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−	Whilst Frei Otto's interest in steel tended to remain with tensile structures, where as he ~~become~~ more engaged with gridshells and the use of timber many of his ~~steelstructures~~ had close relationships with gridshells, with early projects such as the bandstand for the 1955 Federal Garden Exhibition in Kassel and the twin saddle ~~structuresat~~ the entrance to the 1957 Cologne garden exhibition, the same year he established the Development Centre for Lightweight Construction. In 1972 Frei Otto and Ove Arup built one of the best-known free flowing structures for the Olympic Games in Munich~~, it~~ is sometimes described as a gridshell but is made up of a ~~hangng~~-grid structure ~~and further described also in the page~~ tensile ~~structures. Gridshells are indeed tensile structures, with the only different in many ways being that hanging structures are in effect inverted to the structures of gridshells~~.	+	Whilst Frei Otto's interest in steel tended to remain with tensile structures, where, as he became more engaged with gridshells and the use of timber, many of his steel structures had close relationships with gridshells, with early projects such as the bandstand for the 1955 Federal Garden Exhibition in Kassel and the twin saddle structures at the entrance to the 1957 Cologne garden exhibition, the same year he established the Development Centre for Lightweight Construction.
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		+	In 1972 Frei Otto and Ove Arup built one of the best-known free flowing structures for the Olympic Games in Munich. It is sometimes described as a gridshell but is actually made up of a hanging-grid structure (a tensile structure).

	= Geometrica =		= Geometrica =

−	The engineering firm of Castano, continued to develop prefabrication approaches to the gridshell system, eventually founding the firm Geometrica and developing a patented trademarked system they called Freedome®. The system has been employed on numerous projects from domes, to containers, shelters and buildings. The ~~compay~~ is now run by the son of its founder and ~~contunes~~ to ~~uses~~ the same gridshell approaches to build both utilitarian and ~~archtectural sructures~~. For more information and some superb essays on the development of the gridshell, visit [https://www.geometrica.com https://www.geometrica.com]	+	The engineering firm of Castano, continued to develop prefabrication approaches to the gridshell system, eventually founding the firm Geometrica and developing a patented trademarked system they called Freedome®. The system has been employed on numerous projects from domes, to containers, shelters and buildings. The company is now run by the son of its founder and continues to use the same gridshell approaches to build both utilitarian and architectural structures.
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		+	For more information and some superb essays on the development of the gridshell, visit [https://www.geometrica.com https://www.geometrica.com]

−	= Related articles on Designing ~~Builidings~~ =	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings =

	* Anticlastic.		* Anticlastic.

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	= The first steel gridshell =		= The first steel gridshell =

−	It is said that Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov, a Russian engineer-polymath was one of the first proponents of gridshells in the late 1800's, building towers from criss-crossing lines that formed hyperboloids. In particular the Vyksa Steel Production Hall, Privolzhsky (Volga) in Russia which was completed in 1897 and accepted as the first double curved gridshell ~~buildng~~. A huge steel structure with a free width of 38 metres and a length of 73 metres, consisting of five bays, separated by four trussed arches and braced by six vertical cantilevers.	+	It is said that Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov, a Russian engineer-polymath was one of the first proponents of gridshells in the late 1800's, building towers from criss-crossing lines that formed hyperboloids. In particular the Vyksa Steel Production Hall, Privolzhsky (Volga) in Russia which was completed in 1897 and accepted as the first double curved gridshell building. A huge steel structure with a free width of 38 metres and a length of 73 metres, consisting of five bays, separated by four trussed arches and braced by six vertical cantilevers.

	[[File:Shukhov_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpg\|link=File:Shukhov_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpg]]		[[File:Shukhov_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpg\|link=File:Shukhov_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpg]]

−	The building was used until the mid 1900's as a plate rolling workshop but was abandoned in 1980's. ~~The~~ has been disused and in a state of disrepair for over 30 years a number of proposals have been made to regenerate the area,such as ~~this~~ proposal for an industrial progress centre, however currently it is unclear if any ~~of these proposals~~ are being actioned.	+	The building was used until the mid 1900's as a plate rolling workshop but was abandoned in 1980's. It has been disused and in a state of disrepair for over 30 years. A number of proposals have been made to regenerate the area, such as a proposal for an industrial progress centre, however currently it is unclear if any are being actioned.

−	Shukhov built many different gridshell related structures during his prolific career, ~~comprising of~~ exhibition halls, locomotive buildings and many water towers, forming new hanging roofs and hyperboloid lattice towers. He gained notoriety at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, ~~also~~ invented and patented the famous thermal cracking method used in the processing of crude oil and was commissioned by Lenin for the Shabolovka radio tower, which was put into operation in 1922.	+	Shukhov built many different gridshell related structures during his prolific career, including exhibition halls, locomotive buildings and many water towers, forming new hanging roofs and hyperboloid lattice towers. He gained notoriety at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, and invented and patented the famous thermal cracking method used in the processing of crude oil and was commissioned by Lenin for the Shabolovka radio tower which was put into operation in 1922.

