On Span and Space

<p>In this richly illustrated book with many practical examples, Bjorn Sandaker provides readers with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture. </p><p>As an experienced teacher and writer, Sandaker offers a well-founded aesthetic theory to support the understanding and evaluation of a structure's form and design, examining concepts and viewpoints from both the professions of engineering and architecture.</p><p>Comprehensively covering structure and aesthetics, this book is ideal for students, professionals and academics in the areas of architecture and building. </p> <p><strong>Part 1:</strong> <strong>Philosophy, Fundamental Aspects of Structures</strong> 1.1. Defining Structures 1.2. Aspects of Structural Form 1.3. Culture and Construction 1.4. Explanation vs. Interpretation of Structural Form <strong>Part 2: Pragmatics, Structural Form and Some Mechanical</strong> <strong>Problems </strong> 2.1. Three Basic Concepts 2.2. Structural Materials and Form 2.3. Mechanical Efficiency and the Economy of Means 2.4. Structural Scale <strong>Part 3: Aesthetics - An Aesthetics of Structures</strong> 3.1. An Aesthetic Qualification: The Freedom to Choose 3.2. Aesthetics and Structures 3.3. The Aesthetic Experience 3.4. Aesthetics of Mechanical Function 3.5. Aesthetics of Spatial Function</p>