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method:thin-shell-lightweight-concrete-vaultsThin-Shell Lightweight Concrete Vaults
Innovative roofing technique invented by Alexander and colleagues in the 1970s and used in the Mexicali project.
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- A vault formed by weaving lattice strips over a room span, stapling burlap and chicken wire, then applying thin lightweight concrete shells in sequence.
- Large, hand-sawable blocks bonded with polymer glue-mortar; allow hand-fitting to almost any shape.
- Emerging technique of shooting concrete over welded wire fabric to form hollow columns, beams, and arches with high moment of inertia at low material weight.
- The notion that human-made structures provide a framework, like a mollusc shell, within which nature can thrive.