This thesis investigates minimal surfaces in design and researches their potential for constructability in concrete through the creation of physical prototypes with the design of two mold making processes, one being sacrificial and the other reusable. The study starts by acknowledging that minimal surfaces have been extensively explored in the field of differential geometry for decades. In spite of the availability of geometric definitions which provide the basic background for digital model generation (which in this text is assumed to be equal to design itself), minimal surfaces inspired very few people in their architectural design. This study attempts to look into the wider implications of minimal surfaces for architecture by taking up the challenge of designing and realizing various processes of mold making for the fabrication of such surfaces in concrete. Throughout this study, a gradient of complexity in the definition and digital modeling of minimal surfaces will be included as well as a variety of production methods in a research and fabrication based process, in order to investigate the correlation between what can be designed and what can be produced. I shall begin with a historical survey of the constructability of surfaces in thin shell concrete to provide background information for the reader. This chapter on the evolution of concrete structures presents a compilation of selected projects to illustrate the progress of thin shell construction throughout the history of architecture. It is here that I review what happened, why, and who made it possible. I draw heavily on published scholarly studies as most of the selected projects are cornerstones of the evolution of architecture and have been discussed by many others. Here, I simply attempt to remind the reader of the achievements of these projects in order to justify why investigation of the constructability of minimal surfaces may be the next step in the evolutionary process. After this section, the mathematics of surfaces in the complex plane is discussed based on information retrieved from many excellent resources. Here, the intention is to acquire information related to descriptions of various minimal surface types in differential geometry in order to be able to generate their representations in the digital environment. It would have been impossible to generate digital representations of minimal surfaces without the knowledge acquired through these descriptions. The last section provides a comparison of ruled surfaces and minimal surfaces meant to reveal the similarities and differences of such surfaces with regard to the principles of digital representation and fabrication. It provides insight into various fabrication techniques and materials to illuminate the design of a making process in which the goal is to know and control every parameter regarding both the design and fabrication of an object. The discussion of the design of a making process for a complexly shaped object provided in this part is followed by discussion of casting prototypes in concrete. In that section, the subject matter is the design and testing of various mold making techniques for the production of concrete prototypes of a selected minimal surface geometry. This section presents an increasing complexity of mold making from a sacrificial mold to a reusable mold.

The aim was to design a multifunctional building, which is located on undeveloped land, plot number 436/3, acreage 5700 m2. The plot is situated in Lipí, cadastral territory Náchod. The building is designed as a multifunctional house, designed for permanent living and administrative activies with built-in basement used for parking cars. The location of the building is given by a situation drawing. The shape of the building is rectangular, free-standing building with all-over basement, measuring 25.9 x 19 m. The house has overal six storeys.

The goal of the thesis and its theme “ Winery Object“ is to create the contract documents for realization of the building. Winery is drafted for processing the grapes. It is situated into steep land, in uptown of Pavlov. The building is designed as a detached object with three floors. The first floor is partially sunk into the ground. The building consists of two objects on the first floor and is connected into one joint area, where is space for aging the wine, bottling, storage area and shipping. The first part of the object includes administrative area, area for employees, grape press plant and cellarage. In the second object there is designed the room for degustation and in the loft area the room for drying the straw wine. Supporting brickwork is slated of cement bricks of sacrificial formwork, insulated and there is aired facade. Ceiling construction is made of cellular Spiroll panels. The entire object is roofed with queen post truss with burnt roof covering.

This Master's thesis "Multi-function building" deals with a project of new multi-function building. It is in a stage of project documentation. An object is design as a detached house. The house is slab-on-ground with four stories. In the object are designed 8 flats with 7 garages. In the first story is situated a wellness centre and an office. The roof is flat, projected as single-skin. A carrier system is made from sacrificial formwork system. A construction of a ceiling is projected as ribbed floor. Windows and entering doors are plastic, interior doors are wooden. A part of work is a specialization from a branch concrete structures.

My thesis deals with a project documentation processing of a new building “ Low Floor Apartment Complex – Horoměřice”. All requirements strictly follow effective legal regulations. The complex is comprised of three objects arranged as the U-shape. The two-floor object A is a combination of masonry from reinforced concrete and a wooden structure. The object B is a single-storey wooden structure and the object C is a two-floor wooden structure. All these objects are covered by a two-coating counter roof. My thesis is a construction technical arrangement, which contains a fire safety report, a heat treatment, a layout plan, a proposal and a calculation of a strip foundation as well.