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St. Charles Borromeo Church was designed by Funk, Molander, and Johnson and was completed in 1961. The church is constructed in the shape of an unbalanced hyperbolic-paraboloid. The baked enamel doors and the stained glass throughout the church were designed by French artist, Gabriel Loire.
St. Charles Borromeo Church was designed by Funk, Molander, and Johnson and was completed in 1961. The church is constructed in the shape of an unbalanced hyperbolic-paraboloid. The baked enamel doors and the stained glass throughout the church were designed by French artist, Gabriel Loire.
There have been many noticable changes along the waterfront since I took this photograph, especially the demolition of the mills and wharehouses and the building of the Lucy Tower multi- story car park. In the centre of the photograph is the premises of Lincolnshire Motor Company Showrooms built in 1959, a very modern design by Sam Scorer, with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof. A similar view as it is today (2011) can be seen here.
Recently a good Flickr friend posted a picture of a relic gasoline station with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof, very reminiscent of the sixties.
It jogged my memory of a local "disaster" which occurred in my hometown when the pre-stressed concrete saddle roof of the then less than fifteen year old airport terminal unexpectedly succumbed to gravity and broke. Collateral damage evidently occurred in the restaurant-lounge area, as eighteen people suffered minor injuries.
Actually, most visible was the fact that the high peak over the curbside passenger unloading area cascaded to the ground.
Built in the early 1960s, the event was a shock to every budding engineer, like myself. How could such a modern marvel defy its reptuation, reddening the faces of contemporary architects all over the world?
I won't Monday-morning engineer this, but, from the aerial view above it looks to me like the area that fell was cheating the design a little. Now, as you can see, it is supported by massive steel piers
My thanks go out to Facebook friend John Ziemer who put his talents and resources to work and feretted out the date of this event, which seems lost in the history of Cheyenne. John found the above AP article in the archives of the Meridan (CT) Daily Record.
John also called the City Engineers office in Cheyenne where no one remembered the event but would "check on it." That was a week ago. No word yet. Can we spell cover-up? Call Jesse Ventura! I just wanted to make it easier for future Googlers to find something...
Today I think the most prevalent use of the hyperbolic paraboloid can be seen in the design of the Pringle's potato chip.
The old Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, London. Seen here stripped and ready to be converted into the new Design Museum. The building is by Robert Matthew Johnson Marshall (RMJM), built 1960-62. It is now Grade II* listed, mainly for its complex hyperbolic paraboloid roof
[crosseye stereograph, see 3D with your right eye on the left image, and left on right.]
Visitors first enter the Science Court, where they will see the "Hypar," a computer-directed, expanding hyperbolic paraboloid. Invented by Chuck Hoberman of New York, the Hypar is a hanging kinetic structure that expands from 15 feet to 50 feet.
dsc09943, 2008:09:06 17:09:54, 3D, Body Worlds 3, California Science Center, hyperbolic Paraboloid, lobby
Originally constructed as a petrol station canopy, converted to a Little Chef in 1989, disused 2012 to 2019, re-opened as a Starbucks in December 2019.
Hyperbolic paraboloid thin shell roof from 1960–61 designed by architect Hugh Segar (Sam) Scorer and structural engineer Dr Hajnal-Kónyi. After a campaign to protect it, it was saved from demolition by the Highways Agency in 2004 when it was listed Grade II 27 March 2012.
How about a new campaign to clear away all the dross underneath the roof so that it can float free once more on its original 4 piers? See original image at:
Tramway Gas Station (now the Palm Springs Visitor Center), taken from the western terminus of Racquet Club Road.
[crosseye stereograph, see 3D with your right eye on the left image, and left on right.]
dsc09943, 2008:09:06 17:09:54, 3D, California, Los Angeles, California Science Center, Body Worlds 3, lobby, Hyperbolic Paraboloid
[crosseye stereograph, see 3D with your right eye on the left image, and left on right.]
Visitors first enter the Science Court, where they will see the "Hypar," a computer-directed, expanding hyperbolic paraboloid. Invented by Chuck Hoberman of New York, the Hypar is a hanging kinetic structure that expands from 15 feet to 50 feet.
dsc09942, 2008:09:06 17:09:50, 3D, Body Worlds 3, California Science Center, hyperbolic Paraboloid, lobby
[crosseye stereograph, see 3D with your right eye on the left image, and left on right.]
Visitors first enter the Science Court, where they will see the "Hypar," a computer-directed, expanding hyperbolic paraboloid. Invented by Chuck Hoberman of New York, the Hypar is a hanging kinetic structure that expands from 15 feet to 50 feet.
dsc09895, 2008:09:06 15:41:38, 3D, Body Worlds 3, 2nd Floor View, hyperbolic Paraboloid