The Key To Perfect Design | How Did They Build That?
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- An investigation into the greatest man-made structures of all time, exploring how new materials and construction techniques have allowed engineers, builders, and architects to work to the limits of their ability. The series focuses on the buildings that re-wrote the rulebook and the architects, engineers, and builders who made the impossible possible.
This episode looks into structures that have endured since ancient times, being one essential element to many monuments: arches.
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Great camera work, great subject, audio flawless and the host really delivers the right amount of respect and enthusiasm for the subjects he discusses.
These really are a splendid series of documantories - thanks for sharing
Rome always fascinates me
Very informative and the presenting narrator is easy on the ears and with his voice, he sets the tone. Nicely done lads.
Yes, the voice can make or break a narrative.
Great series
Amazing how far we've come in many aspects of life. But even more amazing is that some of the greatest man made structures are from the past many many years ago
Build by slaves tho… 😢
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@@multiverse8101 I don’t even remember writing this! 😂
Limited technology didn't stop the Romans or Egyptian from.building structures that are impressive even in today's standards
The construction of the Lufthansa building surely took inspiration from Brunels' Tamar bridge though that absolutely dwarfs this! Both the use of the bowstring arch and then jacking them into place though Brunel had to lift them 100' from barges!
Ooookkk?
I don't see what that has to do with this other than being a bridge.
*_Former Landscape Architect.... even today we still learn from Roman Engineering._*
One thing I noticed but have never heard anyone talk about is how the Romans 'sourced' their stone materials. The Romans were able to locate, quarry, transport, and then construct amazing structures from stone and keep the 'appearance' uniform even on very large projects. The stones all looked alike.
Even today on large projects, we can mess up matching colors, textures, and types when using Concrete. Look at any highway, long sidewalk, large poured slabs, etc. Chances are if you look closely, different pours will look different.
Imagine you are in charge of that Aqueduct. Closest source for stone is 25 miles away. You could get stone closer but there may not be enough for the entire project. Rather than building a structure that might look odd when completed, you commit the resources to have workers at quarry 25 miles way. It was better to have 'leftovers' of matching stone than look like a mishmash of non-matching material.
This meant encampments at multiple locations. This required even more resources, manpower, and labor management. The Romans were experts in doing this. Roman Engineering used division of labor, certain people doing certain tasks, over a long period of time. Each person specialized in a small portion of overall project.
Every project used massive human labor on unimaginable scales. Not only did they build this Aqueduct, they were building at hundreds of other sites on hundreds of different projects, all at the same time, scattered over a dozen countries.
*_Built 2,000 years ago and still standing is PROOF how good Roman Engineering is._*
cool
Are all those stones protruding for the scaffolding
That cathedral is kind of gruesome.
Lime wash needed.
Such and old an majestic building and yet it still trumps everything around it, not only in size, but also in design. Modern buildings so looks so bad and ugly compared to old buildings like this.
that is the most beautiful ancient stone arch bridge in the whole world over 2000 years old still in use !! OMG LOL
did they used cement ?
Yes Romans used concrete.
Different to the kind we use now - better in some ways, worse in others.
Their concrete lasts longer, and can take more weight without reinforcement.
But our modern concrete can take far more weight when reinforced, and takes far less time to set to its full strength.
If we can ever marry the benefits of Roman concrete with the modern ones then it would be a huge boon because it requires less maintenance.
@@mnomadvfx Thanks
To think Greeks traveled to Egypt to learn architecture and Romans traveled to Greece to learn it. It's kind of amazing what they were capable to do in the bronze age.
HISstory seems a bit shady no?
@@multiverse8101 Sometimes, sure. But this is from multiple sources and a pretty uncontroversial well established fact.
Egypt was the intellectual center of the world for a long ass time.
Multiple Greek philisophers wrote about studying in Egypt the same way a smug kid today talks about studying in Cambridge, Sorbonne or Harvard.
Everyone has their theory about why this is not talked about, but i think that better than discuss why this isn't brought up, we could simply bring it up more.
Eh?
It was already the iron age by the time the Romans took any significant interest in Greece, and likewise with Greece and Egypt.
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"Multiple Greek philisophers wrote about studying in Egypt the same way a smug kid today talks about studying in Cambridge, Sorbonne or Harvard"
Which is humorous to me considering the dynastic ancient Egyptian civilisation was already in its death throws by that time.
@@mnomadvfx Greeks made vibrant contact with Egypt during the bronze age. I really don't know what you're talking about there. Roman architecture was influenced by the Greeks and Ancient Greek philosophers wrote about studying in Egypt as a smug kid writes about studying abroad today.
I think you might be under the impression i said it happened all at the same time, but that's not it.
The Romans were not the first to use arches.
Chinese?
But they were the first to perfect it.
someone does not understand forces on archs.
I wish they'd clean all the dirt n grime off the stone every 10 or 20 years.
lol, masons.
Nothing is great in these structures. Come and see the Brahadeswarar temple in Tanjore India. And the other temples here.
While it's good that you appreciate our temple's architecture, it's highly distasteful to term other beautiful works as "Nothing is great in these structures".
Most people won't ever leave the same area they grew up in, let alone travel across the world.
Given that Roman architecture is the best in ancient stuff us Europeans can hope for.