That´s why I also know the Khorinis Times. Kai Rosenkranz: I have been following what´s going on in the forums, of course. Do you know who we are and our number of subscribers? Meditate: Hello KaiRo, we are delighted that you will do an interview with us for our magazine. Many thanks to Ragon for doing the translation and to meditate for allowing us to post this in English! Khorinis Times und meditates Schatzkästlein are two online-magazines for the Gothic p&p RPG. Today we bring you the translated version of the interview with Piranha Bytes‘ Kai Rosenkranz that appeared on meditates schatzkästlein (German for meditate’s treasurechest) in association with the Khorinis Times. Further, we are able to drive general considerations on the Late Medieval and Early Modern design practice for stone structures and trace a new interpretation of the early treatises of stereotomy.Gothic Interview with Kai Rosenkranz from meditates SchatzkästleinĮmail(„feedback“, „rpgdot“, „com“, „Sia‘ Garrett‘ Manzari“) In a collaboration between the research group working on the design principles of late Gothic vaults at the Technische Universität Dresden, and expert stone masons specialized on historical working techniques and practical stereotomy at the Cathedral Workshop Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, the phases of the design process, such as full-scale drawings on the tracing floor and the production of full-scale models and samples of ribs and keystones, are currently investigated in practical experiments.Īs result, we propose a complete picture of the design process from the general concept to the setting-out of the single stone elements. On this background, also the existing sources such as historical design treatises could be re-interpreted. In several case studies, the geometric concepts of the intricate spatial curve systems of late Gothic vaults have been clarified on the basis of detailed surveys and geometrical analyses carried out on the built objects. Moreover, understanding the characteristics of information transfer from the design to the execution, would cast a light on the information society in which these constructions were created. In consequence, necessary works of repairing and restoring cannot recur to any information related to the original design. In consequence, the particular character of these structures and their geometric features are intrinsically linked to the design routines and the geometric concepts used by the Master Builders.Īt present, these procedures and methods are not well understood, because they are not documented in original drawings, and because they differ in principle from the modern practice. This regards both the design of the whole structure, as also the design specifications for the single stone elements which were prefabricated and fit together on the building site with astonishing precision. ISBN 978-0-992 Erstveröffentlichung 2017 Abstract (EN) The ambitious late Gothic vaults created in the 15th and 16th centuries with their complex shape and complicated meshes of ribs soaring along spatial curves, were extremely demanding in their geometric design. The Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Construction History Society.
David Wendland Frédéric Degenève Titel How to order fitting components for looping ribs: Design procedures for the stone members of complex Late Gothic vaults Zitierfähige Url: Quellenangabe J.W.P.