Vaults are a continuous series of
arches deep enough to cover a 3-dimensional space. Vaults started to be
constructed in Egypt and the Middle East and the oldest example found has been constructed
in 1250B.C, in Egypt called Thebes. Some of the materials that they used to
construct these vaults were bricks, clay, and mortar. The first innovation of
vaults was the Groin vault, which was the result of two semicircular vaults of
the same diameter that was developed by Romans and whom the Islam people,
advanced more of. The way that these particular types of vaults got the name
that they do was because the lines that they develop are elliptical lines,
which means groins. Piers instead of walls support vaults.
After the Romans came the people
from the Medieval European world that advanced more the vaults and they created
the “rib vault” which is a skeleton of arches. Some of the most recognized
examples of buildings today that have the most outstanding vaults are the
Lincoln Cathedral and St.Hugh’s Choir aka “Crazy Vault”.
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