International Symposium on Brick Vaults and Beyond

Paula Fuentes Gonzalez (Organiser)
Wouters, I. (Organiser)

Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference

Period	29 Apr 2021 → 30 Apr 2021
Event type	Conference
Location	Brussels, Belgium
Degree of Recognition	International

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Vaults have been historically regarded as the ideal structure to span imposing spaces in representative and monumental buildings. Several studies have been devoted to the topic worldwide and cover the evolution of vaulting from antiquity to the progressive abandonment of vaults in the 18th century. Yet, also in the following centuries interesting evolutions in vaulting techniques took place as they were extensively used in historicism and attempts were made to adapt vaults to modern architecture. How did the changing architectural styles and functional needs, together with the introduction of new construction materials in the 19th and 20th centuries such as iron, steel and reinforced concrete, transform vaulting techniques? This symposium 'Brick vaults and beyond', organised online in Brussels on April 29 & 30, 2021 brings together international architects, historians, engineers, preservationists interested in construction and architectural history whose contributions add to the understanding of the development of the vaulting techniques during this fascinating period.

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Projects
BELVAU: Brick vaults and beyond: the transformation of a historical structural system (1830-1930)
Project: Fundamental