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From:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/223139356510754491/
and from:
http://www.vitruvianas.co.uk/unique-brick-features.php
The anonymous webmaster writes:
"Church in Atlantida - Eladio Dieste, the [Uruguayan] architect and engineer, used the Gaussian Vault in this church. This is a thin shell structure constructed in single thickness of brick. It achieves its strength from double curvature catenary arch form that resists buckling failure." [To me (David Bushnell} it looks as though there is single curvature, that is, the Gaussian curvature is zero, that is, the shell surface is developable, that is, the curved surface can be formed from a flat sheet without any extension or compression of the middle surface.]
"There were a few architects around in his time from south and Latin America which were working in the modernist idiom, including carlos Raul Villanueva from Venezuela and felix Candela from Mexico but dieste stands out for being able to bring architecture and structural engineering together especially in humble projects where costs were an issue. His buildings were mostly roofed with thin shell vaults constructed of brick and tiles. The designs he used and created were more cost effective than using concrete and did not require ribs and beams for support. Even in comparison to modern architecture he was an innovator."
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