Setting the Edge Free: Candela's Shells in San Antonio de las Huertas Church. Geometry and Construction
| Author(s): |
Juan Ignacio Del Cueto
Agustin Hernandez |
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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: |
Félix Candela´s most fruitful professional collaborations were with Mexican architects Enrique de la Mora and Fernando López Carmona; together they built the first groin vault with a hyperbolic paraboloid in the world for the Mexican Stock Exchange (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores), 1953-54. Soon after, Candela was able to show that he could eliminate the reinforcements of the exterior arches in this type of structure when he built the first concrete shells with free edges in the church of San Antonio de la Huertas in Mexico City, 1956. In the chapter “Setting the Edge Free” of his bookCandela: the Shell Builder, Colin Faber explains the process Candela followed to eliminate the reinforcements on the edges of the groin vaults. This paper presents the evolution of the original design project for the church of San Antonio de las Huertas, and it explains the building process and current condition of the church, 60 years after ist construction, using a rigorous architectural survey and analysis of the concrete shells with the goal of evaluating the shells´ condition according to two guidelines: geometry and construction. |
| Keywords: |
Felix Candela hyperbolic parabolid
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