The Spheric Vaul by Vandelvira_04 Print E-mail

[....] Here we can see how the students quickly understand the procedure taken the measurements of this angles from the elevation of the full scale drawing of the vault (photo 15,16,17).

The third part to pay attention to in the construction of the vault is its springing: the horizontal layers with which the vault stars. Vandelvira advises that this solid start of the vault must reach a precise height, the height in wich the cluster of the arches that emerge from one of the angles of the vault is clearly separated and each arch appears as a independent element. This vault starting is usually called tas-de-charges (photo 18,19).

Once again the full scale drawings of the different layers of the tas-de-charges, allows us to carve the different ashlars that make this solid spring of the vault. The highest layer is carved with the slope necessary to match the first voussoir of each arche (photo 20, 21). [....]

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