Building knowledge, constructing histories. Volume 1 : proceedings of the sixth International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH), Brussels, Belgium, 9-13 July 2018

Content: VOLUME 1Thematic sessionsThematic session: Building maintenance in ancient times (up to the early modern period)Building maintenance in ancient times (up to the early modern period) P. Bernardi, C. Davoine, H. Dessales & M. L'HeritierMaintenance of the parietal coverings in ancient Rome: Confrontation between legal norms and archaeological evidence P. Ducret & M. CarriveMaintaining an atrium house during the principate in Ostia G. MainetMunicipal management of wooden bridges in the fifteenth century: Pont de la Daurade in Toulouse and Pont Notre-Dame in Paris C. Sabathier & N. MoucherontRegular building maintenance and long-term conservation in ancient times M. L'Heritier, C. Davoine, H. Dessales & P. BernardiThematic session: Experts and building assessments. An international comparison (thirteenth-twentieth century)Experts and building assessments. An international comparison (thirteenth-twentieth century) R. Carvais & V. NegreSiena 1357. The failure of a great plan K. TragbarThe public architect's role as surveyor of the construcion site in the nineteenth century: The example of Belgian provincial architects J. CornillyThe engineer as expert: Early structural forensic reports in the United States D. FriedmanSurveyors and building appraisals. Conceptualizing a comparative project (thirteenthtwentieth centuries) R. CarvaisThematic session: Architects and bureaucrats: Centralised governments and the administrative pre-conditions of building before 1750Architects and bureaucrats: Centralised governments and the administrative pre-conditions of building before 1750 M. HurxThe impact of bureaucratic procedures on architectural planning in the Late Middle Ages in the Low Countries M. HurxBuilding for the Crown: Contracts and administration under the Spanish monarchy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Monastery of El Escorial P. Chias & T. AbadBureaucratization and dynamization of construction processes in the electorate of Bavaria A. GommelThe director, the first architect of the academy and the professor: The roles of these figures in the academic teaching of eighteenth-century France H. Rousteau-ChambonArchitects and institutions in the construction of the new city of Cervia I. BenincampiThematic session: Historic precast concreteHistoric precast concrete H.A. HeinemannBuilding breakwaters with precast concrete blocks (1834-67) S.M. HolzerConcrete matter: Building the Bruges submarine pens (1917-18) W. Bekers & R. De MeyerStone and concrete: A review of the coevolution of the surface finishes of two buildings materials H.A. Heinemann & W.J. QuistThe NEMAVO Airey system: A wealth of options L.G.K. Spoormans, H. Zijlstra & W.J. QuistPrefabricated elements and typification in communist Poland P. Marciniak`Handmade' pre-cast concrete: The Italian experience between structural engineering and industrial design (1950-80) I. GiannettiThematic session: Early thin shells - players, impulses, and effectsEarly thin shells - players, impulses, and effects R. MayThe first concrete dome in Germany? A church building using modern techniques J. RehmHangars built of concrete reinforced in various ways, 1908-21: Toward a majestic nave without ribbing B. LamparielloOldest surviving hangars with shallow domes (1918) C. CzymayThin concrete shells by Eugene Freyssinet B. EspionThe diffusion of the Zeiss-Dywidag system in Italy: Two cases in Rome M. Russo & E. CurraA great achievement of the Soviet construction technology in Siberia: The reinforced concrete cupola of the Novosibirsk Theatre I. NevzgodinWooden shells in pre-war Soviet Union (1925-39) O. Arkhipkina`Laborious and difficult': The evolution of Pier Luigi Nervi's hangar roofs (1935-41) T. LeslieContemporary light vaults in Colombia. The origin of a modern tradition J. Garcia, F. Magdalena & J.M. MedinaThematic session: Modern `comfort' in colonial / postcolonial settings beyond the `centre / periphery' frameworkModern `comfort' in colonial / postcolonial settings beyond the `centre / periphery' framework J. Lagae & J.