2. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
• Definition : A dome is
a element of
architecture that
resembles the hollow
upper half of the
sphere.
3. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Elements of Dome
• Coffer
• Cupola
• Lantern
• Oculus
• Pendentive
• Rotunda
• Squinch
• Tholobate/Drum
• Whispering gallery
4. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Coffer
It is a series of sunken panels.
Coffer
5. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Cupola
• A small, dome like structure on top
of building
• Generally crowns a larger dome
Cupola
6. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Lantern
• A day lighting element above
cupola
7. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Oculus
An oculus is a circular opening in the centre of
a dome or in a wall
Oculus
8. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Pendentive
• It is constructive device which allows the placement of the circular
dome over the square room or elliptical over the rectangular room.
9. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Rotunda
• A circular ground plan which is
covered by a dome
10. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Squinch
• A construction filling in the upper angles of a square
room so as to form a base to receive a dome
11. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Tholobate
• A tholodate is the upright part of building
on which dome is raised
• It is also refers as drum
Drum
12. DEFINATION
HISTORY OF
DOME
ELEMENTS OF
DOME
TYPES OF DOMES
GEODESIC DOME
MATERIAL
CONSTRUCTION
TECHNOLOGY
USES OF DOME
ADVANTAGE
DISADVANTAGE
TOPIC: DOME SEM. :III SUBJECT: BMCT
Whispering gallery
A whispering gallery is a circular, hemispherical, enclosure,
often beneath a dome in which whispers can be heard
clearly in other parts other gallery
Whispering Gallery