bay
Let an agent explain architectural bays and how they structure buildings, support describing and analysing buildings by bays, describe bays in construction and conservation, and separate related senses.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain architectural bays and how they structure buildings, support describing and analysing buildings by bays, describe bays in construction and conservation, and separate related senses.
In architecture, a division of a building defined by regular vertical elements such as columns, piers, buttresses or trusses, so that a facade or interior is described as having a certain number of bays, as in the nave bays of a church, the bays of a barn or timber frame, and window bays of a facade; bays organise structure, rhythm and proportion, are used to describe and date buildings, and also name projecting bay windows and vehicle or loading bays in related senses.
What it is for: Structural divisions of buildings.
It can be explain bays as divisions; support building description; describe construction and conservation; separate related senses.
Distinguishing features
Structural module
Repetition
Descriptive unit
Multiple senses
What it looks like
Repeating divisions between columns, piers or trusses along a building.
How it is recognised
Division between vertical supports
Repeating rhythm
A bay window projects from a wall; a loading bay is a vehicle space
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - bays of a nave
is related to - other building elements
is related to - halls divided into bays
In practice
Families and kinds
nave and aisle bays in churches
bays of timber-framed buildings and barns
facade bays
structural bays in modern frames
bay windows and loading bays as related senses
Standards and regulation
Architectural description conventions in heritage recording
Structural design codes for framed buildings
Planning terminology for bay windows
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing senses of bay
Miscounting bays in building records
Structural alteration of bays without assessment
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.bay-event
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a bay is.
Architecture.
Concept
Concept and senses.
Concept
Concept.
- What is an architectural bay, and how does it differ from a bay window, a loading bay or a geographic bay? definition
- Which sense is meant here? boundary
Types
Bays in building types.
Types
Types.
- How are bays used in churches, timber frames, barns, facades and modern structural frames? definition
- Which entry fits a specific building type? action
Describe Describing buildings.
Practice.
Record
Recording bays.
Record
Recording.
- How are bays counted and described in heritage records and architectural descriptions? action
- Which recording standards apply? provenance
Date
Dating and analysis.
Date
Analysis.
- How do bay proportions and rhythms help date and analyse buildings? provenance
- Which entry fits architectural history? action
Build Construction and conservation.
Practice.
Structure
Structural bays.
Structure
Structure.
- How do structural bays organise loads in framed buildings, and how are bay sizes chosen? definition
- Which entry fits structural engineering? action
Conserve
Altering bays.
Conserve
Conservation.
- What must be considered when altering or removing bays in historic or framed buildings? provenance
- Is a structural engineer needed? boundary
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History of the bay.
History
History.
- How did the bay develop as an organising unit in medieval and later architecture, according to architectural historians? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can bays be taught in architectural analysis? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should bay windows be a separate entry?
- How should heritage recording standards be linked?
- How should structural codes be linked?