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Pure plastic: new materials for today's architecture
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ISBN: 9783938780510 Year: 2008 Publisher: Berlin Braun

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Transparent plastics : design and technology
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ISBN: 3764374705 9786611960421 128196042X 3764382872 Year: 2008 Publisher: Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser,

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Recent years have seen the construction of buildings made of plastic, structures that are as attractive as they are unusual. After initial experiments in the 1970s, plastic is currently experiencing a tremendous boom. Originally used for temporary structures like the BMW Pavilion in Frankfurt, it is now employed in many permanent buildings as well, including the recent Catholic church in Radebeul by Staib/Behnisch. Prominent international avant-garde architects such as Shigeru Ban and Herzog & de Meuron frequently use transparent plastic for their structures. Transparent plastic seems ephemeral and thus captures the spirit of the times. Its various qualities between transparent and translucent make it possible to achieve fascinating effects with light and color. Projects presented include the Allianz Arena in Munich by Herzog & de Meuron, the Rocket Tower in Leicester by Grimshaw & Partners, the Paper Art Museum by Shigeru Ban in Shizuoka, Japan, and the public housing development Cité Manifeste in Mulhouse by Lacaton Vassal. Seit einigen Jahren entstehen ebenso attraktive wie ungewöhnliche Bauten aus Kunststoff. Nach ersten Versuchen in den 1970er Jahren erlebt der Baustoff derzeit einen ungeheuren Boom. Zunächst für temporäre Bauten wie dem BMW Pavillon in Frankfurt genutzt, entstehen mittlerweile auch zahlreiche bleibende Gebäude (wie kürzlich die Katholische Kirche von Staib/Behnisch in Radebeul). Bekannte Architekten der internationalen Avantgarde wie Shigeru Ban oder Herzog & de Meuron verwenden gerne transparenten Kunststoff für ihre Bauten. Das Material scheint ephemer, transitorisch (ohne es zu sein) und trifft damit den Nerv der heutigen Zeit. Seine unterschiedlichen Qualitäten zwischen transparent und transluzent erlauben faszinierende Licht- und Farbeffekte. Zu den dargestellten Projekten gehören die Allianz-Arena in München von Herzog & de Meuron, der Rocket-Tower in Leicester von Grimshaw & Partner, das Papiermuseum von Shigeru Ban in Shizuoka, Japan, und der soziale Wohnungsbau der Cité Manifeste in Mulhouse von Lacaton Vassal.

Polymers in building and construction
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ISBN: 1280856475 9786610856473 184735050X 9781847350503 9781859573624 9781847350503 1859573622 9781280856471 6610856478 Year: 2002 Publisher: Shawbury, U.K. Rapra Technology Ltd.

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Polymers have become increasingly important as engineering materials in the past decade and applications in the construction industry are expanding. In Europe, around 20% of plastic consumption is in this industry, i.e., around 5 million tonnes per year. This review outlines the nature, culture and trends in the building and construction industry. Materials used in construction applications must possess critical properties, depending on the exact use. In general the important property requirements are mechanical, weathering, permeability, flammability and thermal conductivity properties. The e


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Plastic greenhouses for warm climates.
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ISBN: 9251011680 Year: 1982 Publisher: Rome : FAO,

Plastics for architects and builders
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ISBN: 0262540096 9780262540094 Year: 1968 Publisher: Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press,

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The objective of this "primer" on plastics is to acquaint the architect, designer, builder, and contractor with polymers and their potentialities in building, including not only structural aspects but interior, decorative, and lighting applications as well. The user of this book will obtain basic, essential knowledge of the nature and the applicability of these versatile materials. While it does not attempt to cover the entire field, it provides a firm groundwork in an area that could well profit from a knowledge of fundamental facts; equipped with this information the architect or builder can avoid trial-and-error methods in the employment of the plastics medium in building.The book begins with an extensive series of examples, including a number of four-color plates, thus providing a visual introduction or sample "case history" of the many uses of plastics in modern architecture. The text classifies polymers into simple groupings of application in building, describes their general properties, and sets forth composite materials and assemblies based on plastics, expounding the principal methods of fabrication as they affect uses. The parts of a building and the ways in which plastics can be employed are described in detail.The text is liberally supported by sketches and tables, clearly and usefully presented. The generic names and properties of the principal plastics currently in structural use and their applications in construction work and utility appliances are summarized in comprehensive form


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Permanent change : plastics in architecture and engineering
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ISBN: 9781616891664 1616891661 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York, N.Y. Princeton Architectural Press

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"Almost every industry in the world has benefited from the invention of plastics, but it is only in the recent past that they have begun to be appreciated as architectural materials in their own right. Plastics are quickly becoming one of the most ubiquitous materials in construction and have the potential to reshape the roles of architects and engineers, as well as the construction industry at large. As a building material, plastic allows for easily molded and formed shapes, leading to increasingly malleable design processes. Despite being the most deeply engineered building materials today, plastics are still in the nascent stages of understanding in terms of their potential applications and uses. In Permanent Change an interdisciplinary group of architects, historians, theorists, and engineers collectively explore the past, present, and future possibilities of this innovative building material"-- "While plastics are perhaps the most deeply engineered building materials today, we are still in the nascent stages of understanding their potential applications and uses. Permanent Change sheds new light on these materials and their implications for the fields of architecture and engineering. Materials that once forecast easily molded shapes have become a permanent measure and control point in design. Permanent Change is the fourth in the series Columbia Books on Materials and Architecture"--


