Folded plate roof

According to C. B. Wilby in his book Concrete Folded Plate Roofs, Folded plates are sometimes called hipped plates, and in Germany “Faltwerke”. The principle was first used in Germany by a structural engineer named Ehlers in 1924, to cover large coal bunkers. Folded plate roofs allow large spans, clean lines and they are aesthetically pleasing to many architects. In the 1960s, folded plates became less structural in nature, and are now usually considered mid-century decoration. Early…

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Folded plates library based on a generative component.

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