Folded plate roof

for a structural concrete class Folded Structure

According to C. B. Wilby in his book Concrete Folded Plate Roofs, Folded plates are sometimes called hipped plates, and in Germany “Faltwerke”. The principle was first used in Germany by a structural engineer named Ehlers in 1924, to cover large coal bunkers. Folded plate roofs allow large spans, clean lines and they are aesthetically pleasing to many architects. In the 1960s, folded plates became less structural in nature, and are now usually considered mid-century decoration. Early…

Located on a half-acre site, the two-story, 20,786-sq-ft mass timber library marks the first time self-supporting dowel-laminated timber (DLT) has been integrated into a folded plate roof design, according to the project team.

bilbao-based architecture firm AZAB has brought new life to herriko plaza in mallabia, a town in the basque country of northern spain.

Folded plates library based on a generative component.

A gallery of photographs of thin shell concrete roofs. Featuring structures by Milo Ketchum, Felix Candela, Anton Tedesko, and others.

BVN has completed a new library and community hub in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville that features a soaring interior and a folding roof canopy.

Folded plate roofs are an architectural marvel that combines both form and function. These distinctive roof structures not only provide shelter and protection but also add aesthetic appeal to buildings.

Origami is a beautiful example of a folded system. Through a simple, linear procedure of folding, a shape emerges. The logic of origami is highly resolute, and only careful study of the underlying principles allows the designer to develop his / her own paper sculptures. These paper sculptures have a lot in common with larger scale material systems.The fact that a single sheet of flat material can be transformed into a 3-dimensional object is fascinating from a designer’s perspective.

What Is Folded Plate? The assembly structure of flat plates in folded plates is such that they can connect with each other with their edges. In this way, the structure is formed by joining folded plates attached to each other […]