The term gasometer, coined by the inventor of gas lighting William Murdoch in the late 18th century, is commonly used to indicate a structure for storing gas. Nowadays, the gasometers have a significant historical and cultural interest, belonging to the so-called ‘‘industrial archaeology’’. The most important gasometer typologies are illustrated in this paper, by focusing on relevant European examples of structural recovering and functional conversion evidences, such as the gasometers of Vienna, Oberhausen (Germany), Dresden, Leipzig, Copenhagen, Dublin and Athens. Finally, the main aspects concerning the restoration design of the 80,000 m3 column-guided telescoping gasometer of Naples are illustrated.

The refurbishment of gasometers as a relevant witness of industrial archaeology / Fiorino, Luigi; Landolfo, Raffaele; Mazzolani, FEDERICO MASSIMO. - In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES. - ISSN 0141-0296. - 84:(2015), pp. 252-265. [10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.11.035]

The refurbishment of gasometers as a relevant witness of industrial archaeology

FIORINO, Luigi;LANDOLFO, RAFFAELE;MAZZOLANI, FEDERICO MASSIMO
2015

Abstract

The term gasometer, coined by the inventor of gas lighting William Murdoch in the late 18th century, is commonly used to indicate a structure for storing gas. Nowadays, the gasometers have a significant historical and cultural interest, belonging to the so-called ‘‘industrial archaeology’’. The most important gasometer typologies are illustrated in this paper, by focusing on relevant European examples of structural recovering and functional conversion evidences, such as the gasometers of Vienna, Oberhausen (Germany), Dresden, Leipzig, Copenhagen, Dublin and Athens. Finally, the main aspects concerning the restoration design of the 80,000 m3 column-guided telescoping gasometer of Naples are illustrated.
2015
The refurbishment of gasometers as a relevant witness of industrial archaeology / Fiorino, Luigi; Landolfo, Raffaele; Mazzolani, FEDERICO MASSIMO. - In: ENGINEERING STRUCTURES. - ISSN 0141-0296. - 84:(2015), pp. 252-265. [10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.11.035]
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