Heinz Isler

Quotes

• “[Architects and engineers] must be willing to subordinate themselves to the emerging logic of the shell’s form as it evolves through experimentation.”
• “Among others there are three methods for shaping shells: the freely shaped hill, the membrane under pressure and the hanging cloth reversed.”
• “[T]heoretical considerations and derivations … are always based on severe simplifications of the assumptions.”
• “Isler’s methods were completely based on physical modeling and experiments. In fact, he rarely used general mathematical theories when designing his shells.”

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