@incollection{SchmittWendland2021, author = {Schmitt, Rebecca Erika and Wendland, David}, title = {Untersuchung der geometrischen Konzeption der Gew{\"o}lbe der Basilika Vierzehnheiligen auf Basis von 3D-Scanningdaten im Kontext der Stereotomie}, series = {Materialgerecht konstruiert!?! Tagungsband der F{\"u}nften Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Bautechnikgeschichte 10. bis 11. Juni 2021}, booktitle = {Materialgerecht konstruiert!?! Tagungsband der F{\"u}nften Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Bautechnikgeschichte 10. bis 11. Juni 2021}, publisher = {Michael Imhof Verlag}, address = {Petersberg}, isbn = {978-3-7319-1253-8}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-6411}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, pages = {105 -- 121}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Betrachtet wird die geometrische Konzeption der Gew{\"o}lbe der von Balthasar Neumann entworfenen Wallfahrtskirche Vierzehnheiligen. Ausgehend vom gebauten Objekt und basierend auf 3D-Scanningdaten, werden mithilfe der Methode des Reverse Geometric Engineering die geometrischen Eigenschaften des Gew{\"o}lbes untersucht und die Konzepte rekonstruiert, die bei der Planung zur Anwendung gekommen sein m{\"u}ssen. Dabei werden die Abteikirche Banz und die Hofkirche der Residenz W{\"u}rzburg als Vergleichsbauten mit einbezogen. Die Entwurfsmethoden werden in ihrem Zusammenhang mit den zeitgen{\"o}ssischen Traktaten der Stereotomie und Architektur, sowie mit bekannten Planungspraktiken bei geometrisch komplexen Bauten betrachtet; dabei wird auch der Bezug zu den Gew{\"o}lbeentw{\"u}rfen des italienischen Barockarchitekten Guarino Guarini diskutiert.}, subject = {Geometrischer Entwurf; Gew{\"o}lbe; Vierzehnheiligen; Balthasar Neumann; Geometric design; Vault; Fourteen Holy Helpers; Reverse engineering; Baustoffkunde und -chemie; Baukonstruktionen; Geschichte der Baukonstruktionen und -technologien}, language = {de} } @incollection{SchmittWendland, author = {Schmitt, Rebecca Erika and Wendland, David}, title = {The geometric design of the "Guarinesque" vaults in Banz and Vierzehnheiligen in relation to the treatises of stereotomy}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-5904}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, abstract = {Johann Dientzenhofer's Banz Abbey Church (1710-1718) and Balthasar Neumann's church of Vierzehnheiligen (1743-1772), both located in Upper Franconia (Germany), are characterised by their masonry vaults, sequences of oval domes separated by double-curved arches. This Late Baroque architecture has been called "Guarinesque"; however, the conceptual connection between the vaults and Guarino Guarini's architecture remains to be thoroughly investigated. This paper resumes the discussion about the geometric definitions of these vaults using the modern methods of geometric analysis and reverse geometrical engineering, based on 3D laser scanning. The analysis of these scans reveals a design process based on plane circle segments and ovals, while more complex geometric procedures are not necessary to describe the vaults. Further, the relationship between these designs and the procedures of geometric design described in the treatises of stereotomy since the 16th century can be shown. On this background, the relation to Guarini's Architettura Civile (1737) is discussed.}, subject = {Balthasar Neumann; Johann Dientzenhofer; Vierzehnheiligen; Banz; Vault; Gew{\"o}lbe; Klosterkirche Banz (Bad Staffelstein); Wallfahrtskirche Vierzehnheiligen (Staffelstein); Kirchenbau; Gew{\"o}lbe; Dreidimensionale Rekonstruktion; Geometrie}, language = {en} } @incollection{WendlandGielen, author = {Wendland, David and Gielen, Mark}, title = {The design and construction of the vaults in Notre-Dame in Paris and the development of medieval vaulting and stereotomy : surveys, analyses and experiments}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-6060}, publisher = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, abstract = {Among the many innovative church constructions in the {\^I}le-de-France during the twelfth century that immediately followed the ground-breaking new building of the abbey church of Saint-Denis, the high vaults in the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris mark a turning point - both in sheer dimensions and in their quality of execution as stone constructions. On the other hand, some solutions in design and construction that can be observed in these vaults remain unique within the dynamic development of Gothic vaulting in the great cathedrals built in the following years. On closer view it turns out that the general design of the vault as well as its construction details are hardly understood until now, mainly because they have been overlooked in a unifying perspective on Gothic architecture coined by the idealistic view of the Gothic Revival in the nineteenth century. Further, the particular relation between vault design and stereotomy needs to be clarified, and its significance needs to be understood.}, subject = {Vault; Medieval architecture; Gothic; Notre-Dame de Paris; Speyer Cathedral; Gew{\"o}lbe; Mittelalterliche Architektur; Gotik; Dom zu Speyer; Notre-Dame (Paris); Kirchenbau; Gew{\"o}lbe; Gotik}, language = {en} }