST (5 pm BST or 6pm CET). Please do join us if you can via the link at the foot of this post. ACAW is presented by our wonderful hosts at Boston Valley Terra Cotta, Carnegie Mellon Architecture, University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, and wouldn't be possible without the huge support of my Arup colleagues including Raj Patel Graham Dodd Mitch Albarran Eveline Lam Edward Tricklebank Cristina G. Emily Pepper P.Eng Irene Martin Robbie Firth, as well as Leigh Stone #architecturalceramics #facades #arup #decarbonisation #materials #architecture #terracotta https://lnkd.in/eadAgzWN

Inflatable architecture: Pneumatic structures transforming built environments. As society, technology and architecture have evolved, designers and architects have adopted new structural systems and innovative approaches to transform the built environment. These advances have expanded the boundaries of traditional construction techniques and sparked new ideas in building design.   In the past, some architects and artists have sought to challenge an architectural paradigm deeply rooted in anthropocentrism. In the past, architecture was associated with the belief that buildings, created by humans, must be extremely durable, even indestructible. Given the principle that the best intervention is the least invasive, inflatable architecture, contrary to these human viewpoints - but adapted to our ephemeral nature - can propose structures that can exist one day and disappear the next, leaving a temporary mark on the landscape.   Whether it's installations, facade systems or concert halls, watching these types of structures integrate into the landscape is truly exciting. It's a reminder that there are always new ways to shape the buildings and structures we design, while focusing on the impact of architecture on our surroundings.  For more information click here 👉 #architecture #designandbuild #buildings  

Inflatable architecture: Pneumatic structures transforming built environments. As society, technology and architecture have evolved, designers and architects have adopted new structural systems and innovative approaches to transform the built environment. These advances have expanded the boundaries of traditional construction techniques and sparked new ideas in building design.   In the past, some architects and artists have sought to challenge an architectural paradigm deeply rooted in anthropocentrism. In the past, architecture was associated with the belief that buildings, created by humans, must be extremely durable, even indestructible. Given the principle that the best intervention is the least invasive, inflatable architecture, contrary to these human viewpoints - but adapted to our ephemeral nature - can propose structures that can exist one day and disappear the next, leaving a temporary mark on the landscape.   Whether it's installations, facade systems or concert halls, watching these types of structures integrate into the landscape is truly exciting. It's a reminder that there are always new ways to shape the buildings and structures we design, while focusing on the impact of architecture on our surroundings.  For more information click here 👉 #architecture #designandbuild #buildings  

Inflatable architecture: Pneumatic structures transforming built environments. As society, technology and architecture have evolved, designers and architects have adopted new structural systems and innovative approaches to transform the built environment. These advances have expanded the boundaries of traditional construction techniques and sparked new ideas in building design.   In the past, some architects and artists have sought to challenge an architectural paradigm deeply rooted in anthropocentrism. In the past, architecture was associated with the belief that buildings, created by humans, must be extremely durable, even indestructible. Given the principle that the best intervention is the least invasive, inflatable architecture, contrary to these human viewpoints - but adapted to our ephemeral nature - can propose structures that can exist one day and disappear the next, leaving a temporary mark on the landscape.   Whether it's installations, facade systems or concert halls, watching these types of structures integrate into the landscape is truly exciting. It's a reminder that there are always new ways to shape the buildings and structures we design, while focusing on the impact of architecture on our surroundings.  For more information click here 👉 #architecture #designandbuild #buildings  

New product from us : The close to invisible ATLANT® Strong composite columns, introduced at Eurosteel 2023 in Amsterdam this week. Come and join us there! By using the slender composite columns from ATLANT® family, buildings can be designed and constructed to provide more usable space, better light and greater visibility within the building and to the outside. The columns can be used in single- and multi-floor buildings, and in both interior and exterior areas. The ATLANT® family comprises two products: - Slender and strong ATLANT® composite columns - Close to invisible and even stronger ATLANT® Strong composite columns. The close to invisible ATLANT® Strong composite columns have superior slenderness and strength, comparing to alternatives in the market. Meanwhile, combination of ATLANT® Strong with ATLANT® composite columns enables a balanced solution in relation to architectural flexibility, cost effectiveness, construction simplicity and speed. #construction #compositecolumns #structuralengineering #eurosteel2023 #architecturaldesign #architecture #hybridsolutions #precast #innovation

ETFE (Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene) is durable, highly-transparent, environmentally friendly and a lightweight alternative to glass structures. It’s the new generation material which goes beyond glass. Polymers were once viewed as a cheap & inferior building material, however, with advanced research and development into architectural, this modern fluoropolymer is now being taken seriously as a legitimate part of the architect’s toolbox. A durable and lightweight membrane, it is increasingly becoming the material of choice for skylight applications and architectural building facades, and often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to other tensile membrane materials for roofing structures. The flexible nature of the membrane offers an elegant and modern design alternative. [email protected] www.whmembrane.com #construction #architecture #project #design #etfe #membrane #steelstructure #tensilestructure #lightweight