Bill Kreysler

Kreysler & Associates

GLOBAL COMPOSITES AND ARCHITECTURE

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ENDS! AND THE WINNER IS?

ENTER THE INFORMATION AGE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE……

Misleading? Perhaps

IN THE BEGINNING, FRP AS “THEATER” / ARTDropped Cone, by Claes Oldenburg, Germany, 2001

SOMETIMES THERE’S NO OTHER WAY!Illumination, by Michael Somoroff, pictured in Texas, moving exhibition, 2006

THEATRICAL ARCHITECTURELas Vegas Restaurant, by Holt Hinshaw Architects, Las Vegas, 2003

Occasionally, a glimpses into the future

Past applications have paved a way forward

Inverted Collar and Tie, by Claes Oldenburg, Germany, 1994

Or thisFiberglass House with prefab monocoque panels, Wolfgang Feierbach, Germany, 1970

But more typically, Historic Restoration has been the Bread and Butter of Architectural FRP

FRP, great at mimicking other materials

Accepted by Preservations, grudgingly

Main benefit is behind the surface

San Francisco Ferry Building Restoration,SMWM and Page &Turnbull, California, 1998

Or sometimes, because of unique, surprising properties

Ravinnia Pavilion, by SOM, Chicago1995

Well adapted to “digital fabrication” a 1992 example

Davies Symphony Hall, by SOM, California

FRP and digital fabrication today

Stanford University, Bing Concert Hall, by Ennead, California, 2012

Bloom Lantern by Greg Lynn, California, 2008

3-D modeling + DF = FRP opportunities

Body House, by Monolab, Netherlands, 2001

Tour of FRP throughout the globe• Why more outside North

America?

• OC Canada was a pioneer in Architectural FRP

• Codes, design, material availability

Entrance Pavilion for Novartis, by Marco Serra, Basel, 2008

Fiberglass Roof

Hongluo Clubhouse, by MAD Architects, Beijing

Fiberglass Covered Concrete Cantelevers

Langdon Park DLR Station, by Consarc Architects, London

Fiberglass Awning

MindZone Exhibition Pavilion by Zaha Hadid, London, 2000

Fiberglass Facade Panels

Fiberline Factory, KHR Architects, Denmark

Fiberglass Facade Panels

Horten Heaquarters, by 3XN, Denmark

Travertine, Fiberglass and Foamcore Panels

The Walbrook, by Foster + Partners, London, 2010

Fiberglass Facade

F-town by Atelier Hitoshi Abe and Asao Tokolo, Sendai JapanFiberglass Facade Panels

Carrasco Airport Terminal by Rafael Vinoly, Uruguay

Fiberglass Covered Roof

Q House, by Asensio mah &J.M. Aguirre Aldaz, Spain, 2009Fiberglass Perforated Panels

Digital Beijing, by Studio Pei Zhu, Beijing, 2008

Fiberglass Floor with Fiber-Optics

Fiberglass Clock Face and Crescent

Abraj Al-Bait Towers, Saudi Arabia, 2011

Stedelijk Museum, by Benthem Crouwel, Amsterdam, 2012

Fiberglass FacadePanels

Frank + Kim Residence, by B+U, California, 2006

Fiberglass Faceted Panels

Sheraton Hotel, Alpensa International Airport, by King Roselli Architect, Spain

Fiberglass Roof and Facade

Wear House, by AuAu, Japan

Fiberglass Facade

Chanel Pavilion, by Zaha Hadid, Multiple Global Locations, 2008

Fiberglass Panels

Roca Gallery, by Zaha Hadid, London

Fiberglass Fixtures

Vistas Hotel, by Vicente Peidro, Spain

Fiberglass Facade

RAK Gateway, by Snohetta, Ras-al Khaimah

Fiberglass with Tile Facade

Ludwigsburg Residence, by Jurgen Mayer Architects, Germany, 2009

Fiberglass Wrapped Concrete Facade

Church at Jyllinge, by KHR Architects, Denmark, 2009

Fiberglass Facade

Back to the futureSkyspace, by James Turrell, California, 2005

Haley VI Research Station, by Billings Design, Antarctica

Fiberglass Exterior

California bay house, 2007. Digitally Fabricated Monocoque Structure

IBC 2009, A STEP INTO THE FUTURE

Section 2612

Fiber Reinforced Polymer and Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer

2612.1 General. The provisions of this section shall govern the requirements and uses of fiber reinforced polymer or fiberglass reinforced polymer in and on buildings and structures.

Blur Hotel by Studio Pei Zhu, China

A cautionary note:What’s wrong with this Picture?

All photos used under fair use.

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