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Relation of Form To Structure (Repaired)

The document discusses the relationship between form and structure in architecture. It defines form as the shape and structure of something, distinguishing it from material. Basic forms include cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and pyramids. Structure is defined as a stable assembly of elements designed to support and transmit loads safely. Fundamental structural systems include lintels, corbels, arches, and trusses. Structures are also classified as rigid, vector-active, surface-active, or flexible depending on how they redirect forces. The importance of structural thinking in architecture is that it allows buildings to support movement of people and materials as well as mechanical systems like HVAC through optimized structural designs.

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Relation of Form To Structure (Repaired)

The document discusses the relationship between form and structure in architecture. It defines form as the shape and structure of something, distinguishing it from material. Basic forms include cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, and pyramids. Structure is defined as a stable assembly of elements designed to support and transmit loads safely. Fundamental structural systems include lintels, corbels, arches, and trusses. Structures are also classified as rigid, vector-active, surface-active, or flexible depending on how they redirect forces. The importance of structural thinking in architecture is that it allows buildings to support movement of people and materials as well as mechanical systems like HVAC through optimized structural designs.

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Relation of Form to Structure

FORM the shape and structure of something as


distinguished from its material and substance
Basic Forms

Cube (from square)

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Sphere (from circle)

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Cylinder (from circle)


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Cone (from triangle)

Pyramid (from triangle)

STRUCTURE a stable assembly of structural elements


designed and constructed to function as a whole in
supporting and transmitting applied loads safely to the
ground without exceeding the allowable stresses in the
members
Fundamental Structural Systems

Lintel

Corbel

Arch

Cohesive

Truss
Types of structures (according to behavior under the action
of an applied load or changing load}

Rigid
Of or pertaining to a structure or structural member having a
shape that does not change appreciably under the action of
an applied load or changing loads
Bulk-active structure
a structure or structural member that redirects external
forces primarily through the bulk and continuity of its
material, as a beam or column

Vector-active
a structure or structural member that redirects external
forces primarily through the composition of tension and
compression members, as a truss

Surface-active
a structure or structural member that redirects external
forces primarily along the continuity of a surface, as a plate
or shell

Flexible
Of or pertaining to a structure or structural member
characterized by a lack of stiffness and having a shape that
responds to changes in loading
Form-active structure
a structure or structural member that redirects external
forces primarily through the form of its material, as an arch
or cable

The Importance of Structural Thinking?


The need to provide buildings with mechanical and
other environmental subsystems that support the horizontal

and vertical movement of men and materials as well as


provide for heating, ventilation, air conditioning, power,
water, waste disposal, acoustical and lighting needs
A. Provisions for heating, ventilation, AC, power, water and
waste services can be visualized in a tree diagram
B. Acoustics influenced by structural shape; when a
structure is flexible, vibrations are transmitted
: dome roofs concentrate
: dish roof disburses
C. Artificial and natural light
: good interface minimizes structural interface
: poor interface maximizes structural interface
: natural light and structure interact at overall level
fully enclosed box represents simple
structural problem but provides no natural
light

fully transparent roof provides natural light


but poses a complex structural problem

bearing wall and shear wall design is


simple but admits little light

frame design is more complex but allows


up to 80% of the walls to be transparent for
light and view

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