Once again David P. Billington focuses its work around Swiss engineers, this time explicitly. The book is part of the exposure homonymous organized by the Princeton University Art Museum In 2003.
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Once again David P. Billington focuses its work around Swiss engineers, this time explicitly. The book is part of the exposure homonymous organized by the Princeton University Art Museum In 2003. Over the Thrift glacier tip in the Swiss Alps, this year, has been constructed a spectacular suspension bridge. The 170 meters long bridge describe a perfect Catenary over a 100 meters above the glacier. The structural design of the bridge responds with simplicity to the extreme conditions of high mountain:, Minimum temperatures, Heavy snow, winds and not forgetting the vibrations caused by pedestrians crossing the void… Evolver is an artifact-observatory involved in the Alpine landscape Zermatt , Switzerland. In an attempt to maximize the advantageous location and its breathtaking views, The project sits strategically at the lake Stelli at an altitude of 2,536 m. The piece has been designed and built by satudents from ALICE, Swiss architecture laboratory dependent from the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lusanne… |
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