HONEYCOMB DYNAMICS ARCHITECTURE

Description

Honeycomb architecture is an innovative architectural system formed by a hexangular tube construction.“Honeycomb tube architecture” published in 2006 introduced honeycomb-tube architecture designed from pre-stressed concrete. This volume introduces honeycomb architecture with a steel construction.
Change in construction material results a need for a new method of construction. The “fractal geometry” concept is introduced, and is the focal point of this book.
Through analysis of experimentation results and detailed data, this book explores how the dynamic honeycomb architecture may be realized through its innovative construction methods and systems.

CONTENTS

I. The Honeycomb Dynamics System

• Towards Spaces of Honeycomb Dynamics:
• Tsutomu Kamo: Spaces that Interrelate with Fractal Patterns in Nature
• Kenji Nawa: Light Honeycombs
• Kunio Watanabe: Fractal Honeycombs
• Kunio Watanabe: Honeycomb Tube Skyscrapers

II. Urban Case Studies

• Interview 01: Nobuaki Furuya
• Interview 02: Toshio Otsuki
• Interview 03: Hiroshi Ota
• Urban Case Study 01: High-density Residential Areas: Hugo Kohno Architect Associates
• Urban Case Study 02: Skyscrapers: Interdesign Associates
• Urban Case Study 03: The City Center: Taichi Tomuro Architect & Associates
• Urban Case Study 04: Waterfront Area: Naoi architecture & design office
• Urban Case Study 05: Downtown Areas: Gou Kuramoto Architect & Associates + Hideki Iwahori Architect & Associates
• Urban Case Study 06: Suburban Areas: Interdesign Associates + Hugo Kohno Architect Associates + Taichi Tomuro Architect & Associates

III. Towards the Practical Application of Honeycomb Dynamics

• Kunio Watanabe: The Structural Performance of Fractal Honeycombs / Kunio Watanabe
• Hiroshi Akiyama × Hiromi Adachi × Mitsukazu Nakanishi × Kenji Nawa × Kunio Watanabe(moderator): Verifying the Structural Load-bearing Capacity of Fractal Honeycombs
• Shinji Ishimaru: Vibration Control Design of Honeycomb Tube Skyscrapers
• P.T.MORIMURA & ASSOCIATES—Takao Kawauchi, Takeshi Yuzawa:The Environmental Performance of Honeycomb Dynamics

168 pages, color ills / 23 x 28 cm / Japanese, English