OTHER ROOF FORMING SYSTEMS

There are a bunch of us folks out there looking for the ideal way to form and pour concrete and masonry roofs.
I have had good luck with movable / reusable metal formwork – but my system certainly isn’t the only one.

My latest idea is pre-fabricated, arched triangle, roof panels.

More complex vault forms that I have built in Mexico:
http://www.geocities.com/flyingconcrete/forming.htm

Lloyd Turner
invented the inflatable forming system for building concrete domes.
Photos and construction ideas.

Institute for Planetary Renewal
http://PlanetaryRenewal.org/ipr/ubs.html
See this site for other ideas on inflatable forming systems

Geoge Nez’s Hypar forming

Roof forming using adobe blocks without centering
Auroville Earth Institute
http://www.earth-auroville.com

Enersearch by Bo Atkinson
http://harmoniouspalette.com/dreamgeometry.html
Bo has lots of good ideas concerning ways to build vaults. A couple of links below:

http://harmoniouspalette.com/WhlVlt-HxCpFlr.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/WeTiltDome.html
http://harmoniouspalette.com/tiltupdome.html