Le 21/04/2018 à 22:31, Kenneth a écrit :
> Here's an interesting geometric problem to think about:
> 
> A large solid structure made of alternating-row bricks may look correct on the
> outside-- but what should the inside volume of that structure look like? In
> other words, what 'layout' of alternating bricks would work best for the inside
> volume, while *still retaining* the correct outside appearance? I don't think
> it's possible; the inside would need some kind of 'herringbone'(?) brick
> layout-- but the outside surface would invariably show some brick' ends', rather
> than full-length bricks.
> 
> POV-Ray's 'brick' pattern (or even using a 'made from scratch' variety) shows
> that the inner bricks are either square or in some other ratio-- but the bricks
> repeat regularly, with no offsets.
> 
> The only way I can see of making such a real-life structure is to have the
> outside bricks as one pattern (a 'shell' of bricks), while the inside volume
> uses a different brick-layout altogether. I wonder how real bricklayers
> ('masons') approach this problem... if they deal with it at all!
> 
When you speak of outside & inside, I think about the Florence(IT) dome,
made of bricks.

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