Keywords
domes
green roofs
Key Words Plus
Domes - Design and construction
Earthquakes and building
Domes - Details
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Abstract
At the Building Research Institute, University of Kassel, Germany,a construction technology was developed to build domes oflarge span without formwork. The section of the domes was optimizedand developed by a computer programme, which avoids allkind of ring forces, so no bending force will occur and a free spanof up to 13 m can be reached by a wall thickness of only 30 cm. Toconstruct these domes without formwork a special rotational guidewad developed. In order to optimize the acoustic behaviour of thedome, special “acoustic adobes” were developed, which create aneffect of sound distribution and absorption. The first dome of thiskind was built in 2000 at La Paz, Bolivia with a span of 8 m, thelargest dome of all Americas and the first one covered with a greenroof was built in Brazil in 2005 with a diameter of 9 m. The largestadobe dome has a diameter of 11 m, a height of 7 m and standsin Germany. More domes built for residences and multipurposehalls are shown. Measurements proofed that adobe domes withgreen roofs reduce heat intake in summer and heat less in winter,to a large extend, thus saving a high amount of cooling and heatingenergy. It was also proofed that the indoor air humidity was extremelygood balanced. The dome at La Paz showed furthermore thatdomes of this kind can be earth quake resistant.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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