	= The Montreal Expo =		= The Montreal Expo =

−	In the 1950's two particular figures became interested in these ~~related~~ construction methods~~, that~~ was Buckminster Fuller who had coined the term geodesic dome ~~had~~ had started to improve efficiencies of dome structure using lightweight metal component parts (see section on Geodesign domes). The second was Frei Otto who ~~has started~~ started investigations into tensile structures, and ~~light weight~~ shells formed from hanging net shapes which were then inverted, a method some refer to as Hookean principle after the scientist Robert Hook (~~also~~ Hooks law). He referred to the gitterschale as a form made up of double curved members ~~which form~~ in a similar way to hanging chains and built a trial structure using steel rods at Berkley in 1962. He later built a similar more free flowing structure from timber in Essen, ~~precurser~~ to the structure he later built at the Montreal Expo in 1967.	+	In the 1950's two particular figures became interested in these construction methods. The first was Buckminster Fuller who had coined the term geodesic dome and had started to improve efficiencies of dome structure using lightweight metal component parts (see section on Geodesign domes). The second was Frei Otto who had started investigations into tensile structures, and lightweight shells formed from hanging net shapes which were then inverted, a method some refer to as the Hookean principle after the scientist Robert Hook (originator of Hooks law). He referred to the gitterschale as a form made up of double curved members in a similar way to hanging chains, and built a trial structure using steel rods at Berkley in 1962. He later built a similar more free-flowing structure from timber in Essen, precursor to the structure he later built at the Montreal Expo in 1967.

−	Just prior to this in 1965 Dr. Douglas Wright had published the paper, Membrane Forces and Buckling in Reticulated Shells in the Journal of the Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers which described how with principles of mechanics gridshells could be designed and built efficiently. He and F. Castano as engineers had collaborated on several hyperbolic paraboloid gridshells and went on to design the Mexican pavilion also at Expo 67 in Montreal.	+	Just prior to this in 1965 Dr. Douglas Wright had published the paper, Membrane Forces and Buckling in Reticulated Shells in the Journal of the Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers, which described how, with the principles of mechanics, gridshells could be designed and built efficiently. He and F. Castano as engineers had collaborated on several hyperbolic paraboloid gridshells and went on to design the Mexican pavilion also at Expo 67 in Montreal.

−	In what started to be referred to as free-form gridshells the pair built, along with the architects Gallo and Azorin, the Toluca Auditorium. A rectangular-plan building, was covered in an arbitrary, non-algebraic surface lattice, which because of its free forming nature with its ~~unpredicable~~ radius' of curvature, was termed as free form. The building went on to win the Mexico National Architecture Award in 1967, with the engineering partnership continuing ~~in to~~ the next year to work with Félix Candela Outeriño (who had ~~previoussly~~ been involved in concrete gridshells) and Antoni Peyri to build the seminal ribbed steel Sports Palace in Mexico City.	+	In what started to be referred to as free-form gridshells the pair built, along with the architects Gallo and Azorin, the Toluca Auditorium. A rectangular-plan building, it was covered in an arbitrary, non-algebraic surface lattice, which because of its free forming nature with its unpredictable radius of curvature, was termed free form. The building went on to win the Mexico National Architecture Award in 1967, with the engineering partnership continuing into the next year to work with Félix Candela Outeriño (who had previously been involved in concrete gridshells) and Antoni Peyri to build the seminal ribbed steel Sports Palace in Mexico City.

	[[File:Candela_Palacio_Deportes.jpg\|link=File:Candela_Palacio_Deportes.jpg]]		[[File:Candela_Palacio_Deportes.jpg\|link=File:Candela_Palacio_Deportes.jpg]]

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	It is said that Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov, a Russian engineer-polymath was one of the first proponents of gridshells in the late 1800's, building towers from criss-crossing lines that formed hyperboloids. In particular the Vyksa Steel Production Hall, Privolzhsky (Volga) in Russia which was completed in 1897 and accepted as the first double curved gridshell buildng. A huge steel structure with a free width of 38 metres and a length of 73 metres, consisting of five bays, separated by four trussed arches and braced by six vertical cantilevers.		It is said that Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov, a Russian engineer-polymath was one of the first proponents of gridshells in the late 1800's, building towers from criss-crossing lines that formed hyperboloids. In particular the Vyksa Steel Production Hall, Privolzhsky (Volga) in Russia which was completed in 1897 and accepted as the first double curved gridshell buildng. A huge steel structure with a free width of 38 metres and a length of 73 metres, consisting of five bays, separated by four trussed arches and braced by six vertical cantilevers.

