WZ Structure

View along cable, between arches, showing roof framing members. (Undated photograph, c.1961)

Diagram by Edward Allen and David M Foxe (MIT Exhibit, 2006)

Elevated view of Supersam roof from east, facing roughly westward, showing completed roof. (Undated photograph, c.1962)

View of Supersam roof from center, showing figures of workers standing on completed roof. (Undated photograph, c.1962)

Drawings of general plan, longitudinal and lateral sections 

Completed view of exterior (Undated photograph, c.1962)

(But they left the shopping carts inside...)

Photograph by David M Foxe, 2006

Design-phase section drawings showing tensegrity roof

Diagram by Edward Allen and David M Foxe (MIT Exhibit, 2006)

Elevated view of Spodek roof, showing partially completed roof. (Undated photograph, c.1970)

Elevation of Design Model (Undated photograph, c.1961)

View upward through shaft created through omission of hexagonal panels. (Undated photograph, c.1958)

Diagram by Edward Allen and David M Foxe (MIT Exhibit, 2006)

Star-shaped capitals, hexagonal floor panels, and square panels, all precast onsite and ready for lifting into place. (Undated photograph, c.1958)

View with capitals atop columns before topping slab is applied to floor below columns. (Undated photograph, c.1958)

View of construction team. (Undated photograph, c.1958)

View along star-shaped capital elements for roof level (Undated photograph, c.1965)

Diagram by Edward Allen and David M Foxe (MIT Exhibit, 2006)

Isometric, section, and plan views

Completed interior view, c.1967

Typical Section and Plan (Undated drawing, c.1963)

Completed interior view, c.1967

Interior view from entry up to underside of roof vaults (Undated photograph, c.1966)

Diagram by Edward Allen and David M Foxe (MIT Exhibit, 2006)

Roof vaults at completion with view to mountains beyond (Undated photograph, c.1966)

Lyceum interior with star-shaped capital visible over column (Undated photograph, c.1966)

View upward of completed facade. (Undated photograph, c.1976)

Diagram by Edward Allen and David M Foxe (MIT Exhibit, 2006)

Preparation for precasting (Undated photograph, c.1972)

A precast element is hoisted into place (Undated photograph, c.1972)

Plan showing reinforcement

View to clerestory between cantilevered shells. Construction:1972. Demolition: 2010.

General view of cantilevered shells. Construction:1972. Demolition: 2010.

Architect: Arseniusz Romanowicz. Construction: 1963.

Architect: Arseniusz Romanowicz. Construction: 1963.

Architect: Arseniusz Romanowicz. Construction: 1963.

Architect: Arseniusz Romanowicz. Construction: 1963.

Concrete shell at entry to Warszawa Stadion. Architect: Arseniusz Romanowicz. Construction: 1958. Still Extant.

Architect: Arseniusz Romanowicz. Construction: 1963.

Aerial View of Shell Roofs over existing supports, c.1960.

Demolition: c.2007

Aerial View of Shell Roofs over existing supports, c.1960.

Demolition: c.2007

Google Street View, 2014

Section and Diagrams, c.1960

Google Street View, 2013

Interior View

Section drawing showing casting process

Google Earth, 2014

c.1957

Lenticular array of steel trusses. (South Korea, 2002)

Architect: Kyu Sung Woo Architects.

http://www.kswa.com/work/keum_jung/

Architect Wojciech Zablocki

Interior view near the end of construction, 2006

Photograph by David M Foxe

Deployable Trusses in collaboration with IDEC et al.

Google Earth, 2014

Photograph by David M Foxe

Optimized cantilever profile applied to a three-wing skyscraper.

Progression from simple tension-compression member on left to Michell form on the right

Variations in photo collages by WZ from undated MIT teaching handouts

Photograph by David M Foxe, 2012

Photograph by David M Foxe, 2012

Optimized cantilever trusses applied to a three-wing skyscraper on a central core (exploded view). 3d Model by Edward Allen.