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Millennium Arch
Throughout history the masonry arch has been considered as the most characteristic construction component of Architecture and Engineering ever since it was first conceived in Roman times and predating Hellenistic culture. Ever since these times the arch has been employed as en efficient construction solution to span openings with materials which cannot withstand tension. The technical originality of the arch has led to its use in monumental architecture and its symbolisation of military feats, as was the case of the triumphal arch. With the change of century and millennium there has been a fundamental technical advancement, which is revealed in this conference, under the name of the Integral Masonry System and which broadens the field of application of masonry by means of the incorporation of steel within perforated units which allow the three-dimensional reinforcement of any type of masonry wall. The Millennium Arch commemorates this 12th IBMAC in Madrid and reveals the technical advances provided by the Integral Masonry System, as the arch is inclined and is built in header bond using the Ladriflor or Flower Brick and reinforced with bars and hoops. The Millennium Arch has been designed on the basis of a 14m diameter cylinder angled 30º to the ground and built in one brick thick masonry, alternating one course of yellow brick with six of red. The arch has a clearance of 10m wide by 5.5m high and the masonry is regulary reinforced with truss type bed joint reinforcement every 6 courses. The area of the arc (structurally speaking an angled curved beam) is reinforced with longitudinal bars and hoops of 10mm which pass through perforations set in a universal clay brick. The Millennium Arch shall remain in the gardens and form the main access to the Palacio de Congresos from the principal artery of the Paseo de la Castellana.
Millennium Arch
Throughout history the masonry arch has been considered as the most characteristic construction component of Architecture and Engineering ever since it was first conceived in Roman times and predating Hellenistic culture. Ever since these times the arch has been employed as en efficient construction solution to span openings with materials which cannot withstand tension. The technical originality of the arch has led to its use in monumental architecture and its symbolisation of military feats, as was the case of the triumphal arch. With the change of century and millennium there has been a fundamental technical advancement, which is revealed in this conference, under the name of the Integral Masonry System and which broadens the field of application of masonry by means of the incorporation of steel within perforated units which allow the three-dimensional reinforcement of any type of masonry wall. The Millennium Arch commemorates this 12th IBMAC in Madrid and reveals the technical advances provided by the Integral Masonry System, as the arch is inclined and is built in header bond using the Ladriflor or Flower Brick and reinforced with bars and hoops. The Millennium Arch has been designed on the basis of a 14m diameter cylinder angled 30º to the ground and built in one brick thick masonry, alternating one course of yellow brick with six of red. The arch has a clearance of 10m wide by 5.5m high and the masonry is regulary reinforced with truss type bed joint reinforcement every 6 courses. The area of the arc (structurally speaking an angled curved beam) is reinforced with longitudinal bars and hoops of 10mm which pass through perforations set in a universal clay brick. The Millennium Arch shall remain in the gardens and form the main access to the Palacio de Congresos from the principal artery of the Paseo de la Castellana.
Millennium Arch
Adell Argilés, Josep María (author) / Río, Concha del (author) / Giménez, Javier (author)
2000-06-01
Proceedings of 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference | 12th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference | 25-28 Junio 2000 | Madrid
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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