This presentation focuses on the design of the iconic Metropol Parasol. From the first sketches to the turn of the last screw, the design team—architects, structural engineers and wood specialists —found itself on an expedition in new technological and architectural territory. This could only be managed with a great deal of knowledge, experience, and creativity, as well as the courage to come up with new, cutting-edge solutions. Likewise for the innovative ideas that are necessary for the realization of a design that cannot and does not want to differentiate between architecture and structure..

Speaker Bio

Jan- Peter Koppitz, CEng was born 1973 in Germany but spent his youth and high school in the USA. He studied Civil Engineering in Germany. He has worked for Arup since 2000 starting in London then Madrid and now San Francisco. He specializes in the delivery of integrated design and analysis of complex projects and his favorite projects utilize timber.

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