A Very Brief History Of The Arch
October 12, 2024
A Very Brief History Of The Arch
The simple arch has an exceptionally long and rich history…both architecturally and symbolically.
Arches have long captivated the human imagination, transcending their functional purpose and assuming symbolic significance in various contexts. From ancient civilizations to modern architectural marvels, arches hold a profound cultural and religious relevance – serving as powerful symbols of resilience by embodying strength and stability through their structural designs.
Greeks and Egyptians devised the shape, the Romans perfected it. Architecturally, they realized it was a great way of distributing weight evenly which allowed for larger and more complex buildings.
Architecturally-speaking, there are two types of Arches.
A “true Arch” is a load-bearing arc with its elements held together by compression. We know this from the surviving ancient ruins of Palmyra to the Roman aqueducts and, of course, the Coliseum, to name a few.
The flipside of this is the “false Arch,” which typically means an arch that has no structural purpose – like the proscenium arch we see in theaters that frames a performance. Or the Originators’ free-standing, three-dimensional CrossWay Arch or the meandering shape of the GateWave Rib Arch – Originators’ stretch-fabric shapes know how to make an entrance…memorable
Over the years the Originators’ have witnessed the magnetic appeal arches have over people. There is something about an arch that naturally draws people to it as if it has gravitational pull. We have placed arches in an open field and seen people seek them out, preferring to walk through than around them.
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