Segmental Groined Dome
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This segmental groined dome has been built free spanning to cover the kitchen/living room of a cost effective house in Auroville. This groined dome has been generated by the intersection of two segmental vaults.
The segmental groined dome has been in 5 days with an average of 4 masons. The segmental groined dome and vault presents these features:
• Segmental section of 3.48 m span and 50 cm rise
• Total vaulted roof length: 13 m
• Thickness of the vault and dome: 7 cm
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES
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CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
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- Stability Notions
- Stability Calculations
- Arches Vaults & Domes (AVD) Construction
- Office of the Earth Institute
- Egyptian Vault
- Catenary Vault
- Deepanam AVD
- Semicircular Vault
- Equilateral Pointed Vault
- Bucket Pointed Vault
- Dhyanalinga dome
- Segmental Groined Dome
- Gayatri dome
- Equilateral groined vault
- AVD Video clips
Contact US
- Address:Auroville Earth Institute, Auroshilpam, Auroville 605 101 - T.N. India
- Phone:+91 (0) 413 - 262 3330 / 262 3064
- Email:info@earth-auroville.comOpens in your application