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International Thin Shell Concrete Conference - 2005 (screen 2)

Conics project; a cone or portion of cone. The long beams being bolted together are referred to as generators. Plywood is cut into squares and bolted togeather into a large plane, which is then bolted to the beams. The flat and square individual panels will generate a partial cone when the generator beams are pulled closer togeather.

Meanwhile: The canvas, er, plywood, is prepared.

Presentations were in the church next door.

The pyramid frames joined and plastered. Three pyramids with sixty degree angles assemble into a roof that would sit on a triangular room. Four pyramid frames with a base angle of ninety degrees would assemble into a roof for a square room. The inventor of this system was off somewhere putting roofs up for a United Nations project.

This very thin roof became stronger and stronger with no attention to curing. A mix of latex and cement?

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