Michael Balz: Shells and Visions

John Chilton is a chartered civil engineer and Emeritus Professor of Architecture & Tectonics, in the Department of Architecture & Built Environment, at The University of Nottingham. His research interests span lightweight and non-conventional structures, sustainable construction and history of engineering construction.

He is a long-standing member of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), which is based in Madrid. Serving as a member of their Executive Council from 1998 to 2020, he is now a member of their Advisory Board and was recently made an Honorary Distinguished Member. Reflecting his research interests, he is a member of IASS Working Groups 5: Concrete Shell Structures, 15: Structural Morphology and 17 Historical Spatial Structures. He chaired WG 12: Timber and Bio-based Spatial Structures from 1998 to 2015.

From 2001 to 2004 he acted as one of the Scientific Coordinators for TensiNet, an EU-funded Thematic Network for'Upgrading the Built Environment in Europe through Tensile Structures', contributing to the European Design Guide for Tensile Surface Structures (2004). Subsequently, he was Vice-Chair (2006-2017) of the TensiNet Association, based in Brussels, which emerged from EU-funded Thematic Network, contributing to the Design Recommendations for ETFE Foil Structures (2013).

He has previously published books on Space Grid Structures (1999), which was inspired by his PhD study on the Cubic Space Frame; and the work of Swiss reinforced concrete shell-builder and fellow IASS member Heinz Isler: The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture (2000). Most recently, with co-author Gabriel Tang, he has written on Timber Gridshells: Architecture, Structure and Craft (2016), reflecting their research into the architecture of timber spatial structures.

John Chilton是一位具有特許土木工程師資格的人，也是諾丁漢大學建築與建築環境學系的名譽教授。他的研究興趣涵蓋輕型和非傳統結構、可持續建築和工程建設歷史。

他是國際貝殼和空間結構協會（IASS）的長期會員，該協會位於馬德里。他在1998年至2020年期間擔任該協會執行委員會的成員，現在是他們的顧問委員會成員，並最近被授予榮譽傑出會員的稱號。根據他的研究興趣，他是IASS的工作組5：混凝土殼結構、15：結構形態學和17：歷史空間結構的成員。他在1998年至2015年期間擔任工作組12：木材和生物基空間結構的主席。

從2001年到2004年，他擔任TensiNet的科學協調員之一，TensiNet是一個由歐盟資助的主題網絡，旨在通過拉力結構改善歐洲建築環境，並為拉力表面結構的歐洲設計指南（2004年）做出貢獻。隨後，他擔任TensiNet協會的副主席（2006-2017年），該協會位於布魯塞爾，該協會是由歐盟資助的主題網絡發展而來，並為ETFE薄膜結構的設計建議（2013年）做出貢獻。

他之前出版過關於空間網格結構（1999年）的書籍，該書受到他對立方體空間框架的博士研究的啟發；以及瑞士鋼筋混凝土殼結構建造者和IASS成員Heinz Isler的工作：工程師對當代建築的貢獻（2000年）。最近，他與合著者Gabriel Tang合著了關於木材網格殼結構的書籍：建築、結構和工藝（2016年），反映了他們對木材空間結構的研究。