About shaping the structure of Katowice Spodek-arena roof. Considerations from interviews with Professor Wacław Zalewski

Michał Pelczarski

doi:10.5277/arc130205

Abstract

This article is about the methods of designing economic floor and roof structures based on the work of a circular bending plate, supported conti nually at the edge. A spectacular result of such considerations was the first tensegrity system defined by Prof. Wacław Zalewski which contributed to the set of solutions accessible to engineers and architects as the first solution of which later a patent was taken for the tensegrity type of group. The article also shows the final solution of the roof structure of the Spodek hall.