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[[File:project19_Spencer Dock Bridge 01.1.jpg|none|425px|Spencer Dock Bridge, 2009, Amanda Levete Architects. This road bridge uses sculptural concrete piers to anchor to the bed of the dock.]]
  
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[[project19_Turbine Foundations 01.1.jpg|none|425px|The project can borrow foundation techniques developed for the offshore turbine industry, including piled and gravity approaches.]]
  
 
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'''Buoyancy'''

Revision as of 08:54, 2 October 2012


Contents

Structure

Frame


Example of aluminium space frame, here used to construct an Antarctic research station.

Internal cells within an aluminium hulled boat.

The interlinked timber frame here provides a strong yet relatively lightweight superstructure.


Foundations

Spencer Dock Bridge, 2009, Amanda Levete Architects. This road bridge uses sculptural concrete piers to anchor to the bed of the dock.


none|425px|The project can borrow foundation techniques developed for the offshore turbine industry, including piled and gravity approaches.

Buoyancy

Materials

Environmental Performance

Access