Workshop Cluster D – „Lightweight Roof Support Structures of the High Modern Age“

Weimar – Bad Blankenburg – Erfurt
On August 26 and 27, 2021, the members of the subprojects Heritage conservation of space frame structures (D1) und Plank trusses (D2) which are connected in cluster D, met for a two-day workshop at the Bauhaus University Weimar. In addition, Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Meier, a representative of the scientific advisory board of the SPP 2255, Konrad Frommelt M.Sc., the author of the associated research project Reallabor Cottbus (E1) and Dr.-Ing. Mark Escherich, the head of the department of the Lower Monument Protection Authority Erfurt, a proven expert for GDR architecture, took part in the workshop

In the first part of the workshop, common questions and topics of the two subprojects were elaborated in presentations and discussions, especially with regard to the current SPP annual topic of Building at the Limit. A defining characteristic of the two types of construction that are the focus of the investigations – for space frameworks as well as for nailboard trusses – is the desire for the highest possible efficiency, above all material savings. The underlying limitation on the part of the economy, be it the economy of scarcity in the GDR or the profit orientation of the FRG, can be addressed as an essential driving force of technical development. The establishment and development of rules and regulations proved to be further connecting elements in the evolution of the two types of construction. In this context, the dependence of the development of the construction types on the progress of the calculation methods on which they are based was recognized as particularly noteworthy and worthwhile for joint research – a topic that has so far received little attention in the field of the history of construction technology.

The second part of the workshop consisted of excursions to interesting roof structures of high modernism in Weimar and the surrounding area. Two large ultra-modern timber structures on medieval church buildings were visited with the roof structure of the Weimar City Church of St. Peter and Paul (Herderkirche), which was rebuilt in the immediate post-war period over a girder grid of reinforced concrete, and the roof structure of the Erfurt Cathedral, which was rebuilt 20 years later as a “western import” over the nave. In the case of the university sports hall “An der Falkenburg”, built in Weimar in 1972-74, the visitors were interested not only in the original space frame construction of the “Weimar” type but also in a reinforcement carried out in the 2010s. On site, Volker Mund from the engineering office Bauen and Wolfram Bauer from the engineering office Dr. Krämer explained the genesis and execution of their jointly developed renovation concept, which aims to ensure the structural safety of a new insulated roof structure, also taking into account current snow load approaches. Finally, the historic conference hall of the Evangelical Alliance in Bad Blankenburg was visited, a building from the early high modern era that still has a remarkable amount of original substance both in its furnishings and in its arched truss structure, which was erected in only 10 weeks in 1906.

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Workshop Subprojects C2, C3, C4 and E4 – 3D Digitalisation. Limits of 3D capture and digitalisation of complex models.

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 1. November 2023

The workshop deals with the current limits of 3D capture and digitalisation of particularly complex and filigree objects. The occasion is the challenge of digitalising a historical wire rope model for the Olympic roof landscape in Munich. This model exemplifies the difficulties and limitations of digital capture and representation. The cross-project exchange is intended to show new possibilities and approaches for the digitisation of these challenging objects.

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Workshop Subprojects B2, C2 und D2 – “Network Theories “

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 15. July 2022

On November 25, 2022, a one-day workshop was held at the Technical University of Munich, which focused on an introduction to actor-network theory and the limits of its applicability in network research in the history of civil engineering. It was open to all SPP members and was jointly organized by the subprojects Plank Trusses (D2), Historic Concrete Repairs (B2) and Physical Models in Civil Engineering (C2).

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WORKSHOP OF THE SUBPROJECTS C3, C4, D1, D2 AND E1 – TYPIFIED GDR STRUCTURES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 10. October 2022

The GDR produced highly typified load-bearing structures based on standardised building elements, which were in turn combined in type buildings. The workshop will focus on the phenomenon of state-led building typification in East Germany, with a consideration of West German type building for contextualisation. In addition to an insight into materials, constructions and development mechanisms, the constructive side of building in the GDR will be addressed and its worthiness of preservation discussed, away from the classical history of architecture and urban development.

The workshop will take place from 29.-31 3. 2023 at the Bauhaus University Weimar. A one-day excursion on 31. 3. will explore selected type buildings.

