Zeiss-Dywidag thin concrete shell
Cáscara delgada de hormigón armado Zeiss-Dywidag
- Date
- 1924 · confidence high
- Place
- Jena, Thuringia, Germany
- Credited to
- Franz Dischinger and Ulrich Finsterwalder (Dyckerhoff & Widmann)
- Field
- Tools
What it is
A reinforced-concrete dome spanning 16 m with a thickness of barely 3 cm, whose double curvature works almost entirely in compression. It is the first concrete shell designed with membrane theory.
What it led to
- thin shells for markets, hangars and stadiums
- shell design by membrane theory
- self-supporting vaults by Torroja and Candela