Eduardo TORROJA y MIRET (1899-1961) | |
In
September 1959, the world-famous structural engineer Eduardo Torroja
organized and convened an International Colloquium on Shell Structures
in Madrid. During this Colloquium, Professor Torroja proposed the
founding of the International Association for Shell Structures (IASS),
because at that time shell structures were frequently used all over the
world to roof buildings of all sorts, e.g., sports facilities,
exhibition halls and industrial plants, as well as to fulfill industrial
purposes through such structures as tanks, silos and cooling towers.
He wanted to create a platform where the top scientists, designers and
constructors of the world would meet and exchange their ideas and
experiences. There should be regular meetings, correspondence and a
bulletin published regularly. The distinguished group of designers and
engineers at the colloquium enthusiastically accepted his proposal, and
the IASS was born with Prof. Torroja as both the inspiration and the
founding president. More information about the man, his projects and the founding of the IASS is in the IASS 50th Jubilee Book, Fifty Years of Progress for Shell and Spatial Structures, Chapter 1: “The Founding of the IASS: Eduardo Torroja and the Context Until 1959,” that can be ordered by selecting here. Back to the Index of Actors | Photo credit CEHOPU Archivos J.A. Torroja Oficina Tecnica |
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