Tent roof
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On the one hand, the word tent roof describes a roof shape that is characterized by several (at least three) roof surfaces that are inclined towards one another and converge at a point (the ridge point ). A tent roof is a special form of the hipped roof , the ridge length of which is zero. Roofs on towers with a square floor plan are often tent roofs. Tent roofs with the base of a regular polygon are also known as pyramid roofs .
On the other hand, it also refers to tensioned roof structures , i.e. membrane roofs and structures based on cable nets. Tent roofs in this sense are the result of a construction method that spans roof areas and is not bridged with structural elements that are essentially subject to pressure (pressure elements, e.g. pylons or pressure rings [e.g. Sony Center ], are usually placed close to the edge or on the Edge [e.g. the "Olympic roof" in Munich], but also used in the middle). For reasons of stability, the roof surfaces are, like tents, but more clearly, doubly curved. Stretched tent roofs, like umbrellas, can also be convertible.
- Tent roofs, designed as tensioned roof structures
Membrane roof, Storkow Castle
Olympic roof Munich based on a cable network
Convertible large screens, piazza of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina
See also
- Tent roof church
- Tower church (Russian tent-roof church type)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sándor Soproni: The late Roman Limes between Esztergom and Szentendre. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó; August 1, 1978, p. 50, ISBN 978-9-6305-1307-4