Transcript ARCH OP - joycezambrano

Universidad Simon Bolivar
Departamento de Idiomas
English for Architecture and Urban Planning II
Rojas Zorangel 08-11315
Silva Maria A. 08-11075
Zambrano Joyce 08-11212
->Definition: arch, function, parts, Construction.
->Arch: Structural and Decorative.
->History : Other types, other functions.
->Use of arch: Architecture and Urban Planning.
-> Question and comments round.
Arch?
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*Structure
Spans
Weight
Effective
Structural
Decorative
• Mesopotamia
The Palace of Khosrow, Baghdad
• Romans era
Coliseum ,Rome
• Medieval time
->Gothic era
->Renaissance era
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Romans era
• Classic roman arch
• Gothic arch
• Elliptical arch
• Moorish arch: (Over extended)
Types of arches
• Classic roman arch
the pont du gard aqueduct in france
Types of arches
• Gothic arch
Types of arches
• Elliptical arch
Types of arches
• Moorish arch: (Over extended)
ARCHITECTURE
-> Work as a supporting-structural element
Arched roofs.
Structural elements with double function.
->Define architectural styles
•External windows.
•Front doors.
For example: Semicircular arched entrance (Romanesque),
Pointed arch entrace (Islamic), pointed -arch frame window
(Gothic)…
-> Purely as Ornamental structures
•Memorial
•Iconic
URBAN PlANNING
(strictly related to arch-bridges)
-> Work as urban connectors
->Become new territory to urbanize
For example: The Ponte Vecchio (Italy) and The
Dubai Bridge (still in design)
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0PldEQlsh8
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch
•http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_ani_build_arch.sht
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•http://www.gatewayarch.com/Arch/
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Arch