Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each feature by the structural system it belongs to.
Groups: Post and lintel · Arch and vault · Frame
- Freely placed walls
- Stone beam in bending
- Continuous vault load
- Dense, short spans
- Non-load curtain wall
- Thrust needing butts
Hints
- Ask in each case what carries the load and what resists the thrust.
- Anything about a wall that carries nothing belongs to the frame.
Show the answer
Post and lintel: Dense, short spans, Stone beam in bending
Arch and vault: Thrust needing butts, Continuous vault load
Frame: Non-load curtain wall, Freely placed walls
Why
Each column is a different answer to the same question, and each answer produces its own kind of space: many short spans, long spans with heavy support, or an open plan with the wall reduced to a screen.
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