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Domes: Rashi Jain BARC1516 Sem 7
Domes: Rashi Jain BARC1516 Sem 7
RASHI JAIN
BARC1516
SEM 7
● Domes are prominent features of Persian,
Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, and Italian
INTRODUCTION ●
Renaissance design.
The ‘Building Construction Handbook’ describes
domes as: ‘Double curvature shells which can
be rotationally formed by any curved
geometrical plane figure rotating about a central
vertical axis.’
● In its simplest form, a dome is a hollow
hemispherical structural element.
● Domes evolved from arches, originally being
adapted only to small buildings such as huts
and tombs.
● However, as construction and design
techniques developed, they became more
popular as a means of showcasing grand
structures such as cathedrals, legislative
buildings and, more recently, leisure buildings
such as sports stadia.
● Domes became famous because they are self-
supporting structures.
ELEMENTS OF 1.
2.
CUPOLA
COFFERS- may not be there in all
DOME 3.
4.
LANTERN- may not be there in all
OCULUS
5. PENDENTIVE
6. ROTUNDA
7. SQUINCH
8. DRUM
CUPOLA A cupola is a small structure located on top of a
building’s dome. It is common for cupolas to have a
round or square bases, but they may also be
polygonal.Modern cupolas are mostly ornamental
architectural features crowning the main roof,
sometimes providing a position for a flag, religious
symbol, weather vane, and so on.
ROTUNDA
A rotunda is any building with a circular ground plan,
and sometimes covered by a dome.
SQUINCH
A squinch is a wedge that fits on the top corners of a
square space.
BRICK
BAMBOO
CONCRETE
PREFABRICATED
SHEETS
METAL
TIMBER
GLASS
CAST IRON
DETAILS
DETAILS
TYPES 1.
2.
Corbel
Cross-arched
3. Geodesic
4. Onion
5. Oval
6. Saucer
7. Umbrella
CORBEL DOMES ● Also called a beehive dome, or false dome,
these are different from a 'true dome' in that
they consist of purely horizontal layers.
● As the layers get higher, each is slightly
cantilevered, or corbeled, toward the center until
meeting at the top.
GEODESIC DOMES A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell
structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic
polyhedron. The triangular elements of the dome are
structurally rigid and distribute the structural stress
throughout the structure, making geodesic domes
able to withstand very heavy loads for their size.
DOME
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