1. By Andrea Amaya and Tiffany Ferreira
Arch
Oral Presentation
English for Architecture and Urban Planning II
ID-2125
By Andrea Amaya and Tiffany Ferreira

2. Table of content: Introduction About it Types Arch in Urban Planning
Arch in Architecture
Conclusions

3. What is Arch? Structure that: Spans a space and Support weight
Configured in a: variety of arch depths, brick sizes and shapes and bonding patterns.
Composed of an odd number of units.

4. History
Persian, Egyptian, Babylonian, Greek and Assyrian.
underground structures.
Romans
above ground.
Roman arch / semicircular arch.
Europe
Pointed Gothic arch.
Romans aqueducts
Lacock Abbey (England)

5. India Aksum First carved horseshoe arch known.
Mosqued of Uqba (Tunisia)
Aksum
First built horseshoe arch known.
Umayyad Mosque (Damascus)

6. Porta Augusta
Coliseum

7. Types of arch.
Gothic
Tudor
Horseshoe
Multicentered

8. Semicircular
Jack
Venetian

9. Parts of an arch.

10. Arch in Architecture Mesopotamians Ancient Romans Gothic Architecture
Renaissance
20th - 21st Century

11. Elements derived from Arch
Archivolts
Pointed Arch
Arcade
flying buttress
Ribbon Volt

12. Arch in Urban Planning
In what world, arch could be related with urban planning?
Urban Space’s Structure
Landmarks, paths, districts, edges and nodes
we need elements very important and striking

13. Building typologies
The Geometry is very important
Road design

14. Network infrastructure services
Ancients Romans
Infrastructure to provide services to roman population
To plumbing and sewage

15. Conclusions Is a structural element Calculable Usable Easy to use it
Provide movement, harmony and beauty

16. Thank You!