Designing a Masonry Shell in the Reconstructed Vault of the Palace Chapel at Dresden - an Attempt to Recover the Forgotten Art of Late Gothic Vault Construction

作者：Wendland D^*; Ventas Sierra M J

来源：Informes de la Construccion, 2013, 65: 49-63.

DOI：10.3989/ic.13.027

• Late Gothic
• reconstruction
• vault
• double-curved ribs
• shell structure
• historical building technique
• free form design
• CAD modeling
• physical modeling
• Dresden
• Saxony

In the chapel of the Dresden Castle, a vaulted ceiling with double-curved ribs is currently being reconstructed according to the original from the 16th century. Similar highly complex rib vaults from this period still survive, and are some of the most exciting architectural features of the late Gothic, but no vault of this type has been built for 450 years. The load-bearing masonry shell in unreinforced brick masonry is designed upon the complex system of curvilinear ribs. Design, form-finding and development have been carried out by an interdisciplinary team, taking in account the following: visual appearance, the structural demand according to the equilibrium surface, the moldeability of masonry, the detailing of the connection between ribs and the shell, as well as the possibility of building the shell free-handed, i.e. without formwork. This aim could be achieved by combining CAD and numerical modeling, physical simulation model and a full scale prototype.

• 出版日期2013-10