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Structural concept, design and experimental verification of a GFRP sandwich roof structure

Thomas Keller, Till Vallée

This paper reports on the design and construction of a lightweight glass fiber-reinforced polymer roof structure in Basel, Switzerland. The sandwich construction allowed for an integration of static, building physical and architectural functions that enabl ...

2008

IFS-Modeling for Feasible Freeform Timber Constructions

Yves Weinand, Ivo Stotz, Gilles Gouaty

Within the last years, architectural design has shown great interest in the design of new and complex geometries, commonly known as 'free-form' architecture. The lack of constructive feasibility of the designed architectural objects led us to consider disc ...

2008

New Applications in Timber Construction

Yves Weinand

The Bureau d’Etudes Weinand worked on several innovative timber structures over the past three years. Those buildings apply cross laminated timber panels in an architecturally and structural innovative and creative manner. This presentation will point out ...

2008

Alexandre Sarrasin (1895-1976) et l'esthétique de l'ingénieur

Philippe Mivelaz

Alexandre Sarrasin (1895-1976) studied at Zürich Federal Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH) from 1913 to 1918. Despite First World War's conflicts surrounding the neutral Switzerland, the intellectual climate inside ETH was cosmopolitan and liberal. As un ...

EPFL2007

Gravity, fall semester 2007

Dieter Dietz

Pamphlet Vol. 01 presents the Fall 2007 semester-course held by the studio ALICE at EPFL. Its content documents explorations on gravity and its direct implications in the conception of an architectural project, in this case for a pavilion for the London Fe ...

2007

Securing Vehicular Networks

Jean-Pierre Hubaux, Panagiotis Papadimitratos, Maxime Raya

This poster will describe the security problems of the emerging vehicular networks. It will also outline the solution architecture and several of its components. ...

2006

An Overview of the Singularity Project

James Richard Larus

Abstract. Singularity is a research project in Microsoft Research that started with the question: what would a software platform look like if it was designed from scratch with the primary goal of dependability? Singularity is working to answer this questio ...

Microsoft Research2005

Adhesively bonded and translucent glass fiber reinforced polymer sandwich girders

Thomas Keller, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest, Martin Schollmayer

An experimental program has been carried out to investigate the structural behavior of adhesively bonded glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) sandwich girders. The girders, conceivable for main spans up to 20 m, are composed of translucent double sandwich ...

2004

The Rustizierer: Semper+

Russell Alexander Loveridge

Exhibition: Investigation of stone-working patterns and construction of “rustication” in Semper’s architecture. Part of the exhibition “Gottfried Semper 1803–1879, Architecture & Science” at the Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich Exhibition of digital interpret ...

2004

La leçon d'architecture d'Auguste Perret en Suisse romande

The thesis comprises 3 sections: first a methodological description, then an analytical and theoretical exposé, thirdly a study devoted to the five protagonists within the confines of the study. The methodological description is a presentation of the "Arch ...

EPFL2000