%0 Conference Paper %1 sundermann_plastic_2007 %A Sundermann, Wolfgang %A Trumpf, Heiko %A Synold, Martin %A Sobek, Werner %B Shell and Spatial Structures: Structural Architecture - Towards the Future Looking to the Past, IASS Symposium, December 3-6, 2007, Venice, Italy %C Venice %D 2007 %I University IUAV of Venice %K bridges innovation, materials, new projects, sobek %P Paper 344 %T Plastic materials: new approaches and applications %X This paper presents various projects using innovative plastic-based materials like glass-fibre, carbon-fibre, sandwichplates or Makrolon. For example, a 50 m high sculpture designed by artist Rita McBride is currently being planned for a major public square in Munich, Germany. The hyperbolic structure’s load-bearing bars are made from tubular crosssections of glass-fibre and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The tubes are adhered together at the intersections, with a supplementary mechanical fastening. A work of art called ‘sny chron’ by Carsten Nicolai and Finn Geipel is another example of using plastic-based materials: it was exhibited for the first time at Berlin’s National Gallery in March 2005. The ‘syn chron’ is an architectural structure uniting space, light and sound. The accessible interior is enclosed by a frame of steel tubes and translucent sandwich elements. Another example is a pergola made of Makrolon elements combined with a glass pane and a dichroitic covering, which was built at Bayer’s headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. The last example is a light-weight FBD 300 bridge deck, which is made of fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP). It enables rapid erection and is highly resistant to corrosion.

@inproceedings{sundermann_plastic_2007, abstract = {This paper presents various projects using innovative plastic-based materials like glass-fibre, carbon-fibre, sandwichplates or Makrolon. For example, a 50 m high sculpture designed by artist Rita McBride is currently being planned for a major public square in Munich, Germany. The hyperbolic structure’s load-bearing bars are made from tubular crosssections of glass-fibre and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The tubes are adhered together at the intersections, with a supplementary mechanical fastening. A work of art called ‘sny chron’ by Carsten Nicolai and Finn Geipel is another example of using plastic-based materials: it was exhibited for the first time at Berlin’s National Gallery in March 2005. The ‘syn chron’ is an architectural structure uniting space, light and sound. The accessible interior is enclosed by a frame of steel tubes and translucent sandwich elements. Another example is a pergola made of Makrolon elements combined with a glass pane and a dichroitic covering, which was built at Bayer’s headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. The last example is a light-weight FBD 300 bridge deck, which is made of fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP). It enables rapid erection and is highly resistant to corrosion.}, added-at = {2023-11-27T15:10:57.000+0100}, address = {Venice}, author = {Sundermann, Wolfgang and Trumpf, Heiko and Synold, Martin and Sobek, Werner}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/27b8593ec39b76471460d1a915bd52133/jmueller}, booktitle = {Shell and {Spatial} {Structures}: {Structural} {Architecture} - {Towards} the {Future} {Looking} to the {Past}, {IASS} {Symposium}, {December} 3-6, 2007, {Venice}, {Italy}}, interhash = {607080fd8bc2e6be7109258eba5661c1}, intrahash = {7b8593ec39b76471460d1a915bd52133}, keywords = {bridges innovation, materials, new projects, sobek}, pages = {Paper 344}, publisher = {University IUAV of Venice}, timestamp = {2023-11-27T15:10:57.000+0100}, title = {Plastic materials: new approaches and applications}, year = 2007 }