Louis I. Kahn - Towards the zero degree of concrete

• Chapter one. The nature of concrete: the “liquid stone” of the Salk Institute – Slabs of stone and concrete in the ocean coast landscape – Stone face and concrete nucleus: towards a new opus caementicium – “Limestone-concrete wall”: the prefabricated panels – Poured in place versus precast – Formwork and concrete according to the programs of 1962 – Technical details for the stone slabs as permanent formwork – Formwork according to the specifications of October 1962 – The color of Pei’s concrete – The specifications of December 1962 – Retaining Wall, “tentative form pattern” and elimination of the stone – Preliminary design for the formwork of the Studies, January 1963 – The T strip in solid wood as a junction between the plywood panels – New studies for the formwork of the Retaining Walls and Service Towers – The experimental formwork in the walls of the Mechanical Building – Mix design trials for the concrete: the whiteness of pozzolan – The East Wall of the Mechanical Building: fossils of panels and reliefs – The V joint and the bleed-out – Pattern studies for the formwork of the Service Towers – The philosophy of the panel: Langford’s letter – Juncture strip, pour joint, cold joint and shrinkage joint – Coating of the plywood panel: the erasure of the wood imprint – Development of the system – Cones and snap ties – The wall of the parking area, definitive test of the surface shaped by the formwork – Worksite chronicles – Rugged Travertine – Discoloration of concrete and other defects – Modifications to the specifications, December 1963 – Worksite chronicles, January-March 1964: the pursuit of perfection – “Report on Concrete Work”: progress, failures and utopias of the “construction process” – Towards a new concrete surface – “Weekly report on concrete work” – The recommendations of Komendant and the decisions of Langford – Triumph in concrete
• Chapter two. Confirmations of the smooth finish: the worksite at Bryn Mawr – Choice of the geometric design of the exposed concrete floor slab – Working processes for concrete according to the specifications – Apologia of plywood – Precast concrete or cast stone, and slate slabs – Design and construction of the first formwork – The construction of the walls in the Halls – The design of the formwork for the waffle slab – Placing of the cladding in slabs of concrete and slate
• Chapter three. Design and construction in concrete at Dhaka – Concrete construction practices in Dhaka – The formwork of Kreier for Pakistan – The information of Ahmad and Gelhardt on concrete in Dhaka – Cladding slabs and concrete construction process – Drafts for the specifications of the concrete and the formwork – Concrete formwork plywood – The opposition of the Pakistani engineers to exposed concrete – The “typical wall form” – Choice of cement and formwork hypotheses – Reinforced brick masonry – Choices for the formwork – Research on concrete ingredients – Formwork with random assembly of boards – Pattern studies for the Office Sector of the National Assembly Building – The roof of the Presidential Square, first formwork for the concrete of Dhaka – Information from Vollmer and Gustav Langford for formwork development – The formwork man: Frederick Langford and the Experimental Walls – The Engineers, the Inter-Dominion Construction Company and the reorganization of Kahn’s office in Dhaka – The plastic-covered panel of the Inter-Dominion Construction Company – The search for a logic for the vertical strips – The panels of The Engineers and of the Inter-Dominion Construction Company – Recommendations of Wilcots and guidelines of Palmbaum for the concrete – Notes on concrete – On the worksite, starting in August 1967 – Defects and remedies in the fabrication of the concrete according to Gustav Langford – Siddiqui’s proposal for the plywood formwork – Work chronicles – The worksite supervised by David Wisdom & Associates and Wazid
• Chapter four. Walls and vaults of the Kimbell Art Museum – Skeleton, “cavity curtain walls” and the cycloid curve – The concrete according to the specifications – Research on the color of concrete: the question of the pozzolan of the Salk Institute – Color and working of the Travertine – The formwork for the walls – Sample walls: in pursuit of the perfect line – The slab structure: exposed or with suspended ceiling – The “Fred Langford Formwork Systems” – Formwork details according to Seymour – “About the concrete”: Kahn’s position – Recommendations of Komendant for the making of the concrete – Formwork for the “site work concrete walls” – Concrete shells of cycloidal shape
• Chapter five. Concrete and brick – Mikveh Israel Synagogue, or the cladding of concrete – Antiseismic reinforcements for the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad Reinforced concrete masonry: projects for Interama – Concrete versus brick: the Exeter Library – Rubber gaskets or V joints – Effects of the materials, or of the “natural finish” – The concrete worksite: leakage phenomena – Gustav Langford’s glossary of formwork and pouring – The design of the formwork for the circular openings – The violin in concrete and the case in brick: the Performing Arts Theater – The formwork of the Evans Products Company – Concrete procedure and worksite – Precast concrete planks for hollow floor slabs – Formwork for the walls of the Auditorium: the limits of carpentry
• Chapter six. Different forms of exposed concrete – Towards the “glass-concrete” for the Memorial to the Six Million Jewish Martyrs – Crude appearance of the concrete for the Olivetti – Underwood Corporation – Research on formwork – Post-tensioned columns and capitals: defects in the concrete – The construction of the shells – Envelope in precast concrete and concrete blocks – Frames of life: skeleton and infill for the Inner Harbor complex – The ark in wood and concrete for Temple Beth El – The Entrance Building
• Chapter seven. Delirious formwork: slip-form method for skyscrapers – First designs for the Office Building in Kansas City: precast or poured in place – Skyscraper variant in precast concrete with marble joints – Discovery of the slip-formed cylindrical column: the project for New York – Komendant’s work-platform – Slip-forms for the skyscraper in Kansas City – Composition and surface treatments of the concrete
• Chapter eight. Towards the monolith: the Yale Center for British Art – Harmonies between concrete and other materials – Concrete for the skeleton and steel panels for the infills – Estrangement of materials: color research on metallic concrete – Guidelines and requirements for architectural concrete – Specifications of Pfisterer, Tor & Associates and Kahn – The first formwork for the architectural concrete – The Airfloor groove in the entrance courtyard
• Acknowledgements
• Name index

Editeur : EPFL Press English Imprint

Auteur(s) : Anna Rosellini

Collection : Treatise on Concrete

Publication : 13 novembre 2014

Edition : 1^ère édition

Support(s) : Livre papier

Nombre de pages Livre papier : 512

Format (en mm) Livre papier : 160 x 240

Poids (en grammes) : 1370

Langue(s) : Français

EAN13 Livre papier : 9782940222773