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The
Interior Vault
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House, Santa Maria de Ovila
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| Work Portfolio: W.
Oskar Kempf |
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| Cistercian
Architecture in the 12th century. |
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From
the portal pier dimensions, I could calculated the wall arches, and set
the wall arch stones, to check the radius of the interior vault arches.
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From
the springer stones, we could extend the rib arch curve, and setup the
bridges for one of the six bays of the interior. Setting the stones on
this bridges, would give us a visual proof, that all dimensions calculated
would be correct.
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The
keystone of a longitudinal arch is ca 7.5" lower, then the boss stone
in the center of the bay.
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The
vault springer gave us a good start, to find the 12 Castilian feet radius
of the vault arches.
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Carved
cavities in the springer stones of the west elevation, became the first
signs of mistakes made 900 years ago. It became a new challenge, to find
out what went wrong, and include the resulting changes in our work.
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