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Plastics now : on architecture's relationship to a continuously emerging material
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ISBN: 9781138804500 9781138804517 1138804509 1138804517 Year: 2015 Publisher: Abingdon: Routledge,

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Plastics Now répond à une question principale : pourquoi construisons-nous avec des plastiques comme nous le faisons ? Pendant des décennies, les plastiques ont été décrits à maintes reprises comme « l’avenir », mais nous ne savons toujours pas exactement quoi en faire. Billie Faircloth soutient que cette inertie est due à l’indéchiffrabilité des plastiques, qui les a empêchés de se faire pleinement connaître. L’auteur suit le processus par lequel les plastiques sont devenus définis comme une classe de matériaux de construction. S’appuyant sur des données originales de la presse industrielle, des chronologies originales, des centaines d’images historiques et contemporaines, des publicités datant des années 1940 et des données techniques, ce livre non conventionnel explore l’émergence des plastiques en tant que matériau de construction et présente de nouvelles découvertes. Plastics Now adopte une approche provocatrice qui appelle les architectes à participer à la redéfinition des plastiques pour notre époque. C’est une lecture essentielle pour les architectes professionnels et les étudiants en architecture pour s’engager dans notre histoire commune avec l’industrie des plastiques.


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Plastics : in architecture and construction
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ISBN: 9783034603225 3034603223 3034611943 9783034611947 9783034611947 Year: 2010 Publisher: Basel : Birkhäuser,

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Plastics are high-performance materials of wide use in the built environment. Their versatile technical properties are particularly fascinating.A broad range of form-giving and finishing processes makes plastic especially interesting for complex geometries in combination with digital planning processes. Following the pioneering plastic structures of the 1970s, a number of spectacular buildings have in recent years highlighted the outstanding technical and aesthetic potential of the material. Until now, however, there has been no systematic treatment of the use of plastic in architecture. This book fills that gap by providing an introduction to the structural and design possibilities of plastic. It introduces the material and its specific characteristics, describes various types of plastic in terms of their relevance for building, explains processing technologies and presents typical products and components. A concise presentation of twenty-five international built projects - organized by the type of application and the plastic involved - documents the broad range of plastic in architecture. Finally, a look ahead at the future describes the current state of the art in materials research.

Transparent plastics : design and technology
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ISBN: 9783764374709 3764374705 Year: 2008 Publisher: Basel.Berlin.Boston: Birkhäuser,

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La construction de bâtiments réalisée en plastic reçoit aujourd'hui un attrait de plus en plus grand auprès des constructeurs et du public. Suite aux premières expériences des années 1940, le plastic est devenu courrant, principalement en raison de son côté transparent ou translucide. De grands architectes issus de l'actuelle avant-garde en ont un usage fréquent. Le présent ouvragde tente de démontrer que ce matériau "éphémère" est entré dans les habitudes constructives et fait partie de la liste des matériaux proposés actuellement en raison des possibilités esthétiques et techniques qu'il offre.

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Architecture mobile --- Construction modulaire --- Informatique appliquée --- Matériau --- Matière plastique --- P.v.c. --- Technologie de la construction --- Transparence --- Plastics in building --- Transparency in architecture --- Buildings, Plastic --- Ban, Shigeru --- Behnisch, Günter --- Bruckner, Anton --- Cucinella, Mario --- De Meuron, Pierre --- Franken, Bernhard --- Giencke, Volker --- Grimshaw, Nicholas --- Herzog, Jacques --- Kempe, André --- Kuhn, Christoph --- Lacaton, Anne --- Pfeifer, Günter --- Sakula, Ash --- Siegert, D. J. --- Thill, Oliver --- Vassal, Jean-Philippe --- Abb architects --- Arconiko --- B & k+ --- Herzog & de meuron --- Jaschek & partners --- Staib architects --- Tekuto architecture studio --- Construction --- Matières plastiques dans la construction --- Matériaux --- 691.6/8 --- 691.8 --- 691 --- 691.17 --- 749.02 --- 72.039 --- Bouwmaterialen ; plastic ; transparant ; translucent --- Lichte constructies ; lichtgewicht constructies --- Architectuur ; verplaatsbare ; mobiele ; tijdelijke --- Membrane architectuur ; tentstructuren --- Architectuur ; interieurarchitectuur ; materialen ; plastic --- Onderdelen en constructie-elementen van gebouwen --- Wanden ; muren ; vloeren ; plafonds ; daken ; gevels --- Ruimtelijke constructies ; overspanningen ; kapconstructies --- Herzog & de Meuron --- Lacaton & Vassal --- Transparante materialen --- Translucide materialen --- Plastic --- Kunststof --- Synthetische materialen --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststoffen --- Meubelkunst en design ; technieken, materialen --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- Transparent architecture --- Architecture --- Plastic building materials --- Building materials --- Plastics --- Building plastics industry --- Air-supported structures --- Matières plastiques dans la construction. --- Matériaux. --- Lacaton, Anne, --- Vassal, Jean-Philippe, --- Herzog, Jacques, --- Herzog, Jacques, 1950 --- -Kempe, André --- Lacaton, Anne, 1955 --- -Pfeifer, Günter --- Vassal, Jean-Philippe, 1954 --- -Architecture mobile --- -Construction --- -Buildings, Plastic --- Vassal, Jean-Philippe, 1954-

