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The Art of 

Structural Design

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The Washington Monument

and the Eiffel Tower

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Stonehenge: one of the oldest

known stone structuresRaftsundet Bridge (Norway 1998)

1,000 ft main span

Key turning point: industrial revolution

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Old form in city with short historyNew form in city with long history

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Schwanbach Bridge by Robert Maillart

Concrete as thin as you can build it

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Sicli Building by Heinz Isler

3˝ thick concrete shell

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Menai Straits Bridge by Thomas Telford

First successful suspension bridge

Structural Art vs. Architectural Art

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Quebec Bridge

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Quebec Bridge collapse during

construction in 1907

1st requirement of Structural Art = Safety

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Eiffel Tower

Bending moment diagram is parabolic

Shape of structure is almost parabolic

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For 100th anniversary of French Revolution

Eiffel financed it with agreement to get

profits for a number of years (recovered

entire cost in 1 year)

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George Seurat: Pointillism

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Obelisk of Ramses at the Place de laConcorde in Paris (1500BC – 1833)Washington Monument by Robert Mills,an architect (started 1848 – finished 1884)

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Washington Monument by Robert Mills,an architect (started 1848 – finished 1884)

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First part done by artisans/craftsmen

Second part done by US Army Corps of 

Engineers after redesign of foundations

and upper part

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Two structures – symbolic of changes

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Two structures – symbolic of changes

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Lower part symbolizes society before

industrial revolution, upper part society

transformed by industrial revolution

Engineering allows for savings in

materials

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O i i f Eiff l T

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Origins of Eiffel Tower

Massif Central: plateau cut by valleys

French decided to built railroad network

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Busseau Viaduct (1864)

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Busseau Viaduct (1864)

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Busseau Viaduct (1864)

Eiffel’s imitation phase: standard way

to deal with transverse winds is to

slightly spread out column supports

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Rouzat Viaduct (1869)

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Rouzat Viaduct (1869)

Eiffel’s innovation phase: columns flare out at the base

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Rouzat Viaduct (1869)

Eiffel gets projects because he provides competitive bids

(he is the designer & the builder)

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Eiffel has his own ironworking shop

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Viaduct is a national landmark

100th anniversary celebration

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Contrast between straight and curved

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Bellon is very similar to Rouzat

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Eiffel in 1884

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Design specification: 300 m tall

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Design specification: 300 m tallProposal for the Centennial in Philadelphia

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A competitor to Eiffel’s designProposal for the Centennial in Philadelphia

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The choice was easy

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The Tower is central image of Paris/France/Europe

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Looking from the Eiffel Tower towards

the UNESCO building

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Looking from the Eiffel Tower towards

the UNESCO building

Looking from the UNESCO building

towards the Eiffel Tower

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Eiffel said he wanted to show France

was at the forefront of the industrial

revolutionA structure in a park