Deployable Structures

by Esther Rivas Adrover, Esther Rivas-Adrover

Overview

Deployable structures can expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties – offering the potential to create truly transforming environments. This book looks at the cutting edge of the subject, examining the different types of deployable structures and numerous design approaches.

Filled with photographs, models, drawings and diagrams, Deployable Structures is packed with inspirational ideas for architecture students and practitioners.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780677958
Publisher:	Quercus Publishing
Publication date:	09/07/2015
Series:	Form + Technique
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	34 MB
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About the Author

After teaching Advanced Descriptive Geometry in Spain Esther Rivas Adrover studied architecture at Oxford Brookes University, where she later taught design at degree and postgraduate level. She has worked in practices including Zaha Hadid Architects. Her own art has been exhibited several times at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.