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The Unpublished Working Drawings for the Nineteenth-Century Restoration of the Double Structure of the Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Torino
Abstract In his church of San Lorenzo in Torino Guarino Guarini conceived a structural organism that transfers the weight of the dome to the foundations by means of a partially concealed ribbed structure. This rare example of architecture in which form and structure do not coincide is not the result of an eccentric choice of technical virtuosity, but rather a structure mechanism aimed at achieving certain effects that have been knowingly sought out by the architect.
The Unpublished Working Drawings for the Nineteenth-Century Restoration of the Double Structure of the Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Torino
Abstract In his church of San Lorenzo in Torino Guarino Guarini conceived a structural organism that transfers the weight of the dome to the foundations by means of a partially concealed ribbed structure. This rare example of architecture in which form and structure do not coincide is not the result of an eccentric choice of technical virtuosity, but rather a structure mechanism aimed at achieving certain effects that have been knowingly sought out by the architect.
The Unpublished Working Drawings for the Nineteenth-Century Restoration of the Double Structure of the Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo in Torino
Quarello, Ugo (author)
Nexus Network Journal ; 11 ; 369-392
2009-11-07
24 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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