Evolution in shell concrete structures in Valencia Region (Spain)
Arnau, Fernandoa; Fenollosa, Ernestob and Serrano, Begoñab
a PhD Student, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, b Department of Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Structures, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain.
Abstract:
Shell concrete structures are extremely efficient structural typology because of their geometry. They had a flourishing and short life around the 50 to 70 years at XX century due different causes. Their presence has been decreasing all over the world until to be reduced to few examples. Valencia Region is not an exception in this fact. From the early project of the Marqués de Valterra’s fishermen's houses, sited in Perellonet village at the beginning of the 50s, designed by Carlos de Miguel, to the buildings of Oceanographic Park of València city, by Felix Candela at the end of the last century, there are important examples of this structural typology in Valencia Region. This article will show from these works designed by so talented authors like Eduardo Torroja or José Ruiz-Castillo and Ricardo Urgoiti, the evolution experienced by the geometric shapes, the construction systems and the materials used in these shell concrete structures.
Keywords: Shell; folded plate, concrete; Valencia