Begehbarer Bogen /Walkable Arch
Kategorie:
Innenstationen/Indoor
Stations-ID: D084
Instructions:
If you put the pieces together in the right order, the arch will be so stable that you can stand on it.
Which point of the arch can carry the most weight?
- Can you construct the arch without using a template?
- Which part is only present once?
- After constructing the arch, try pushing the pieces inwards slowly. With which parts is this possible, with which impossible?
- What would happen if the two outer pieces were not connected to the baseplate.
“Then I went, turned inwards, through the arched gate, pondering back into the city. Why, I asked myself, does the vault not sink in, even though it does not have any support? It stands, I answered, because all the stones want to collapse at once – and I drew from this thought an indescribably refreshing comfort that stayed with me till the decisive moment always with hope, that I too would be able to stand, when everything makes me sink”
– Heinrich von Kleist in a letter to Wilhelmine von Zenge
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