What the fuck is up with it?
I see no architectural use in it. Or any practical use.
It's useless.
They're used in arches, faggot.
Quote from: JMV290 on February 14, 2008, 06:21:49 PM
They're used in arches, faggot.
Thats an arch though. =/
An arch doesn't have to be part of a semi circle.(http://www.abcteach.com/basicshapes/images/semici4.gif)
Fine then. A dome.
How about a bowl?
Quote from: Michelle on February 14, 2008, 06:48:34 PM
Those are semi-spheres. baddood;
We live in a 3-dimensional world. You're not going to find a circle.
Quote from: Michelle on February 14, 2008, 06:48:34 PM
Those are semi-spheres. baddood;
Arch - "A curved structure used as a support over an open space, as in a doorway. A Semicircular opening in a wall, or a freestanding structure dependent for its structural stability on the horizontal load threatening to push it apart"
Quote from: JMV290 on February 14, 2008, 06:49:36 PM
We live in a 3-dimensional world. You're not going to find a circle.
Dammit. gonk;
Quote from: Your Posting Rival on February 14, 2008, 06:51:23 PM
Arch - "A curved structure used as a support over an open space, as in a doorway. A Semicircular opening in a wall, or a freestanding structure dependent for its structural stability on the horizontal load threatening to push it apart"
DAMMIT. suicide;
Wow. The only word that comes close to rationally expressing my current thought process after reading this thread and the original point of it.