A Study on the Design of Mega-Structure in application of the notion in metabolism on weaire-phelan theory

초록

This study intends to reinvestigate the process of architectural evolution on the basis of architectural Metabolism, once explored in 1960's, to discuss the philosophical speculation of Metabolist on the basis of structuralism, and to examine how the 'Physics of Foam' devised by Denis Weaire and Robert Phelan is related with the Metabolists' approaches with regard to structuralism. Then, the study explores the so called Weaire-Phelan structure, attempts to analogize the natural water - foam - image to design a mega-structure, and finally review the applicability of the structural, spatial, and environmental technology of the structure. Keywords : Metabolism, Mega-Structure, Weaire-Phelan