Timber Design

At the beginning of December 2016, a giant wooden airship “suspended” above the Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, Czech Republic, has been opened to the public.The unique airship structure made of timber and steel has been named “Gulliver” and, just like the early zeppelins, it represents the eternal human desire to fly and a certain utopian ideal. Gulliver will serve as a space for literature events related to the themes of DOX’s exhibitions. These exhibitions are characterized by critical reflection on the situation of our contemporary world. Learn more about the project at: https://www.dlubal.com/en/downloads-and-information/references/customer-projects/001086

Structural Engineering	
Ing. Zbyněk Šrůtek (timber, steel, membrane)
Česká Skalice, Czech Republic
www.timberdesign.cz

Ing. Pavel Kocourek (steel)
Ing. Jana Divíšková (foundation)
Prague, Czech Republic

Wooden Airship Gulliver Above DOX Centre in Prague, Czech Republic

The structural analysis program RFEM is the basis of a modular software system. The main program RFEM is used to define structures, materials, and loads for planar and spatial structural systems consisting of plates, walls, shells and members. The program also allows you to create combined structures as well as model solid and contact elements.<br /><br />RFEM provides deformations, internal forces, stresses, support forces, and soil contact stresses. The corresponding add-on modules facilitate data input by automatic generation of structures and connections or can be used to perform further analyses and designs according to various standards.

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Wooden Airship Gulliver Above DOX Centre in Prague, Czech Republic

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