Throughout history, brilliant engineers and architects have developed methods to use structure as a means of sculpting space. In early architecture, the structure of a building was the driving design element. However as technologies and creative minds worked together, complex systems were used to make simple structures into works of art. Through the study of arch and tile construction, my team members and I designed and constructed a modern interpretation of a catalan vault. Over the course of a week, we designed out vault using a plug-in for Rhinoceros called Rhino Vault. Once our design was finalized, we purchased 6x6 ceramic tiles, plaster, and grout. Then, in one weekend, we constructed our vault while making a spectacle in the atrium of our architecture building.
