SBE Builders, Sim Ayers: Roof Framing Geometry Alhambra Granada Ad Quadrat

Google Search for "Sim Ayers". I can't wait until I can afford for him to build our chapel here in Guatemala. Spanish Colonial architecture and Medieval all mixed as one.

SBE Builders. Roof Framing Geometry Alhambra Granada Ad Quadrat.png

SBE Builders blog: 

http://sbebuilders.blogspot.com/2012/11/alhambra-granada-ad-quadratum-ground.html

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Alhambra Granada Ad Quadratum Ground Plan

Connecting the eight points of intersection of the circle and the sides of the square form an octagon. 

Roof over the Hall of  Abencerrajes @ Alhambra. source: SBE Builders, Sim Ayers

Interior view of the Hall of  Abencerrajes @ Alhambra.  source: SBE Builders, Sim Ayers

more: http://sbebuilders.blogspot.com/2012/11/alhambra-granada-ad-quadratum-ground.html

 Just about every medieval cathedral has an octagonal baptismal and the Alhambra in Granada Spain has several octagonal ground plans. The roof over the Hall of the Abencerrajes is unique because the roof actually follows the Ad Quadratum ground plan that is used to develop the octagonal ground plan. Squares rotated in the circle.

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More: http://www.sbebuilders.com/tools/Medieval-Vaulting-Links.html

Medieval vaulting geometry research, links, notes and keywords

Treatise On Those Parts of Geometry Needed by Craftsmen PDF files
A lesson in Applied Geometry and Euclidean Geometry
String Theory on Medieval Masons and Carpenters drawing an Ellipse

much more: http://www.sbebuilders.com/tools/Medieval-Vaulting-Links.html

 source: SBE Builders, Sim Ayers

Medieval Gothic Architecture Misc. JPGs and more...

A lot of jpgs I found so far:

Livraria Lello ~ Library / Bookstore in Porto-Portugal

We could do a lot of this kind of decoration, wood carving and design in the new AtitlanArts.com Design Studio here in Panajachel, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. We can also draw from the incredible Mayan artistic designs, paintings and carvings, along with my beloved Medieval architecture and design. We could make a large ceiling light in stained glass even though we don't have a skylight area. In fact, we could paint directly onto the plastic roof panels used now for skylights. So many wonderful ideas here!




http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=TtMfYjWf9M4

See "Lello Bookstore" folder with more screen shots from the video. Here's a few of my favorites: