DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE Prof.dr. Mick Eekhout, Professor of Product Development, Department of Building Technical Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

Neo-Styles Late Modernism Post-Modernism High-Tech Structuralism Modernism Deconstructivism Liquid Architecture historic influence of architecture styles on steeltechnology prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

interior of the dg bank prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

design for the provincial pavilion prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

scale model made by students prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

exterior of the pavilion under construction prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

rendering of the roof (with reinforcement structure) for the great hall prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003

· ‘Liquid design’ is generated out of sculptural considerations; · All lessons from the past seem to have been forgotten! · Structure & cladding components require an enormous effort; · The building technical composition is to be developed simultaneously with the architectural concept; · An extremely high degree of collaboration between all building parties concerned is necessary for a successful building team. prof.dr mick eekhout DESIGN, ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION & REALISATION OF STRUCTURES AND CONSTRUCTIONS FOR ‘LIQUID DESIGN’ ARCHITECTURE sunday 14 december 2003