| "Vyksa Steel Production Hall, completed in: 1897 Location: Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District, Russia Structural Type: Gridshell Function / usage: Factory building Designer: Vladimir Grigoryevich Shukhov Technical information: shell, steel Dimensions: width - 38.40 m, length - 73.00 m Relevant Literature: Beckh, Matthias The First Doubly Curved Gridshell Structure - Shukhovs Building for the Plate Rolling Workshop in Vyksa, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009." en.structurae.de www.youtube.com "The First Doubly Curved Gridshell Structure - Shukhov's Building for the Plate Rolling Workshop in Vyksa. In the year 1897, the renowned Russian engineer-polymath Vladimir Shukhov built a production hall in the town of Vyksa, a steel mill 150km southwest of Nizhny Novgorod. This building entails the first doubly curved gridshell structure. ... The production hall is on the vast premises of the Vyksa Steel Works, a manufacturer of metallurgical products, founded in 1757. The building was designed in 1897 and construction could be completed a year later. The building was in use until the 1980ies. Abandoned and neglected for more than two decades, the building is today in a disastrous state of repair. The construction with a footprint of 73.00mx 38.40m consists of five 14.60m wide bays, which are separated by four trussed arches. In the ... |
