THE ROOF IN GOTHIQUE ARCHITECTURE
Gothique architecture (Francigenum Opus) was born in 12th century, after Roman architecture. Gothique is the architectural style that originated in France, and it was simply called French style.
The special thing of Gothique architecture made the whole world admire that no Gothique works were exactly same, each work has its own beauty based on the unified Gothique foundation.
Gothique style buildings were nostalgic but modern, the dimension was giant but the details were extremely sophisticated.
The most typical features of Gothique architecture were curved dome and sharp top, helped the construction show the luxury and authority. This style emphasized vertical shapes, focused on thin column systems, highly expandable ceiling with the combination of glass material. Gothique style works often have many windows to utilized natural light.
In Gothique architecture, when building rectangular dome, the workers normally bent curved two-way complex instead of the segment of circle in Roman architecture. Rectangular dome helped to reduce the thickness of the dome and liberated the wall between columns.
The structure system of Gothique churches was the large space system, used bearing frame, seperated clearly between bearing structure and structural seperation. The system created the spacious space and the gentle interior sence that filled with light.
Gothique architecture is the most visible and beautiful in the largre churches, cathedrals and civilian constructions. There are many Gothique style works in the world that were recognized by UNESCO as the World Cultural Heritage.
With the superior features, Gothique architecture was favorited and developed until the 20th century.