Gothic Vault Roof

Barrel wagon vault.

Gothic vault roof.

A continuous set of supporting projections is called a corbel course. Gothic architecture replaced romanesque groin vaults with ribbed vaults to counteract complexities of construction and limitations that allowed it to only span square rooms. In the case of a cathedral vault where the interior ceiling is parallel to the exterior roof line installing skylights is a simple process. Also known as ogival vaulting ribbed vaulting developed with the need to transfer roof loads better while freeing up inner walls for tracery and glass.

The barrel vault is a continuous arch the length being greater than its diameter. Variations were used in roman architecture byzantine architecture islamic architecture romanesque architecture and especially gothic architecture thin stone panels fill the space between the ribs. A rib vault or ribbed vault is an architectural feature for covering a wide space such as a church nave composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs. A stone abutment projecting from a wall supporting vaults arches roofs and other features.

The vault is a parallel series of arches used to form a roof the most common form being a cylindrical or barrel vault vaults came into their greatest prominence in gothic architecture the dome is a hemispherical structure that can serve as a roof. A vaulted ceiling is a beautiful architectural feature but its main role is that the inside of the church is protected when the roof burns down gothic cathedral vaulting seems an extraordinary achievement. The creation of the vault allowed ceiling heights to extend higher than a flat ceiling and take advantage of unused roof structure space. The simplest kind of vault is the barrel vault also called a wagon or tunnel vault which is generally semicircular in shape.

The basic barrel form which appeared first in ancient egypt and the middle east is in effect a continuous series of arches deep enough to cover a three dimensional. In architecture a vault french voûte from italian volta is a self supporting arched form usually of stone or brick serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. See vault corbel. The construction of vault 2011gothic vaulting unlike romanesque buildings in which continuous mass of wall is necessary to sustain theload the gothic structure is a skeletal system that transfers roof loads down to the ground atdiscreet points thereby freeing large expanses of wall to be opened for window.

Vault in building construction a structural member consisting of an arrangement of arches usually forming a ceiling or roof. Sometimes referred to as a tunnel vault essentially an extended arch utilized extensively for lower level passageways although often used for vaulting naves in romanesque and early gothic.