Enjoy: Design, Steel, and Engineering
Werner Sobek
Wednesday 31 October, 2012
6:30pm, $0
Columbia University, Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Avenue, Wood Auditorium
Werner Sobek is a German architect and structural engineer. Since 1994, he has been a professor at the University of Stuttgart and director of the Institute for Lightweight Structures and of the Central Laboratory for Structural Engineering. In 2000, he fused the Institute for Lightweight Structures and the Institute for Construction and Design into the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK).
Both in its research and teaching, the (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart unites the aspect of design that is dominant in architecture with the focus on analysis and construction from structural engineering as well as materials science. On the basis of a goal-oriented and interdisciplinary approach, the institute is concerned with the conceptual development of all types of construction and load-bearing structures, using all types of materials. The areas of focus span construction with textiles and glass all the way to new structures in reinforced and prestressed concrete. From the individual details to the whole structure, the approach focuses on the optimisation of form and construction with respect to material and energy use, durability and reliability, recyclability and environmental sustainability.
Hosted by Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Both in its research and teaching, the (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart unites the aspect of design that is dominant in architecture with the focus on analysis and construction from structural engineering as well as materials science. On the basis of a goal-oriented and interdisciplinary approach, the institute is concerned with the conceptual development of all types of construction and load-bearing structures, using all types of materials. The areas of focus span construction with textiles and glass all the way to new structures in reinforced and prestressed concrete. From the individual details to the whole structure, the approach focuses on the optimisation of form and construction with respect to material and energy use, durability and reliability, recyclability and environmental sustainability.
Hosted by Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.