Hyperbolic paraboloid structures

English: Buildings or structures with the shape of a Hyperbolic paraboloid

Deutsch: Bauwerke in Form eines Hyperbolischen Paraboloids

The hyperbolic paraboloid is a doubly ruled surface so it may be used to construct a saddle roof from straight beams.

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  Hyperbolic paraboloid with parabolas (black) und lines (red, blue). If you cut it horizontally you will get hyperbolas (not shown)
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  Hyperbolic paraboloid with lines (black)

Hyperbolic paraboloid roofs

English: If there is just one hyperbolic paraboloid you call them saddle roofs

Hyperbolic paraboloid concrete shell roofs

 See also category: Thin-shell structures.

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  Casino de la Selva by Félix Candela, Cuernavaca, Mexiko
  (1950s)
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  Catalina American Baptist Church, Tucson, USA
  (1960–1961)
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  Church Army Chapel, Blackheath, Blackheath, London, United Kingdom, 1963.
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  Former exhibition hall with two hyperbolic paraboloids by Ulrich Müther in Rostock, Germany
  (1966)
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  Restaurant Teepott Warnemünde by Ulrich Müther with three hyp. paraboloids in Rostock, Germany
  (1967–1968)
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  Wrexham Swimming Baths, a.k.a. Wrexham Waterworld Leisure and Activity Centre, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, 1969
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  Ruderzentrum Blasewitz by Ulrich Müther with four hyp. paraboloids in Dresden, Germany
  (1970–1972)
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  Museum L'Oceanogràfic with 8 hyperbolic paraboloids by Félix Candela, Valencia, Spain
  (1994–2002)

Hyperbolic paraboloid suspension roofs

 See also category: Tensile structures.

The first of all was the Dorton Arena by polish architect Maciej Nowicki. It was a model for many subsequent buildings with the same load-bearing system.

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  Dorton Arena, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, (1952)
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  Kongresshalle Berlin by Hugh Stubbins, a bad mixture of structural systems, Partial collapse 1980
  (1956–1957)
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  Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Ludwigshafen, Germany by Roland Rainer, concrete suspension roof
  (1962–1965)
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  Scandinavium arena, Gothenburg, Sweden, (1971)
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  Scotiabank Saddledome arena, Calgary, Canada, (1983)
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  Lee Valley VeloPark a.k.a. London VeloPark, cycling centre arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, East London, United Kingdom, 2011

Hyperbolic paraboloid structures

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  The hyperbolic paraboloid is a doubly ruled surface, and thus can be used to construct a saddle roof from straight beams.
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  A saddle roof is a hyperbolic paraboloid, that mathematically, as a doubly ruled surface, can be constructed from two rows of straight beams.
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  Pringles are examples of hyperbolic paraboloids.
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  Stackable Pringles chips.
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  Stackable Pringles chip.
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  Stackable Pringles chips and reflection.

See also

• Category:Hyperboloid structures