From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)

The research starts from an analogy found between two apparently very different structural solutions: the double spiral pattern of the herringbone brick courses in the domes built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) during the Renaissance, and the particular pattern of a wooden floor ‘à l...

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Main Authors: Roberti Giulio Mirabella, Ruscica Giuseppe, Paris Vittorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-06-01
Series:Curved and Layered Structures
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cls-2021-0023
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spelling doaj-976b32c2bced4eb1b03b63c870ad95542021-10-03T07:42:29ZengDe GruyterCurved and Layered Structures2353-73962021-06-018125927010.1515/cls-2021-0023From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)Roberti Giulio Mirabella0Ruscica Giuseppe1Paris Vittorio2University of Bergamo, 5, G. Marconi Street, 24044 Dalmine BG, ItalyUniversity of Bergamo, 5, G. Marconi Street, 24044 Dalmine BG, ItalyUniversity of Bergamo, 5, G. Marconi Street, 24044 Dalmine BG, ItalyThe research starts from an analogy found between two apparently very different structural solutions: the double spiral pattern of the herringbone brick courses in the domes built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) during the Renaissance, and the particular pattern of a wooden floor ‘à la Serlio’, described by Amand Rose Emy in his Treatise at the beginning of 19th century, made by diagonal beams reciprocally sustained. The diagonal pattern of the floor has a geometrical relationship with the cross-herringbone pattern, so that the latter can be obtained by some geometrical transformations of the former. This pattern was also used in thin shells built by Nervi, from the destroyed airplane hangars in Tuscany to the Palazzetto dello sport in Rome, and even by Piacentini in 1936 and earlier in some neoclassical domes. Thus the construction tool, useful for building domes without expensive scaffolding, could have a structural role at the completed construction stage. Within the research different structures were investigated, in order to observe the relevance of this peculiar structural scheme particularly in the construction of modern domes.https://doi.org/10.1515/cls-2021-0023conceptual designmasonry domesherring-bone patternreciprocally supported beams‘serlio’ floorsmetal spatial structuresmembrane stiffening
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author Roberti Giulio Mirabella
Ruscica Giuseppe
Paris Vittorio
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Ruscica Giuseppe
Paris Vittorio
From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
Curved and Layered Structures
conceptual design
masonry domes
herring-bone pattern
reciprocally supported beams
‘serlio’ floors
metal spatial structures
membrane stiffening
author_facet Roberti Giulio Mirabella
Ruscica Giuseppe
Paris Vittorio
author_sort Roberti Giulio Mirabella
title From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
title_short From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
title_full From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
title_fullStr From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
title_full_unstemmed From the herringbone dome by Sangallo to the Serlio floor of Emy (and beyond)
title_sort from the herringbone dome by sangallo to the serlio floor of emy (and beyond)
publisher De Gruyter
series Curved and Layered Structures
issn 2353-7396
publishDate 2021-06-01
description The research starts from an analogy found between two apparently very different structural solutions: the double spiral pattern of the herringbone brick courses in the domes built by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484-1546) during the Renaissance, and the particular pattern of a wooden floor ‘à la Serlio’, described by Amand Rose Emy in his Treatise at the beginning of 19th century, made by diagonal beams reciprocally sustained. The diagonal pattern of the floor has a geometrical relationship with the cross-herringbone pattern, so that the latter can be obtained by some geometrical transformations of the former. This pattern was also used in thin shells built by Nervi, from the destroyed airplane hangars in Tuscany to the Palazzetto dello sport in Rome, and even by Piacentini in 1936 and earlier in some neoclassical domes. Thus the construction tool, useful for building domes without expensive scaffolding, could have a structural role at the completed construction stage. Within the research different structures were investigated, in order to observe the relevance of this peculiar structural scheme particularly in the construction of modern domes.
topic conceptual design
masonry domes
herring-bone pattern
reciprocally supported beams
‘serlio’ floors
metal spatial structures
membrane stiffening
url https://doi.org/10.1515/cls-2021-0023
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