-H. ChangViet-cool: Thermal comforts in Vietnam A. CruseCross-cultural thermal knowledge: The case of large-scale tobacco barns in Sumatra (Indonesia) S. RoeslerDetropicalizing comfort research: The climate and house design program in Australia (1945-47) D.J. RyanThematic session: Transnational exchange in the construction worlds of nineteenth and twentieth century Asia: The diffusion of materials and processes in the Global SouthTransnational exchange in the construction worlds of nineteenth and twentieth century Asia: The diffusion of materials and processes in the Global South A. Srivastava & P. Scriver"Elle pousse, la Capitale Champignon!" Questioning skill in the Belgian Congo's building industry R. FivezConstruction technology transfer in Shanghai in the nineteenth to twentieth centuries J. Ye & C. FivetCement and `Shanghai plaster' in British Hong Kong and Penang (1920s-1950s) C.W.C. LaiLearning from the `other': Early modern emulation and trans-imperial exchange of `native' building technologies P. GuedesOpen sessionsSchematic reconstruction of a type of Roman scaffolding used for the Basilica of Maxentius L. Albrecht & M. Doering-WilliamsAlonso de Vandelvira's approach to the geometrical design of templates for caissons in crossing trellis vaults M. Aranda AlonsoGlasgow city chambers: The construction and building services history of a major municipal building from the Victorian period N.C. BakerChanges in the battlements and machicolations of the Late Medieval castles between the duchy of Milan and Este dominions. Just a question of style or also function? L. BalboniConcrete capital: John McShain's construction of Washington, DC (1930-70) V. BaseliceContracting blunders and innovative regulations of US military construction 1861 to 1918 J.L. BeardThe work and professional status of John (1787-1852) and Benjamin Green (1813-58), architects and engineers P.W.R. BellGustave Andreas Royers (1848-1923), from Antwerp city engineer to Belgian politician I. BertelsExploring the visual material within the building process of the Villa Savoye V. Boone & B. GandiniGeneral contractors and architects in nineteenth-century America B. BowenTwo- and three-dimensional geometry in Tierceron vaults: A case study of Exeter cathedral A.C. Buchanan & N.J. WebbJohn A. Roebling's Allegheny Aqueduct and Smithfield Street Bridge: Nineteenth-century innovation in multi-span suspension bridges S.G. Buonopane & D.A. GaspariniFrom invention to production: The introduction of prestressed concrete J. BurchardtInfluences of the engineer Pier Luigi Nervi on the work of the architect Marcel Breuer M.A. Calvo-SalveA dispute on Venetian techniques of foundation: Vincenzo Scamozzi in San Nicolo da Tolentino (1591-95) M. CapponiWooden survey towers in Germany P.S.C. CastonIron roof structures by Bosshard & Cie: Case studies in Switzerland A.M. Chalvatzi & S.M. HolzerBuilding contracts in the city of Girona from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century M.A. Chamorro, J. Soler, R. Ripoll & E. VilagranInnovative or derivative? The design of the bridge structures on the world's first intercity railway between Liverpool and Manchester M. ChrimesThe graphic statics of the systems of space by Benjamin Mayor T. CiblacThe rise and fall of the cast iron breast panel in Britain (c.1906-60) J. ClarkeTPI - the Italian popular theatre: An architectural, technological and building experiment of a space in motion A. Como, L. Smeragliuolo Perrotta, S. Talenti & A. TeodosioInquiring into the structural identity of the Sala dei Baroni vault M.T. ComoWhat hides behind the plaster? Hollow-brick and iron vaults in Europe between the eighteenth and the twentieth century P. CondoleoReinforced concrete in Italy through the works of two generations of engineers: Mario and Giorgio Baroni E. Curra & M. RussoThe construction of Ghent's textile industry warehouses M. De Fosse, I. Bertels, I. Wouters & L. Van SantvoortSpatial management of contractors. An analysis of the industrial sites of the Louis De Waele enterprise in Brussels (1867-1988) M. Degraeve, J. Dobbels, I. Bertels, H. Deneweth & S. Van de VoordeRenovating early modern Leiden: New perspectives on the building trades H. DenewethBuilding in (times of) war. Blaton's construction activities in occupied Belgium R. Devos & B. EspionSteel heritage: Olivetti's factories in Ivrea in the fifties and sixties D. Di Donato, R. Morganti, A. Tosone & M. AbitaHistory of the Italian contractors of large reinforced concrete structures in the twentieth century C. Di PietroA business-historical analysis of Entreprises generales Henri Ruttiens (1878-2000) J. Dobbels, I. Bertels, I. Wouters & B. EspionSasanian construction technology in the Maiden Tower Complex as evidence of Late Antiquity building activities in Baku (Azerbaijan) M. Doering-Williams & L. AlbrechtDoors in English published books on architecture and building construction 1550-1800 K.L. Draper & J.W.P. CampbellPorto tower buildings in the 1960s: Challenges to architects and engineers R. Fernandes Povoas & C. Pimenta do ValeConstructive culture in the transition from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. Contributions of Alfredo de Andrade (1839-1915) to construction history across Italy and Portugal T.C. FerreiraThe institutional organisation of Belgium's cellular prison building campaign (1830-WWI) J. FeyaertsThe caisson - review of a unique wooden construction typology in China C. Fivet, J. Ye & P. XuRichard Neutra and the history of the vertical louvered solar control system C. FordhamFrom pickaxes to steam saws: The construction of the row house in Dublin (1730-1888) S. GalavanFrom master builder to subcontractor: The Guastavino Company and the role of specifications J. Garcia FritzSturdy as stone, vibrant as ceramics: Italklinker and Modern Movement architecture in Italy E. Garda & M. MangosioNavier's 1823 Memoire: Analyses and observations on displacements and stiffness of suspension bridges D.A. Gasparini & S.G. BuonopaneGeometry on paper and on the ground in the last third of the seventeenth century. Leclerc's and Manesson-Mallet's contribution and influence J. GironHistoric timber framed courtyard houses: Origin and development of the corralas in Madrid (1494-1908) E. Gonzalez-RedondoInnovation of construction systems versus reproducibility of the architectural image. Multiple constructional processes in the `Unite d'Habitation' (1945-67) F. Graf VOLUME 2Pier Luigi Nervi and Fiat. The expansion of Officine Mirafiori in Turin L. GrecoThe vaulted roof of San Vittore in Milan: An unusual sixteenth-century construction A. GrimoldiThe evolution of the cast node of the Pompidou Centre: From the `friction collar' to the `gerberette' B. HamzeianGerman stonemasons and the fort architecture of the Texas frontier L. HancockThe Chinese teahouse at the 1873 Vienna world exposition A. HarrerDocumenting depression-era construction: The University of Virginia's PWA buildings B.J. HaysKing's College Chapel: The geometry of the fan vault J. HeymanLate Antique vaults in the cisterns of Resafa with `bricks set in squares' C. HofEvolutionary traces in European nail-making tools C. HowArch bridge design in eighteenth-century France: The rule of Perronet S. Huerta`Recommended minimum requirements for small dwelling construction'. A forgotten ancestor of the modern USA building code N.P. IsaacsEarthen buildings in Ireland A. Jimenez Rios & D.W. O'DwyerIron on top. The use of wrought iron armatures in the construction of late Gothic openwork spires C. KayserThe Munich state opera house. Constructing between tradition and progress at the beginning of the nineteenth century C. KnoblingThe roof of the Marble Palace in Saint-Petersburg: A structural iron ensemble from the 1770s A. Kosykh, W. Lorenz & K. FrommeltModernity and locality in the use of brick in Spanish architecture (1870s-1930s) R. Kumagai, Y. Ito & F. KimuraStudy of traditional gypsum in Spain: Methodology and initial results V. La SpinaInterdisciplinary research on the heritage of housing complexes in France (1945-75) R. Labrunye, G. Bolle, K. El Alami, I. Requena & D. SiretEarthen mortar walls in Cremona: The complexity and logic behind a construction technique A.G. LandiGeometry and proportions of the medieval castles of Latvia A. LapinsNew typology for Old & Middle Kingdom stone tools: Studies in the Hatnub quarries in Egypt O. LavigneLuigi Moretti and the program of the case albergo in Milan (1947-50) R. Lucente & L. GrecoHydrotechnical models of the `Modellkammer' (chamber of models) in Augsburg, Germany R. Mair & C. WeberAbandonment of sexpartite vaults: Construction difficulties and evolution R. Maira VidalLate Gothic constructions in Mustair and Meran M. Maissen, M. Gantner & S.M. HolzerBuilt-in, exposed or concealed comfort services. Attempts to industrialise collective housing after 1945 G. MarinoThe Portland cement industry and reinforced concrete in Portugal (1860-1945) J. Mascarenhas-Mateus & C. Rodrigues de CastroOrigins of the modern cable-stayed bridge: The Dischinger story R. MayFrederick Lanchester and the invention of the air-supported roof W. McLeanCatetinho: The first presidential house in Brasilia, Brazil M.M. Mennucci & P.P. PalazzoSome aspects of steel building construction of the industrial architecture in the United States (1890-1930) M. MislinIron bridges for Rome, the capital of the Kingdom of Italy R. Morganti, A. Tosone, M. Abita & D. Di DonatoThe hyperbolic paraboloids of the Tor di Valle racetrack in Rome S. MornatiThe secret of zoomorphic imposts: A new reading of the Achaemenids' roofing system M. MotamedmaneshThe dome of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis in Paris, a historical and structural analysis L. Moubax & K. De JongeBraided rope with vegetable fibers for the construction of the Inca bridge of Q'eswachaka (Peru) E. Muscio & J. Anaya DiazChurch of Mission San Jose, San Antonio: Using construction history to inform preservation approaches A. Nau & Q. ColletteKnowledge transfer in vaulting. The Assier church and Valencian stonecutting P. Navarro-Camallonga, J. Calvo-Lopez & M.A. Alonso-RodriguezNineteenth-century stone protection: The invention and early research on fluosilicates and their dispersion into Europe T.G. Nijland & W.J. QuistThe Boyne Viaduct: Early indeterminate lattice girder analysis and design D.W. O'Dwyer & R. CoxSixteenth-century development from common rafter roofs to ridge purlins in Leiden (NL) E. OrselEuropean iron bridges in Puerto Rico: The example of the Guamani bridge J. Ortiz-ColomAccouplement: Vicissitudes of an architectural motif in classical France P.P. PalazzoFabrication and erection of large steel bridges in the twentieth century: From structural analysis to optimisation of fabrication E. Pelke & K.