Sébastien Truchet Vault on a Möbius strip, an unexpected result from a program bug.
Abeille & Truchet Vaults. From La Théorie de la Pratique de la Coupe des Pierres et des Bois, by Amédée François Frézier, Tome II, Planche 31. From e-rara.ch/zut/doi/10.3931/e-rara-26984
The Sébastien Truchet Vault project brought Carmelite Sébastien Truchet’s stereotomic improvements to the Abeille Vault together with contemporary architectural programming techniques. The project began by coding a single unit of the vault into a parametric model such that the thickness, width, and height of the unit could be easily varied. The unit was then multiplied and oriented accordingly to produce a planar surface of interlocking units. Apart from being able to vary a single unit, the number of units in the horizontal and vertical directions, and the cutting height of each unit could also be varied. The same process was then repeated for a more complex semi-cylinder surface and later for a Möbius strip. The logical sequence taken to arrive at the result is presented here.
Sébastien Truchet Vault on a planar surface.
Sébastien Truchet Vault on a semi-cylinder surface.
Sébastien Truchet Vault on a Möbius strip
