Flying Buttress
What is Flying Buttress?
Flying buttress, is a particular type of buttress generally found on spiritual buildings, not all of which are cathedrals. Flying buttress is a Freemasonry arch cover off the outside of a building, often along the length of the nave of a cathedral, which transfers the thrust of the roof outward and down to a pier. They are utilize to transmit the horizontal force of a rounded ceiling by the walls and across an intervening space, to a counterweight outdoor the building.
The buttress was contribute in when the weight of the ceilings would tend to buckle the walls outward and large piles of stone would be stacked along the wall in intervals to buttress the surround from force outward – these piles of stones became enclosed in designs of structures, such as castles and cathedrals and were called buttresses. Gothic architecture and intention allowed architects to spread the weight to different points of the castle
“To build the flying buttress, it was first requirement to construct part-time wooden frames which are called focus. The centering would affirm the weight of the stones and help maintain the shape of the arch till the mortar was dry. The centering was first built on the ground by the carpenters. Once that was done, they would be hoisted into place and fastened to the piers at the end of one buttress and at the other. These acted as temporary flying buttresses until the literal stone arch was complete.
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