What might be the concepts behind the circle/round buildings?

Question

why some buildings are shape into circle form? ano bang meron sa circle na pwedeng makatulong sa paggawa ng isang magandang building? anong meron ba ang shape ng cirlcle na wala sa ibang shapes?

Answer 1

There is a faction of architecture that subscribes to the theory that round structures are stronger and more sound than angled buildings.

Then again, in lots of cases the aestethic appeal of a building with no outside corners is all the explaination necessary.

Answer 2

I think one of the concepts is buildings being thought of as space under a roof. If roofs are most important then a round shape encloses a lot of useful interior space, for example teepees of the American Plains Indians (the link has a picture).

I live in a farmhouse built about 80 years ago in Pennsylvania, USA. Because sometimes underground gas could seep into water wells it's common for wells not to be located in houses, but rather in a small building next to houses--that way if there was an explosion the whole house wouldn't burn down. The building we have is made from fired clay building blocks which are slightly curved. This made it easy to make a building of a particular size just using the right number of blocks. So the round building didn't require the builder to make difficult measurements.

The less difficult measurements are one reason for round buildings.

Round buildings are also very strong and that"s a reason that tall buildings before steel construction materials were almost always round.

Answer 3

A circle encloses the most space using the least materials:

"Did you say your house is round? Why would anybody build a round house?

There is an ancient Scottish Highland saying: "Ye may as well hang for (stealing) a sheep as a lamb." Once someone has made it past the naysayers and decided to build of cordwood masonry, they have shown that they are able to "think outside of the box," so the leap to a round house isn't quite so severe. But it's a slippery slope. The danger is that they may progress (or regress, same thing) to building stone circles. Seriously, round houses make a lot of sense. Humankind is the only building species that goes with right-angled corners. Birds, bees and beavers (who built lodges with a kind of cordwood masonry) all build round. Without benefit of a course in geometry, they know that the round house uses the least amount of materials to enclose a desired space. The same advantage is there when it comes to heat loss. A round home is cozy. Wombs are not rectangular. But, if you like square corners, that's okay. You can build any shape with cordwood, even free-form, as long as the walls are vertical. Jaki and I would feel strange now, living in a house which is not round. Even our summer camp is round, and our cordwood sauna is the coziest building I know. Our garage is rectilinear, though. A round garage is a poor use of space and doesn't handle wide doors very well." -Rob Roy

Answer 4

No Corners to Clean and Hold Up in a Strong Wind!

Answer 5

i guess when you enter in a round space ..you automatically feel the protection...and as our minds responds positive to curvy things rather than linear..besides from technical points of circles..psychologically too its always preferred...

Answer 6

I just think It made cove molding easy to install!!!

Answer 7

more confusing to be hit with airplanes