Eduardo torroja y miret

Born: Aug 27 1899, Madrid Died: June 15 1961,Madrid

 spanish structural engineer and architect was a pioneer in the design of concrete shell structure graduated with diploma in civil engineering in 1923 first large projectTempul cable-stayed aqueduct in 1926 shot to fame with the concrete shell-roof at the Algeciras Market Hall. Professor, Escuela de Caminos in Madrid in 1939 Director of the Instituto Tcnico de la Construccin y del Cemento Cre la International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)in 1959

PROJECTS(as a designer)
Aire Viaduct (1933) Alloz Aqueduct (1939) Amzez Bridge (1961) Canelles Dam (1956) Corts Stadium Grandstand, Las (1943) Cuatro Vientos Hangar (1949) Dar Drius Bridge (1961) Fedala Reservoir (1957) Holy Spirit, Chapel of the (1953) Martn Gil Viaduct (1942) Muga Bridge (1939) Pedrido Bridge (1940)

Quince Ojos Viaduct (1933) Recoletos, Frontn (1935) Sebou Bridge (1961) Tempul Aqueduct (1926) Tordera Bridge (1939)

PROJECTS(as an engineer)
Algeciras Market Hall (1934) Aorga Fronton Roof (1949) Ascension, Chapel of the (1952) Gandia Church (1961) Hospital Clinico (1934)

 Instituto Tcnico Eduardo Torroja Instituto Tcnico Eduardo Torroja Instituto Tcnico Eduardo Torroja Center (1951) Instituto Tcnico Eduardo Torroja building (1948) Instituto Tcnico Eduardo Torroja -

de la Construccin Coal Silo (1951) de la Construccin Dining Hall (1951) de la Construccin Experimental de la Construccin Main de la Construccin Pergola (1948)

 Pont de Suert Church (1952) Universidad Laboral de Tarragona - Dining Hall (1959) Zarzuela Hippodrome (1935)

PROJECTS(as consultant)
Saints Felix and Regula, Church of (1951)

Algeciras Market Hall

Completed in: 1934 Location: Algeciras, Cdiz, Andalusia,Spain

Structural Type: Thin-shell structure Function : Market hall

Tempul Aqueduct
Acueducto de Tempul
Completed in: 1926 Location: Jerez de la Frontera, Cdiz, Andalusia, Spain Crosses: Guadelete River Structural Type:cable-stayed bridge portal frame Function : Aqueduct Superstructure: reinforced concrete Pylons:reinforced concrete Dimensions: main span- 60m length of side spans-2 x 20.10 m

Alloz Aqueduct
Acueducto sobre el ro Salado
Completed in: 1939 Location: Alloz, Navarre, Spain Crosses: Salado River Structural Type: Girder bridge Function / usage: Aqueduct Construction materials used: piers : reinforced concrete girder: prestressed concrete Dimensions: span:40 m

Chapel of the Ascension

Capilla de la Ascensin (engineering project)
Completed in: 1952 Status: In use Location: Xerrallo, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain Structural Type: thin shell structure Function: church Materials: reinforced concrete for thin shell Architect: J. R. Mijares

Zarzuela Hippodrome
Hipdromo de la Zarzuela
Completed in: 1935 Status: in use Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Structural type: Horizontal cantilever structure Function: stadium roof:reinforced concrete building structure: reinforced concrete Span: 12.67 m

Fedala Reservoir
Depsito de agua
Completed in: 1957 Location: Mohamedia, Morocco Structural type:Thinshell structure hyperbolic-paraboloid shell Function: Water tower

Dimensions: diameter max. 40 m reservoir capacity 3500 m3 shell thickness 1028 cm