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Ha! I thought that looked familiar!
Warszawa Ochota railway station
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01-30-2022, 07:58 AM
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That shape, the hyperbolic parabaloid, is not selected for aero reasons, but for structural elegance. The whole roof is in tension, so it can be as thin as a tent.
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In the time frame in discussion, Felix Candela and P. L. Nervi were using the shape, but I think Antoni Gaudi was decades earlier.
The superset is ruled surfaces: mathstat.slu.edu/escher/index.php/The_Geometry_of_Antoni_Gaudi#Ruled_Surfaces
One of my favorites, the Sagrada Familia orphanage roof is classified as 'other'.
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e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be
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