Paths to Form Finding: The formative years of Heinz Isler
Author(s): |
Rainer Schützeichel
Matthias Beckh |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | The paper investigates the formative years of the engineer Heinz Isler. The influence of his time as assistant at Pierre Lardy's chair at ETH Zurich on his later understanding of concrete structures will be examined. Furthermore, it sheds light on his earliest usage of models as tools for measuring and for designing. |