−	[[File:~~Shukhov Vyksa 1897 shell~~.jpg]]	+	[[File:Shukhov_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpg\|link=File:Shukhov_Vyksa_1897_shell.jpg]]

	The building was used until the mid 1900's as a plate rolling workshop but was abandoned in 1980's. The has been disused and in a state of disrepair for over 30 years a number of proposals have been made to regenerate the area,such as this proposal for an industrial progress centre, however currently it is unclear if any of these proposals are being actioned.		The building was used until the mid 1900's as a plate rolling workshop but was abandoned in 1980's. The has been disused and in a state of disrepair for over 30 years a number of proposals have been made to regenerate the area,such as this proposal for an industrial progress centre, however currently it is unclear if any of these proposals are being actioned.
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	In what started to be referred to as free-form gridshells the pair built, along with the architects Gallo and Azorin, the Toluca Auditorium. A rectangular-plan building, was covered in an arbitrary, non-algebraic surface lattice, which because of its free forming nature with its unpredicable radius' of curvature, was termed as free form. The building went on to win the Mexico National Architecture Award in 1967, with the engineering partnership continuing in to the next year to work with Félix Candela Outeriño (who had previoussly been involved in concrete gridshells) and Antoni Peyri to build the seminal ribbed steel Sports Palace in Mexico City.		In what started to be referred to as free-form gridshells the pair built, along with the architects Gallo and Azorin, the Toluca Auditorium. A rectangular-plan building, was covered in an arbitrary, non-algebraic surface lattice, which because of its free forming nature with its unpredicable radius' of curvature, was termed as free form. The building went on to win the Mexico National Architecture Award in 1967, with the engineering partnership continuing in to the next year to work with Félix Candela Outeriño (who had previoussly been involved in concrete gridshells) and Antoni Peyri to build the seminal ribbed steel Sports Palace in Mexico City.

−	[[File:~~Candela Palacio Deportes~~.jpg]]	+	[[File:Candela_Palacio_Deportes.jpg\|link=File:Candela_Palacio_Deportes.jpg]]

	Whilst Frei Otto's interest in steel tended to remain with tensile structures, where as he become more engaged with gridshells and the use of timber many of his steelstructures had close relationships with gridshells, with early projects such as the bandstand for the 1955 Federal Garden Exhibition in Kassel and the twin saddle structuresat the entrance to the 1957 Cologne garden exhibition, the same year he established the Development Centre for Lightweight Construction. In 1972 Frei Otto and Ove Arup built one of the best-known free flowing structures for the Olympic Games in Munich, it is sometimes described as a gridshell but is made up of a hangng-grid structure and further described also in the page tensile structures. Gridshells are indeed tensile structures, with the only different in many ways being that hanging structures are in effect inverted to the structures of gridshells.		Whilst Frei Otto's interest in steel tended to remain with tensile structures, where as he become more engaged with gridshells and the use of timber many of his steelstructures had close relationships with gridshells, with early projects such as the bandstand for the 1955 Federal Garden Exhibition in Kassel and the twin saddle structuresat the entrance to the 1957 Cologne garden exhibition, the same year he established the Development Centre for Lightweight Construction. In 1972 Frei Otto and Ove Arup built one of the best-known free flowing structures for the Olympic Games in Munich, it is sometimes described as a gridshell but is made up of a hangng-grid structure and further described also in the page tensile structures. Gridshells are indeed tensile structures, with the only different in many ways being that hanging structures are in effect inverted to the structures of gridshells.
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	= Geometrica =		= Geometrica =

−	The engineering firm of Castano, continued to develop prefabrication approaches to the gridshell system, eventually founding the firm Geometrica and developing a patented trademarked system they called Freedome®. The system has been employed on numerous projects from domes, to containers, shelters and buildings. The compay is now run by the son of its founder and contunes to uses the same gridshell approaches to build both utilitarian and archtectural sructures. For more information and some superb essays on the development of the gridshell, visit https://www.geometrica.com	+	The engineering firm of Castano, continued to develop prefabrication approaches to the gridshell system, eventually founding the firm Geometrica and developing a patented trademarked system they called Freedome®. The system has been employed on numerous projects from domes, to containers, shelters and buildings. The compay is now run by the son of its founder and contunes to uses the same gridshell approaches to build both utilitarian and archtectural sructures. For more information and some superb essays on the development of the gridshell, visit [https://www.geometrica.com https://www.geometrica.com]

	= Related articles on Designing Builidings =		= Related articles on Designing Builidings =

		+	* Anticlastic.
	* Buckminster Fuller		* Buckminster Fuller
−	* Geodesic Dome	+	* Catenary.
		+	* Conoid shell.
		+	* Geodesic Dome.
		+	* Fabric structures.
	* Frei Otto		* Frei Otto
	* Tensile structure		* Tensile structure
		+	* Fabric structures.
		+	* Hyperbolic paraboloid.
		+	* Shell roof.
		+	* Synclastic.
		+	* Tensile strength.
		+	* The development of structural membranes.
		+	* Types of dome.

