U5. Architecture as Technique

As we know in architecture in general , there are two ways to be sincere

  • Terms of the program .
  • Terms of constructio.

To be sincere in the construction techniques is to use the materials according to their qualities and properties .

MATERIALS

Premitive architecture

Historic architecture

Roman architecture (article) | Ancient Rome | Khan Academy

Contemporary architecture

Frank Gehry Buildings and Architecture | Architectural Digest

Despite the development of technology and building materials , we can say that this is thanks to the old inventions that remain alive and active and will always be materials in the old buildings..

Stone

This stones are different and also multiple there’s sand stone, lime stone, and different ways to put them for example (for rooftops, walls)

Earth

YEMEN. 1980. Technique de construction en zabur, près de saada, la grande cité du Nord. (P90).

BRICKS

the big Stack of the red bricks

Wood

Seel

Concrete

Glass

ROMAN CONSTRUCTION

Bricks and stone were the primary building materials employed by the Romans in the past, which made arches and vaults the main elements for covering as well as walls the fundamental support. Roman architecture uses concrete as its primary building material. Walls are strengthened with external buttresses, wooden tie beams at the start of vaults, and an increase in the inner pillars’ section in the direction of lateral thrusts.

After that, GROIN VAULTS take the place of BARREL VAULTS. These new covering systems clearly show the lateral walls’ rigidity by directly transmitting loads to the pillars through the combined action of TRANSVERSE RIBS and FORMERETS.
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