• A New Approach To Expandable Structures: Crossed Expandable Frames (X-Frames) 

      Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; López-César, Isaac; Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Suárez-Riestra, Félix (IASS, 2019)
      The use of expandable structures in the field of building began in the 1960s, based on the pioneering work of Emilio Pérez Piñero. They underwent significant developments at the end of the 20th century, with typologies ...
    • A new reciprocal linkage for expandable emergency structures 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Suárez-Riestra, Félix; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; López-César, Isaac; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Expandable structures have certain qualities in terms of lightness and transportability which make them very useful as emergency buildings, a research line that is being developed by the authors. However, these structures ...
    • A new system of deployable structures with reciprocal linkages for emergency buildings 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; Suárez-Riestra, Félix; López-César, Isaac; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J. (Elsevier, 2021)
      Deployable structures are a good solution for emergency buildings, due to their lightness and compact nature which means they can be transported to where they are needed. Nevertheless, the deployable structures studied to ...
    • A New Type of Reciprocal Structures: Deployable Yurts for Emergency Situations 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; López-César, Isaac; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; Suárez-Riestra, Félix; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J. (2021-01-11)
      [Abstract] Deployable structures are a good solution for emergency buildings due to their lightweight and compact characteristics that allow them to be transported to wherever they are needed, especially in emergency ...
    • La aportación estructural del Crystal Palace de la Exposición Universal de Londres 1851. Una ampliación del enfoque histórico tradicional. 

      López-César, Isaac (Redfundamentos, 2014-10)
      [Resumen] El objetivo del presente artículo es el de establecer la línea histórica que conduce desde la aplicación arquitectónica de los primeros elementos estructurales de hierro industrializado en edificios de varias ...
    • Deployable Bundle Modulus Structures With Reciprocal Linkages for Emergency Buildings 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; Suárez-Riestra, Félix; López-César, Isaac; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J. (Elsevier, 2021-10-01)
      [Abstract] Deployable structures are an ideal solution for emergency buildings because of their lightness and compactness, allowing them to be transported to wherever they are needed. Generally the most frequent solutions ...
    • Deployable Cylindrical Vaults With Reciprocal Linkages for Emergency Buildings 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; Suárez-Riestra, Félix; López-César, Isaac; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J. (Elsevier, 2021-10)
      [Abstract] Deployable bar structures are especially useful for emergency buildings. These structures require simplicity and ease of assembly and their performance can be improve by using reciprocal linkage at their bars ...
    • Deployable space grids with lockable joints 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; López-César, Isaac; Suárez-Riestra, Félix; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J. (Sage Publications Ltd., 2021-03-17)
      [Abstract] The use of deployable structures in architecture began in the 1960s, based on the pioneering work of Emilio Pérez Piñero. It has had an interesting development using bundle or scissor modules, but with solutions ...
    • Estructuras desplegables de aspas para cubiertas inclinadas 

      Freire-Tellado, Manuel J.; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; López-César, Isaac; Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan (Consejo superior de investigaciones científicas, 2019)
      [Resumen]La atención a la evacuación del agua de lluvia y a la protección de la estructura ante los agentes meteorológicos ha dado lugar a un conjunto de propuestas de estructuras desplegables de aspas sobre planta ...
    • Estructuras desplegables de aspas para cubiertas inclinadas 

      Freire-Tellado, Manuel J.; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; López-César, Isaac; Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan (2019)
      [Resumen] La atención a la evacuación del agua de lluvia y a la protección de la estructura ante los agentes meteorológicos ha dado lugar a un conjunto de propuestas de estructuras desplegables de aspas sobre planta ...
    • Expandable covers of skew modules for emergency buildings 

      Pérez-Valcárcel, Juan; Muñoz-Vidal, Manuel; Freire-Tellado, Manuel J.; López-César, Isaac; Suárez-Riestra, Félix (IJIESR, 2020)
      Deployable structures can be a good response to disaster situations, where it is necessary to provide services to a displaced population. They can be compacted into a lightweight and easily transportable package and deployed ...
    • Las Exposiciones Universales: cinco enfoques estructurales 

      López-César, Isaac; Estévez-Cimadevila, Javier (Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador), 2018-07)
      [Resumen] Cuando Frei Otto afirmó, con motivo de la Expo de Sevilla 1992, que una Exposición Universal es una oportunidad para hacer experimentos y mostrar caminos para el futuro, habían transcurrido casi 150 años desde ...
    • La Galería de las Máquinas de 1889. Reflexiones histórico-estructurales 

      López-César, Isaac; Estévez-Cimadevila, Javier (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10)
      [Resumen] La Galería de las Máquinas de 1889 se encuentra presente en la mayoría de manuales de la historia de la arquitectura. Sin embargo, existen aspectos de este edificio que merecen una mayor profundización. Otros han ...
    • Representando la estructura. Reflexiones sobre la obra de Arthur Vierendeel "La construction architecturale en fonte, fer et acier" 

      López-César, Isaac; Estévez-Cimadevila, Javier (Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, 2017-03)
      [Resumen] En 1902 Arthur Vierendeel publicaba su libro “La construction architecturale en fonte, fer et acier” en el que describía gráficamente la anatomía constructiva de los que él consideró los edificios más significativos ...
    • World Expos and architectonic structures :An intimate relationship 

      López-César, Isaac (Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), Paris., 2019-02)
      [Abstract] This article approaches, in a summarized way, the existing relations between World Expos and architectural structures, establishing the diverse historical stages existing in this relation. Likewise, it explains, ...
    • World Expos and architectonic structures. An intimate relationship. 

      López-César, Isaac (Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)., 2022)
      [Abstract] This article approaches, in a summarized way, the existing relations between World Expos and architectural structures, establishing the diverse historical stages existing in this relation. Likewise, it explains, ...