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= The first steel gridshell =

It is said that Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov, a Russian engineer-polymath was one of the first proponents of gridshells in the late 1800's, building towers from criss-crossing lines that formed hyperboloids. In particular the Vyksa Steel Production Hall, Privolzhsky (Volga) in Russia which was completed in 1897 and accepted as the first double curved gridshell buildng. A huge steel structure with a free width of 38 metres and a length of 73 metres, consisting of five bays, separated by four trussed arches and braced by six vertical cantilevers.

[[File:Shukhov Vyksa 1897 shell.jpg]]

The building was used until the mid 1900's as a plate rolling workshop but was abandoned in 1980's. The has been disused and in a state of disrepair for over 30 years a number of proposals have been made to regenerate the area,such as this proposal for an industrial progress centre, however currently it is unclear if any of these proposals are being actioned.

Shukhov built many different gridshell related structures during his prolific career, comprising of exhibition halls, locomotive buildings and many water towers, forming new hanging roofs and hyperboloid lattice towers. He gained notoriety at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, also invented and patented the famous thermal cracking method used in the processing of crude oil and was commissioned by Lenin for the Shabolovka radio tower, which was put into operation in 1922.

= The Montreal Expo =

In the 1950's two particular figures became interested in these related construction methods, that was Buckminster Fuller who had coined the term geodesic dome had had started to improve efficiencies of dome structure using lightweight metal component parts (see section on Geodesign domes). The second was Frei Otto who has started started investigations into tensile structures, and light weight shells formed from hanging net shapes which were then inverted, a method some refer to as Hookean principle after the scientist Robert Hook (also Hooks law). He referred to the gitterschale as a form made up of double curved members which form in a similar way to hanging chains and built a trial structure using steel rods at Berkley in 1962. He later built a similar more free flowing structure from timber in Essen, precurser to the structure he later built at the Montreal Expo in 1967.

Just prior to this in 1965 Dr. Douglas Wright had published the paper, Membrane Forces and Buckling in Reticulated Shells in the Journal of the Structural Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers which described how with principles of mechanics gridshells could be designed and built efficiently. He and F. Castano as engineers had collaborated on several hyperbolic paraboloid gridshells and went on to design the Mexican pavilion also at Expo 67 in Montreal.

In what started to be referred to as free-form gridshells the pair built, along with the architects Gallo and Azorin, the Toluca Auditorium. A rectangular-plan building, was covered in an arbitrary, non-algebraic surface lattice, which because of its free forming nature with its unpredicable radius' of curvature, was termed as free form. The building went on to win the Mexico National Architecture Award in 1967, with the engineering partnership continuing in to the next year to work with Félix Candela Outeriño (who had previoussly been involved in concrete gridshells) and Antoni Peyri to build the seminal ribbed steel Sports Palace in Mexico City.

[[File:Candela Palacio Deportes.jpg]]

Whilst Frei Otto's interest in steel tended to remain with tensile structures, where as he become more engaged with gridshells and the use of timber many of his steelstructures had close relationships with gridshells, with early projects such as the bandstand for the 1955 Federal Garden Exhibition in Kassel and the twin saddle structuresat the entrance to the 1957 Cologne garden exhibition, the same year he established the Development Centre for Lightweight Construction. In 1972 Frei Otto and Ove Arup built one of the best-known free flowing structures for the Olympic Games in Munich, it is sometimes described as a gridshell but is made up of a hangng-grid structure and further described also in the page tensile structures. Gridshells are indeed tensile structures, with the only different in many ways being that hanging structures are in effect inverted to the structures of gridshells.

= Geometrica =

The engineering firm of Castano, continued to develop prefabrication approaches to the gridshell system, eventually founding the firm Geometrica and developing a patented trademarked system they called Freedome®. The system has been employed on numerous projects from domes, to containers, shelters and buildings. The compay is now run by the son of its founder and contunes to uses the same gridshell approaches to build both utilitarian and archtectural sructures. For more information and some superb essays on the development of the gridshell, visit https://www.geometrica.com

= Related articles on Designing Builidings =

* Buckminster Fuller
* Geodesic Dome
* Frei Otto
* Tensile structure

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