Section 06
Earth
Four entries on building with the ground you are standing on: mud brick and its limits, the tower that catches wind, bonding that is structure rather than surface, and the corner arch that carries a dome on a square room.
- 21AdobeMud brick as a structural material with real limits: enormous thermal mass, no tensile strength, and a maintenance cycle built into the design.
- 22The badgirThe wind-catcher as a pressure device — catching breeze on one face, dumping warm air out the other, and working even on a still day.
- 23Brick bondsDecorative bonding that is also structural: the pattern is the coursing, not a surface applied afterwards.
- 24Domes and squinchesHow a round dome gets carried on a square room, and why the squinch preceded the pendentive here.
The section in four frames
