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The roof is a sequence of double-curved vaults that Dieste designed using a catenoid as the directrix, generating a surface that acts efficiently in compression and resists deflection using the minimum amount of material.
A particular innovation was his Gaussian vault, a thin-shell structure for roofs in single-thickness brick, that derives its stiffness and strength from a double curvature catenary arch form that resists buckling failure. [1]
There are two variations: the Gaussian vaults and the self-supporting vaults, two basic types sharing a capacity to withstand the weight of the archaic ceramic material by means of thin sheets, thanks to the rigidity that gives them their form.
Built on rectangular plan of one single hall, the church features distinctive undulating walls supporting a similarly undulating roof, composed of a sequence of reinforced brick Gaussian vaults developed by Eladio Dieste (1917-2000).
Eladio Dieste performs with the freedom and security of the engineers of 1900, and proposes his system of screens and reinforced brick vaults, calculated empirically for the project of a new church that has to adapt to the economic shortages of the neighborhood.
La contextualización de la obra de Eladio Dieste está aún por realizarse. Inventor de la cerámica armada en Uruguay, la convirtió en una alternativa eficaz, económica y elegante al hormigón armado.
The object of study within this research are the gaussian vaults of Eladio Dieste, designed and built by the Uruguayan engineer in the second half of the twentieth century in the territories of Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
