| Stockport Victorian Market Hall - photo: Torve (Flickr) |
Engineering industrialisation
Architecture and Structural Engineering at the time of industrialization
Sa. 21.03. – Sa. 28.03.2009 | 8 - 16 Participants | Cost range C (750 CHF) | Pics of
the trip | Poster
In the beginning of the 19th century, a new technological and social era commences. Benefiting from relaxed forms of absolutism and
the Manorial system, as well as through the abolition of mandatory guild membership, free trade is able to establish itself quickly
and generate capital, first of all in the UK. In addition to a new economic system the consequences are above all of technical
nature: inventions such as the steam engine, the spinning machine or the industrial iron production. Over a few decades during the
industrial revolution, past conditions change.
In the wake of economic and social restructuring and the accompanying urbanization and also due to necessary material transports, an
altogether new traffic infrastructure is developed. The new building material steel is used fort he first time, enabling lighter and
more efficient structures. In short time engineers and architects erect industrially required constructions, such as bridges,
warehouses, railway stations and factories, followed soon by social buildings, such as department stores, city halls and town houses.
This period of time and its technical achievements have naturally influenced contemporary constructions. Industrial architecture and
construction are solid concepts in the building industry, originating more than 170 years ago.
Our journey aims at tracing the spirit of this time and investigating remaining buildings in characteristic locations. We are
interested in questioning which forms and possibilities the industrial revolution brought along at that time and how these have been
developed until the present day.
Experts and Highlights
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Seminarweek England Manchester Liverpool Lancashire |
Workshop Zürich Jürg Conzett – Die Konstruktionen von I. K. Brunel Hannes Henz – Architekturfotografie & Details Experimenteller Entwurf |
Chair of Structural Design
Prof. Dr. Joseph Schwartz
Format
Transportation, accommodation, visits and reader are included.
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