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33: 425:. Puryear had been thinking about his design for many years, when he had a conversation with Ochsendorf in 2019. Ochsendorf had an ongoing interest in ancient and traditional architectural technologies, and had already done his own studies of the Nubian bricklaying practices. They both immediately realized that a collaboration would advance the project, and began working together. They devised a two-layered brick structural shell sandwiching a steel grid for longterm structural stability of the relatively thin shell. 216: 1190: 428:
Ochsendorf recruited and led a team of MIT students and alumni to work on the structural engineering aspects of the project. Two undergrads and four master's students worked on the analytical modeling of the project, including computing the number of bricks required. The lead mason was Lara Davis, a
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Students who won $ 1,000 first prizes in the National Student Paper Competition for the 1996 International Bridge Conference were Barbara J. Jaeger for 'Evaluation of a Post-Tensioned Bridge Using the Impact-Echo Method' and John Ochsendorf for 'An Engineering Study of the Last Inca Suspension
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Ochsendorf joined the MIT faculty in 2002, and holds a joint appointment in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Department of Architecture. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses, and serves on a number of faculty committees.
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former master's student, who also happened to be living and working near Storm King. Davis developed and tested a custom blend of natural cements to make up the high-strength mortar binding the masonry elements together.
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In 2022, it was announced that Ochsendorf would be founding director of the new MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MIT MAD), an interdisciplinary center which is part of the
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From 2010 to 2017, Ochsendorf and his wife Anne Carney served as heads of house of the MIT graduate student dormitory called "The Warehouse". He is an enthusiastic
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In addition, Ochsendorf directs the Guastavino Project at MIT, which researches and maintains the Guastavino.net online archive of related materials.
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player, and enjoys hiking, cycling, and camping. He has lived in Australia, England, Spain, and Italy, and speaks Spanish and Italian.
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from 2017 to 2020. In 2022, he was appointed the founding director of the newly created MIT Morningside Academy for Design.
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structures and sometimes draws upon ancient building methods for the benefit of modern construction. He has studied
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The overall patterning of the bricks was influenced by kilns in the UK, and especially by
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Ochsendorf is known for using architecture and engineering to study and restore
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two years earlier. Ochsendorf and his students were deeply involved with the
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with 5 radial support wings splayed out like fingers of an open hand.
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Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America's Great Public Spaces
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Architect: the journal of the American Institute of Architects
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On April 29, 2015, MIT held special ceremonies dedicating the
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in Washington DC, and an expanded version appeared at the
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Ochsendorf, John; Freeman, Michael (photographs) (2010).
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construction, which premiered in September 2012 at the
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Guastavino vaulting : the art of structural tile
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Guastavino vaulting : the art of structural tile
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fellow in Historic Preservation & Conservation.
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Cornell University
Princeton University
University of Cambridge
Structural engineer
architectural historian
professor
John Ochsendorf
MIT School of Architecture and Planning
structural engineer
Architecture
Civil
Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MacArthur Fellow
American Academy in Rome
Elkins, West Virginia
Elkins High School
Cornell University
Princeton University
University of Cambridge
structural engineering
archaeology
Spain
Fulbright Program

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