Unfolding Utzon: The Nature of Utzon’s Approach for Structural Design

Poul Henning Kirkegaard; Marie Frier Hvejsel

Unfolding Utzon: The Nature of Utzon’s Approach for Structural Design

Poul Henning Kirkegaard, Marie Frier Hvejsel

Aarhus School of Architecture

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Abstract

The Danish architect Jørn Utzon's architecture is a fusion of form and structure inspired by nature and the visual universe of different cultures. The organic conception of form is clearly evoked in much of Utzon’s architecture following his genesis idea of an “Additive Architecture” founded in his inspiration from nature where he saw that an infinite variety can be generated by a modest number of elements. The paper outlines how Utzon used the repetition of a component as the expedient by which complex geometrical and constructional problems can be rationally solved, as in the case of the shells of the Sydney Opera House.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium
Editors	Reyolando M.L.R.F. Brasil, Ruy M.O. Pauletti
Publisher	The International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures
Publication date	2014
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Unfolding Utzon: The Nature of Utzon’s Approach for Structural Design. / Kirkegaard, Poul Henning; Hvejsel, Marie Frier.
Proceedings of the IASS-SLTE 2014 Symposium. ed. / Reyolando M.L.R.F. Brasil; Ruy M.O. Pauletti. The International Association for Shell and Spacial Structures, 2014.

Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

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