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vault

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Let an agent explain vaults and their kinds, relay structural principles and construction from architectural references, describe historical development and notable examples, and distinguish vaults from domes, arches and flat ceilings.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain vaults and their kinds, relay structural principles and construction from architectural references, describe historical development and notable examples, and distinguish vaults from domes, arches and flat ceilings.

An arched ceiling or roof structure of masonry, brick or concrete that spans a space by transferring loads to walls or piers, in forms from the barrel and groin vaults of Roman and Romanesque building to the ribbed, lierne and fan vaults of Gothic architecture, cloister vaults, domes and cupolas, and modern shell and concrete vaults; vaults are studied for their geometry and structural behaviour and are central to the history of architecture.

What it is for: Spanning and roofing spaces.

It can be explain kinds and geometry; relay structural principles; describe history and examples; distinguish from related structures.

Distinguishing features

Arched form

Thrust transfer

Rib patterns

Historical typology

What it looks like

A curved masonry ceiling, plain or divided by ribs into patterns.

How it is recognised

Arched masonry ceiling

Barrel, groin, ribbed, lierne, fan, cloister vaults, cupolas

An arch spans in one plane; a dome is a rotated arch; a flat ceiling does not arch; a bank vault is a strongroom

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

ceiling

is built from - as its generating form

arch

is contrasted with - a rotated arch

dome

exerts - on supporting walls

thrust

In practice

Families and kinds

barrel vaults

groin vaults

ribbed vaults including lierne and tierceron vaults

fan vaults

cloister vaults

domes and cupolas

Gothic vaults of various patterns

modern shell and concrete vaults

Standards and regulation

Heritage conservation standards for masonry vaults

Structural codes for new vaulted construction

Failure modes and hazards

Collapse from thrust and settlement

Confusing vault types

Confusing with bank vaults

Also called

cupolaliernefan vaultRibbvalvcloister vaultgothic vaultcorbel archPitched-brick vaultgroin vaultpointed barrel vaultsail domeGothic vaultsnet vaultCatalan vaultstar vaultBalkhi vaultdiamond vaultkarbandicurvilinear vaultVault with a (continuous) ridge ribCul-de-four vaultpendentivedomical vaultbarrel vaultWysklepekTile vaultrib vaultKreuzgratgewölbePlatzlgewölbe

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.vault-act

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 vault is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition and kinds.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a vault, and what kinds exist from barrel to fan vaults? definition
  2. Is the structure a vault, a dome, an arch or a bank vault? boundary

Geometry

Geometry.

Geometry

Geometry.

  1. How are vault types generated geometrically, and what are ribs, bosses and cells? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific type? action
Structure Structure and construction.

Engineering.

Structure

Structural behaviour.

Structure

Structure.

  1. How do vaults carry loads and thrust, and how are they buttressed? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Construction

Construction.

Construction

Construction.

  1. How were vaults built with centring, and how are they built today? provenance
  2. Which entry fits masonry construction? action
History History and examples.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did vaulting develop from Roman concrete through Romanesque and Gothic to modern shells? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Examples

Notable vaults.

Examples

Examples.

  1. Which vaults are notable, such as King College Chapel and the Pantheon? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific building? action
Context Conservation and study.

Context.

Conservation

Conservation.

Conservation

Conservation.

  1. How are historic vaults assessed and conserved? provenance
  2. Which entry fits architectural conservation? action

Study

Study.

Study

Study.

  1. How do architectural historians and engineers study vault geometry and mechanics? provenance
  2. Which entry fits architectural history? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should ribbed vault and fan vault be separate entries?
  • How should architectural references be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming types and a Swedish term; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON