A space grid is a means of spanning great distances with little weight, and a few immediate supports. Buckminster Fuller's Octetruss at the Museum of Modern Art in 1959 was 35' wide and spanned 60' one way, 40' another from one column of supports. It was fabricated of 2" pipe.
Space grids consist of two parallel planes, forming a floor and ceiling, "web" members in between connect them in such a way that external loads are distributed in all directions.
This book is "...an exchange of information about what has been done recently in the development of flat space grid structures." There are photos, drawings, models of structures and joints. The three sections of the book deal with flat double-layer space grid structures stressed-skin space grids, and fine clear drawings of space grid geometries. Also an extensive bibliography. Very little text; it's not needed as the drawings and photos are excellent.
[Lloyd Kahn, The Last Whole Earth Catalog p.92]

【コンテンツ】
Flat Skeletal Double-Layer Grids
Stressed-Skin Space Grids
Space Grid Geometries

出版年：1972年
言語：英語
ページ数：200ページ
サイズ：22cm×21.5cm×1.5cm

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