Architecture Group I
Architecture Highlights: A GBD Microsite
“When I’m working on a problem, I never think about its beauty, I just think about how to solve the problem, but when I finish it, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it’s wrong.”
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Above: Quadripartite vaults formed by the intersection of two barrels; underpitch or Welsh vault (arches spring from the same level, but with incomplete intersection); Segmented vault with equal or unequal components; A segmented main vault intersected by by a semicircular transverse vault.
Arch:
A curved member that is used to span an opening and to support loads from above.
Underpitch:
A construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
Quadripartite:
A rib vault which is divided into four sections by two diagonal ribs.
Recessed:
A fixture or architectural feature set or built in a recess in the surrounding wall or surface.
