Bonding lithitic blocks using a pneumatic vacuum is a born by fortune research that started in 2006 at the exhibition Città di Pietra curated by prof. Claudio D’Amato Guerrieri at the X International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. In this occasion, professors D’Amato and Fallacara presented the Alexandros Obelisk. During its deconstruction, it was not possible to proceed with the separation of the ashlars due to the particular conformation of the aforementioned joints whose shapes had created a bonding through pneumatic vacuum. This situation inspired the idea of an innovative construction process of vaulted spaces without the use of centrings. A first attempt has been done by Giuseppe Fallacara in 2019 with a lithic oblique obelisk. This paper aims to illustrate the further research that is being carried on in order to apply the vacuum for structures made with innovative materials and technologies as 3D printing.
The Use of Pneumatic Vacuum for the Assembly of Innovative Stereotomic Structures / Costantino, Dario; Fallacara, Giuseppe; Ciriello, Francesco. - (2023), pp. 398-407. (Intervento presentato al convegno Italian Workshop on Shell and Spatial Structures 2023 tenutosi a Torino nel 26-28 giugno 2023) [10.1007/978-3-031-44328-2_41].
The Use of Pneumatic Vacuum for the Assembly of Innovative Stereotomic Structures
Dario Costantino
;Giuseppe Fallacara;Francesco Ciriello
2023-01-01
Abstract
Bonding lithitic blocks using a pneumatic vacuum is a born by fortune research that started in 2006 at the exhibition Città di Pietra curated by prof. Claudio D’Amato Guerrieri at the X International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. In this occasion, professors D’Amato and Fallacara presented the Alexandros Obelisk. During its deconstruction, it was not possible to proceed with the separation of the ashlars due to the particular conformation of the aforementioned joints whose shapes had created a bonding through pneumatic vacuum. This situation inspired the idea of an innovative construction process of vaulted spaces without the use of centrings. A first attempt has been done by Giuseppe Fallacara in 2019 with a lithic oblique obelisk. This paper aims to illustrate the further research that is being carried on in order to apply the vacuum for structures made with innovative materials and technologies as 3D printing.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
