2016-Present
To direct the forces of nature is a central task in the creation of spaces and load-carrying structures for architecture. This research investigates how prestress can be used as a design tool for the creation of material efficient and well-functioning structures, and in early design stages contribute to sustainable, functional and beautiful architecture.
The objective is to answer the following questions:
- What can be learnt from historic and contemporary examples about how prestress has been and can be used?
- Can, from these examples, general objectives with prestressing be established?
- Can, from these examples, basic strategies for prestressing be established?
- How can this knowledge be utilised and applied in a design process?
Wood Fusion Pavilion
Related publications
- Prestress in Nature and Technics
Alexander Sehlström
Licentiate Thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, 2019
Chalmers Publication Library Record - Stressing Timber – An exploration of the use of prestressing in timber structures through the design of a lecture pavilion
Johanna Isaksson and Mattias Skeppstedt
M.Sc. Thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, 2018
Chalmers Publication Library Record - Prestressed gridshell structures
Mats Ander, Alexander Sehlström, Paul Shepherd, Chris J K Williams
in Proceedings of the IASS Symposium, 2017
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