Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics

Spatial structures have shown a great development, mainly since the post-war years from the middle of the twentieth century. They have become a constructive solution which provides lightness and stiffness, while achieving longer spans and reducing energy and used material. In Mexico City, the Sports...

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Autores principales:	González Meza,Edwin, Anaya Díaz,Jesús
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 2016
Materias:	Grid structures light structures arch structure hyperbolic paraboloid shell structures
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-915X20160003000042017-02-03Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX OlympicsGonzález Meza,EdwinAnaya Díaz,Jesús Grid structures light structures arch structure hyperbolic paraboloid shell structures Spatial structures have shown a great development, mainly since the post-war years from the middle of the twentieth century. They have become a constructive solution which provides lightness and stiffness, while achieving longer spans and reducing energy and used material. In Mexico City, the Sports Palace was completed in 1968 to become a landmark of Mexican architecture and an example of a low-cost, lightweight, dome. This essay shows the geometric influences and foundation behind its design, as well as the development and typological transformation of its structural elements and materials in the finally adopted constructive solution ─the crossed arch. Such solution transformed material and its geometry into a structural typological solution of its own. Here, Félix Candela used constructive and structural elements, previously experienced in other typologies, into solutions to form new types. This way, Candela developed the hyperbolic paraboloid, employing new materials and applying geometry for the structural typological development of the shape of the Sports Palace, achieving a dome which would become a typological model of international architecture.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEscuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileRevista de la construcción v.15 n.3 20162016-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-915X2016000300004en10.4067/S0718-915X2016000300004
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description	Spatial structures have shown a great development, mainly since the post-war years from the middle of the twentieth century. They have become a constructive solution which provides lightness and stiffness, while achieving longer spans and reducing energy and used material. In Mexico City, the Sports Palace was completed in 1968 to become a landmark of Mexican architecture and an example of a low-cost, lightweight, dome. This essay shows the geometric influences and foundation behind its design, as well as the development and typological transformation of its structural elements and materials in the finally adopted constructive solution ─the crossed arch. Such solution transformed material and its geometry into a structural typological solution of its own. Here, Félix Candela used constructive and structural elements, previously experienced in other typologies, into solutions to form new types. This way, Candela developed the hyperbolic paraboloid, employing new materials and applying geometry for the structural typological development of the shape of the Sports Palace, achieving a dome which would become a typological model of international architecture.
author	González Meza,Edwin Anaya Díaz,Jesús
author_facet	González Meza,Edwin Anaya Díaz,Jesús
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title	Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics
title_short	Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics
title_full	Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics
title_fullStr	Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics
title_full_unstemmed	Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics
title_sort	typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in mexico: the sports palace for the xix olympics
publisher	Escuela de Construcción Civil, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
publishDate	2016
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Typological and constructive transformations of spatial structures in Mexico: The Sports Palace for the XIX Olympics

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