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WORKSHOP OF THE SUBPROJECTS C3, C4, D1, D2 AND E1 – TYPIFIED GDR STRUCTURES AS HISTORICAL SOURCES OF ENGINEERING DESIGN

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 23. May 2023

The GDR produced highly typified load-bearing structures based on standardised building elements, which were in turn combined in type buildings. The workshop will focus on the phenomenon of state-led building typification in East Germany, with a consideration of West German type building for contextualisation. In addition to an insight into materials, constructions and development mechanisms, the constructive side of building in the GDR will be addressed and its worthiness of preservation discussed, away from the classical history of architecture and urban development.

The workshop will take place from 29.-31 3. 2023 at the Bauhaus University Weimar. A one-day excursion on 31. 3. will explore selected type buildings.

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Workshop Cluster A – „Railway bridges“

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 26. November 2021

Dresden
On October 22, 2021, the Institute of Solid Structures of TU Dresden hosted a hybrid workshop on the topic of dealing with historic railroad bridges. The workshop, which was held with the participation of invited guests on site in Dresden and in the form of a parallel online conference, was aimed at the participants of the thematic cluster A (railroad bridges) of SPP 2255, which is composed of the two subprojects „Monuments in the Network “ (A1) and „Holistic Evaluation of Steel Railway Bridges“ (A2).

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WORKSHOP “SPP EXHIBITION BASED ON MODELS” OF THE SUBPROJECTS C2 AND C4 IN FREIBERG

Kategorie: Workshop
Published on: 23. January 2024

On September 14, 2022, a compact workshop of the subprojects C2 and C4 took place in the rooms of the Custody of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, where possibilities were exchanged on how the models investigated in SPP 2255 could be presented to the public in the form of a scientific exhibition.

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SUMUPLAB 2022: AIRCRAFT HANGARS IN COTTBUS

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 29. August 2022

The “strategy and method laboratories” (SuMupLABs) are one of the central event formats to promote interdisciplinary exchange in the SPP 2255. They are explicitly aimed at the processors in the individual sub-projects of the SPP.
The SuMupLAB 2022 takes the participants to the former airfield Cottbus-Nord. The site, which was used by the military from 1933 to 2003, is currently undergoing forced expansion into a commercial location in the context of structural change in Lausitz. This raises crucial questions about the future authenticity of an ensemble of five aircraft hangars that are unique in Germany.

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SUMUPLAB 2021: THE FORMER BROADCASTING HALL OF RADIO EUROPE 1 IN SAARLAND

Kategorie: Veranstaltung, Workshop
Published on: 29. July 2021

Überherrn, Ortsteil Felsberg, 22./23. September 2021
Die „Strategie- und Methodenlabore“ (SuMupLABs) sind eines der zentralen Veranstaltungsformate zur Förderung des interdisziplinären Austauschs im SPP 2255. Sie richten sich explizit an den Bearbeiterinnen und Bearbeiter in den einzelnen Teilprojekten des SPP.
Das erste SuMupLAB 2021 führte die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer in die ehem. Sendehalle von Radio Europe 1 im Saarland. Das 1954/55 errichtete Bauwerk steht exemplarisch für das erste Jahresthema des SPP 2255 – „Bauen am Limit“. Der lichtdurchflutete Bau wird von einer gut 80 m weit frei spannenden Hängeschale überdacht, in deren spannungsreicher Baugeschichte die Grenzen des technisch Beherrschbaren in dramatischer Weise offenbar wurden.

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Sports hall KT60L Free Waldorf School Magdeburg e.V.

Kategorie: Veranstaltung
Published on: 6. June 2022

Im Forschungsschwerpunkt SPP 2255 „Kulturerbe Konstruktion“ der DFG befassen sich WissenschaftlerInnen der TU BA Freiberg und TU Braunschweig mit den Konstruktionen des VEB Metalleichtbau-kombinat (MLK). Ein Typenbauwerk des MLKs ist das Sporthalle KT60L.
Die Sporthalle der Freie Waldorfschule Magdeburg e.V. wurde Mitte 1970er Jahre erbaut und in den Jahren 2007 sowie 2010/11 saniert. Sie stellt wegen des innovativen Erhaltungsansatzes ein Vorbild für den allgemeinen und auch denkmalpflegerischen Umgang von Typenbauwerken der DDR dar.

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