The contribution focuses on the patents (1958–64) for modular thin vaults in reinforced concrete filed by the German engineer Wilhelm Johannes Silberkuhl (1912–1984). The thin modular vaults – shaped on narrow hyperbolic paraboloid (HP) sectors – are mainly applied for the roof of industrial buildings and were widely used in Germany and abroad in the 1960s and 1970s. Mainly known as Silberkuhl System, the vaults are entirely prefabricated and prestressed on-site. The study explores the relation between form, construction process, and structural conception of the Silberkuhl modular HP-shells, with the aid of a powered visualization framework based on parametric 3D modeling. The use of a computational modeling environment provides insight into the geometry and the structural behavior of the vaults. The application of the vaults for the Magazzino Merci Rinascente in Rome (1962), still existing, is presented as a paradigmatic case study for the spreading of the system in Italy.

The Silberkuhl System (1958–1970): Exploring Form, Construction, and Structural Conception of HP-Shell by Parametric Modeling / Lorenzo Cocco, Pio; Giannetti, Ilaria; Russo, Martina. - 437:(2024), pp. 299-308. (Intervento presentato al convegno Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures 2023 tenutosi a Torino) [10.1007/978-3-031-44328-2_31].

The Silberkuhl System (1958–1970): Exploring Form, Construction, and Structural Conception of HP-Shell by Parametric Modeling

Martina Russo
2024

Abstract

The contribution focuses on the patents (1958–64) for modular thin vaults in reinforced concrete filed by the German engineer Wilhelm Johannes Silberkuhl (1912–1984). The thin modular vaults – shaped on narrow hyperbolic paraboloid (HP) sectors – are mainly applied for the roof of industrial buildings and were widely used in Germany and abroad in the 1960s and 1970s. Mainly known as Silberkuhl System, the vaults are entirely prefabricated and prestressed on-site. The study explores the relation between form, construction process, and structural conception of the Silberkuhl modular HP-shells, with the aid of a powered visualization framework based on parametric 3D modeling. The use of a computational modeling environment provides insight into the geometry and the structural behavior of the vaults. The application of the vaults for the Magazzino Merci Rinascente in Rome (1962), still existing, is presented as a paradigmatic case study for the spreading of the system in Italy.
2024
Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures 2023
thin HP-shell; Silberkuhl System; Magazzino Merci Rinascente; Rome Italy; parametric 3D modeling
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The Silberkuhl System (1958–1970): Exploring Form, Construction, and Structural Conception of HP-Shell by Parametric Modeling / Lorenzo Cocco, Pio; Giannetti, Ilaria; Russo, Martina. - 437:(2024), pp. 299-308. (Intervento presentato al convegno Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures 2023 tenutosi a Torino) [10.1007/978-3-031-44328-2_31].
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