-E. KurrerProduction of major public works in Brazil: From the scenes in documentaries from 1950-70 to an interrogation about the contemporary specificities of state-company relations G.M. Petrella & C.H. D'AlmeidaEarly Greek stone construction and the invention of the crane A. PierattiniExperimental school constructions by Jean Prouve. The benefit of closed prefabrication A.L. PoellingerSheltered. Parked. Respirated. Three underground spaces by Gottfried Schindler A.W. PutzDutch natural stone: Interpretation of a vernacular building material in modern architecture W.J. QuistLate Gothic system in the church of Saint-Severin (Paris) E. Rabasa-DiazRecent geopolitics of construction - origins and consequences A. RabeneckPier Luigi Nervi's idea of "vertita delle strutture" P. Radelet-de Grave`Theory' and systematic testings - Emil Moersch, Carl bach and the culture of experimentation into reinforced concrete construction at the turn of the twentieth century C. Rauhut & T. MeyerA timber bridge constructed in seventeenth-century Japan: Study of innovation in the construction of Kintai Bridge and its maintenance techniques C. RenFrancois Coignet (1814-88) and the industrial development of the first modern concretes in France G. RichaudAssessing geometrically the structural safety of masonry arches J.-F. Rondeaux, A. Deschuyteneer & D. ZastavniA masterpiece in the use of light, Johnson Wax headquarters. Racine, Wisconsin, USA G. SampaoliThe Church of Peace in Jawor: A few remarks on the organization of its construction in the years 1654-56 in the light of written and iconographic sources U. SchaafNubia vernacular: The villages of Bigge B. SchaferBeyond Grubenmann: Swiss carpentry (1750-1850) J. Schafer & S.M. HolzerTransfer of knowledge through books and prints: Jesuit design for the Western buildings and fountains in the Yuanmingyuan in Beijing H. SchlimmeEarthquake-resistant foundations systems in Italy in the first decade of the twentieth century F. ScibiliaSpecifications and the standardisation of Ireland's local harbours E. ShottonFire brick in China: From mining to architecture C.-X. Shu & Y.-B. FangNew experiences with reinforced tile for Eladio Dieste when building the Cristo Obrero Church M. Silva-ContrerasCompeting visions of community, commerce and construction in the first Ohio River railroad bridge D.A. SimmonsKnowledge transfer in the early medieval art of vaulting in Dalmatia M. Simunic BursicOnsite precast concrete: A critical approach to concrete at the Faculty of Engineering, Prince of Songkha University, Thailand P. SirikiatikulAdobe constructions in Yun-lin county, Taiwan P. SmarsThe vaulted system of the Basilica of S. Ambrogio in Milan: A cross-feature in the Basilica's life. Restoration and interpretation C. Stanga & C. SpinelliAt the intersection of foreign building know-how: Plovdiv in the early twentieth century I. StoyanovaThe influence of Howe's structural typology on Galician wooden bridges C. TardiniThe mushroom column: Origins, concepts and differences A. Thuy & M. RinkeThe thirties summer holiday camps in the Abruzzo region: From design to building A. Tosone, R. Morganti & A. BellicosoThe first Luanda's skyscraper: Comfort through natural and artificial control methods A. Tostoes & M. QuintaVictor Horta and building site photography D. Van de VijverBusiness-card buildings: Corporate architecture and promotional strategies in buildings and projects for Eternit in Belgium (1955-75) S. Van de Voorde & R. DevosThe foundations of the Nieuwe Kerk Tower in Amsterdam (1645-52) G. van TussenbroekJoining techniques in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Belgian timber roofs L. Vandenabeele, I. Bertels & I. WoutersEducation on the production chain: Lele's transitory schools in Brazil A. VilelaInnovations in the structural systems in tall buildings in Bogota in the 1960s. Case study: Bavaria building C. Villate MatizWilliam Arrol and Peter Lind: Demolition, construction and workmanship on London's Waterloo Bridges (1934-46) C. WallReverse engineering marvelous machines: The design of Late Gothic vaults from concept to stone planning and the prehistory of stereotomy D. Wendland & M.J. Ventas SierraEmergence of heavy contracting in the United States in the nineteenth century S.E. WermielHidden modernity: Reinforced concrete trusses in Brussels parish churches (1935-40) R. Wibaut, T. Coomans & I. WoutersBuilt to stock. Versatility of Hennebique's urban warehouses in Belgium (1892-1914) I. Wouters, S. Van de Voorde, M. De Fosse & I. Bertels