ETFE : technology and design
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ISBN: 9783764385637 3764385634 9786611951214 1281951218 376438624X Year: 2008 Publisher: Basel ; Boston : Birkhauser,

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ETFE foil has recently become an important material for the cladding of technologically sophisticated and innovative buildings. This material is very thin and lightweight and, when used in air-filled cushion assemblies, has enormous strength and a range of adaptive environmental attributes. ETFE cushion enclosures became known primarily through Grimshaw Architects' Eden Project and Herzog + de Meuron's Allianz Arena, and they are being used on the spectacular swimming stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the largest ETFE building envelope in the world so far. This book is conceived as an in-depth introduction to the characteristics of ETFE and its applications in construction. Project examples explore in detail the specific characteristics of ETFE building skins in the areas of structural behavior, light transmission, insulation, acoustics, fire engineering and environmental modification. In funktional und technologisch anspruchsvollen und innovativen Gebäudeentwürfen hat die Verwendung von ETFE-Folien in jüngster Zeit große Bedeutung erlangt. Dieses Folienmaterial ist von erstaunlicher Dünnheit bei enormer Reißfestigkeit und ist zum Teil leichter als die Luft, die es umschließt. Bekannt geworden ist das Material vor allem durch das Eden Project von Nicholas Grimshaw und die Allianz Arena von Herzog & de Meuron. Derzeit im Bau ist das spektakuläre Schwimmstadion für die Olympischen Spiele 2008 in Beijing - die bislang weltweit größte ETFE-Struktur.Das Buch ist als fundiertes Grundlagenwerk konzipiert, das sowohl Materialeigenschaften wie technologische und konstruktive Verwendungsmöglichkeiten grundsätzlich und umfassend vermittelt. Ausführlich geht die Autorin auf die Spezifika von ETFE in Bezug auf Lichtdurchlässigkeit, Dämmeigenschaften, Akustik, Brandschutz und ökologische Verträglichkeit ein. Ebenso stellt sie anhand von zahlreichen Projektbeispielen Entwurfslösungen vor.

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69 --- 691 --- 691.8 --- EFTE --- 691.17 --- 72.039 --- 692(03) --- 692.232 --- 693.8 --- Architectuur materialen alternatieve --- Onderdelen en constructie-elementen van gebouwen --- Architectuur industrieel design 21ste eeuw nieuwe materialen --- Gevelconstructies buitenmuren details --- Lichte constructies lichtgewicht constructies --- Gevelbekledingen 21ste eeuw EFTE --- Wanden muren vloeren plafonds daken gevels --- Ruimtelijke constructies overspanningen kapconstructies --- Bouwmaterialen milieubewuste --- Bouwmaterialen kunststoffen --- Bouwtechniek --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Synthetische materialen --- Kunststof --- Macromolecular materials. Rubbers, plastics etc. --- Hedendaagse architectuur. Bouwkunst sinds 1960 --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen naslagwerken --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen buitenmuren bekleding --- Architectuurgeschiedenis 2000 - 2050 --- Staalconstructies. Metaalconstructies --- Building materials. --- Fluoropolymers. --- 72.039 Hedendaagse architectuur. Bouwkunst sinds 1960 --- 691.17 Macromolecular materials. Rubbers, plastics etc. --- Fluoropolymers --- Polyethylene terephthalate. --- Plastics in building. --- Building materials --- Architectuur ; industrieel design ; 21ste eeuw ; nieuwe materialen --- Architectuur ; materialen ; alternatieve --- Bouwmaterialen ; kunststoffen --- Bouwmaterialen ; milieubewuste --- Gevelbekledingen ; 21ste eeuw ; EFTE --- Gevelconstructies ; buitenmuren ; details --- Lichte constructies ; lichtgewicht constructies --- Ruimtelijke constructies ; overspanningen ; kapconstructies --- Wanden ; muren ; vloeren ; plafonds ; daken ; gevels --- Fluorinated polymers --- Fluorine plastics --- Fluorocarbon polymers --- Fluoroplastics --- Organofluorine compounds --- Polymers --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen ; naslagwerken --- Constructie-elementen van gebouwen ; buitenmuren ; bekleding --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 2000 - 2050 --- Macromolecular materials. Rubbers, plastics etc --- Plastic building materials --- Plastics --- Building plastics industry --- Ethylene terephthalate polymer --- Mylar (Trademark) --- PET (Chemical) --- Terephthalic acid-ethylene glycol polymer --- Phthalate esters --- Polyesters --- Thermoplastics

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