{"id":327,"date":"2012-05-25T17:57:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T17:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compositesandarchitecture.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2012-05-25T18:20:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T18:20:41","slug":"complex-curves-in-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kreysler.zaab.org\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Complex Curves in Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv, \u00a0commemorating the former Prime Minister, \u00a0has 5 white roof shells that overtake the rest of the building, creating a swooping skyline with a reference to peace. Designed by the Dutch firm Octatube, the design & build company of professor Mick Eekhout, these thin, self supporting and complexly \u00a0curved forms are made from FRP and steel. Octatube has thoroughly documented their process, from the initial computer model testing and design phase, to the prototype construction and testing, to the final transport and installation of the forms. \u00a0Below are some of these process photos, however it is highly recommended to go to\u00a0Octatube\u2019s website<\/a>\u00a0where there is much more information on the Yitzhak Rabin Center\u2019s roof process.<\/p>\n

Mick\u00a0Eekhout, director of\u00a0Octatube\u00a0International and professor for product development at Technical University Delft on winning the project:\u00a0\u201cExciting, as now I had to make my boasting come true. I knew for sure that it was possible to make such huge free spanning composite structures, but nobody had done it so far. For experiments of this kind in the very conservative construction sector with tight budgets a careful engineering approach had to be taken.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0[NRC\u00a0Handelsblad, November 5th, 2005, \u2018Vredesduif met blobvleugels\u2019 door\u00a0DapHartmann]<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t