Brunelleschi's herringbone hidden reciprocal structure and the form finding of its self-supporting bricks
Author(s): |
Attilio Pizzigoni
Giuseppe Ruscica Vittorio Paris |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | This research wants to give a possible interpretation of the realization of the Dome of Florence Cathedral. This study has led to the identification of a self-supporting structure, composed by bricks, arranged in a reciprocal three-dimensional scheme together with a system of mutually supporting ribs. |