Form with no formwork (vault construction with reduced formwork)

Abstract

Studies on masonry vault building are often grouped according to materials, trades, or historical periods. This session, however, focuses on a transversal issue – the assembly process itself – by bringing together ongoing research on the relationship between form and the need for formwork in vault construction as a consequence of decisions concerning form, whether it be the general design, the arrangement or bonding or the particular shape of the pieces, as well as the formal control procedures required when there is no supporting centering.