New Building Forms of Dieste & Isler
THEMESDiscipline (necessary) and Play (still possible)
Dieste and the new material of prestressed thin shell brick
High stakes discipline and play, Isler’s thin shells Pneumatic shells, experimental discipine, Free-form funicular shapes, ice shells
Eladio Dieste (1917-2000)
Heinz Isler (1926-2009)
Kresge Auditorium (1955) 49 m span Eero Saarinen, architect M.I.T, Cambridge, MA
Eladio Dieste (1917-2000)
Eladio Dieste (1917-2000)
Reinforced / prestressed brick
Dieste prestressing
GDP per capita (2012 dollars)
1950 2012
Uruguay $5200 $16000USA $13000 $51000
“The poor cannot afford beauty” or “The poor deserve beauty”
Self%Suppor*ng-Shells-
Gaussian'Vaults'
Ruled&Surfaces&Folded&Structures&
Gaussian vault: Citricos Caputto fruit packing plant 1971
Self supporting shell: Salto Bus Terminal (1973)
Ruled Surface: Church of Christ the Worker (1958-1960)
Heinz Isler (1926-2009)
Torroja’s Lab
Pierre Lardy
Heinz Isler (1926-2009)
Eschmann Company Building (1958) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Wyss Garden Center (1961) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Kilcher Co. Building (1965) 26 m span, 8-10 cm thick Heinz Isler Switzerland
Tension
Compression
Grötzingen Theater (1977) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Grötzingen Theater (1977) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Deitingen Service Station (1968) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Sicli Co. Building (1970) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Heimberg Tennis Center (1973) Heinz Isler Switzerland
Heinz Isler Christian Menn
