Applicable Experiments: Collaborative Models for Material Research

Before the 19th century, a buildings tectonics was largely unified. Categorical
distinctions among so-called “systems’ – structure, enclosure, interior and
exterior walls, and circulation were unknown. All of that changed with the
advent of the steel frame – vertical circulation, environmental systems, clad
surfaces, and curtain walls, newly liberated from any structural role, could be
internalized, enclosed, encased, and hidden within other concealing floor plates,
walls, and ceiling voids.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AIA.Inter.15.17

Volume Editors
Gregory Kessler & Stephen Vogel

ISBN
978-1-944214-00-5