New Building Forms of Dieste & Isler

THEMESDiscipline (necessary) and Play (still possible)

Dieste and the new material of prestressed thin shell brick

High stakes discipline and play, Isler’s thin shells Pneumatic shells, experimental discipine, Free-form funicular shapes, ice shells

Eladio Dieste (1917-2000)

Heinz Isler (1926-2009)

Kresge Auditorium (1955) 49 m span Eero Saarinen, architect M.I.T, Cambridge, MA

Eladio Dieste (1917-2000)

Eladio Dieste (1917-2000)

Reinforced / prestressed brick

Dieste prestressing

GDP per capita (2012 dollars)

1950 2012

Uruguay $5200 $16000USA $13000 $51000

“The poor cannot afford beauty” or “The poor deserve beauty”

Self%Suppor*ng-Shells-

Gaussian'Vaults'

Ruled&Surfaces&Folded&Structures&

Gaussian vault: Citricos Caputto fruit packing plant 1971

Self supporting shell: Salto Bus Terminal (1973)

Ruled Surface: Church of Christ the Worker (1958-1960)

Heinz Isler (1926-2009)

Torroja’s Lab

Pierre Lardy

Heinz Isler (1926-2009)

Eschmann Company Building (1958) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Wyss Garden Center (1961) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Kilcher Co. Building (1965) 26 m span, 8-10 cm thick Heinz Isler Switzerland

Tension

Compression

Grötzingen Theater (1977) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Grötzingen Theater (1977) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Deitingen Service Station (1968) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Sicli Co. Building (1970) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Heimberg Tennis Center (1973) Heinz Isler Switzerland

Heinz Isler Christian Menn