Porperties+&+Shapes

Construction materials usually have present basic shapes, and with them people can build structural system like porches, trusses, beams and domes.

The most common shapes are squares, cubes and parallelepipeds, used very often in porches. The most appropriated construction materials for these shapes are bricks, concrete and wood; they can be shaped for making, for example, beams.

Circles usually appeared in cylindrical beams and columns, also in tunnels and entrances, like arches. Also circles are commonly found in staircases an bridges

Triangles are widely used in trusses, and they can bear great loads, and they can also be used on the construction of paraboloids. A famous pyramidal structure is the Louvre Museum. Right now triangles provide very attractive shapes for buildings. Geometrical shapes can be found in any construction, individually or maybe by their own, in fact, they can complement each other for creating structural systems.