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ENGLISH SCIENTIST DISCOVERED “THE TRUE MANNER OF ARCHES FOR BUILDINGS”. HIS THEORY IS USED TO UNDERSTAND AND DESIGN NUMEROUS IMPORTANT STRUCTURES!

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, LONDON (1720) USED HOOKE’S THEORY IN THE DESIGN OF IT’S DOME

HOOKE’S UPSIDE DOWN ARCHES

ROBERT HOOKE 1635 - 1705

SAINT PAUL’S, LONDON 1675

THE GATEWAY ARCH MONUMENT, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI (1965)

PONTE DONA MARIA, PORTO, PORTUGAL (1877)

THE SPAN IS 162 M

”AS HANGS THE FLEXIBLE LINE SO, BUT INVERTED, WILL STAND THE RIGID ARCH”

HOOKE, 1675

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GAUDI’S UPSIDE DOWN VAULTS

ANTONI GAUDI WAS A PIONEERING ARCHITECT WHO UNDERSTOOD AND IMPLEMENTED THE METHODS OF HOOKE IN WAYS THAT HADN’T BEEN SEEN BEFORE - HE WENT FROM 2D ARCHES TO 3D ARCHES OR VAULTS.

GAUDI RARELY DREW HIS BUILDINGS HE WOULD RATHER BUILD A HANGING MODEL USING CHAINS AND SANDBAGS AS WEIGHTS TO SCULPT HIS DESIGNS.

CAN YOU SEE THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE HANGING MODEL AND THE

BUILDING?

LA SAGRADA FAMILIA 1882 - ??

ANTONI GAUDI 1852 - 1926HANGING CHAIN

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ISLER’S UPSIDE DOWN SHELLS

HEINZ ISLER WAS A SWISS STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WHO PIONEERED THIN CONCRETE SHELL STRUCTURESWHICH HE DESIGNED USING HANGING FABRIC MODELS

HEINZ ISLER 1926 - 2009HANGING FABRIC MODEL FLIP IT UPSIDE DOWN