Understanding The Structural Concept Of The Design Of The Winter Garden At The Royal Glasshouses Of Laeken (Brussels, Belgium) By Three-dimensional Structural Analysis
Price
Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
109
Pages
10
Page Range
131 - 140
Published
2009
Size
1,129 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/STR090121
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
L. Lauriks, M. de Bouw & I. Wouters
Abstract
The Winter Garden (1874-1876) is part of the major complex of the Royal Glasshouses of Laeken, situated at the north of Brussels, Belgium. As part of the ongoing renovation study, we want to have an insight into the structural concept of the iron frame. There are two different viewpoints on the structural design of this impressive glasshouse by Alphonse Balat. This paper examines the structural concept by calculations of three-dimensional models of the iron frame in a finite elements software package. Keywords: Winter Garden, Balat, Brussels, glasshouse, Vierendeel, dome, structural concept, iron, glass.
Keywords
Winter Garden, Balat, Brussels, glasshouse, Vierendeel, dome, structural concept, iron, glass
