Reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin - : support structure planning pro preservation of historic buildings

While no work can be understood without knowledge of its technology, no technology can be understood without knowledge of the work, either. The reconstruction of the Neues Museum in Berlin is a great challenge for all participants in terms of Adorno. Historical structures, especially arched components, usually have amazing bearing capacities. It is rarely possible to verify these only by calculation. Some examples will show how calculation and experiment complement each other in analysing the load capacity. Thus historical structure components can be admitted to modern utilisation.