[Greenbuilding] Roof slopes (was Re: Glass roofing)

[RT]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:49:07 -0400, Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net>  
wrote:

> True, the temples are shallower, but the diagonal of a golden rectangle  
> (10 to 16.14....) is an ancient proportion used for
> roofs in New England.
>
> On Aug 14, 2014, at 3:28 PM, candtcampbell at juno.com wrote:
>
>> I could have sworn that the pitch of a Greek pediment was something  
>> like 5.2 in 12.
>> My favorite pitch is 7.5/12, aka 10 in 16.


"7.5/12" and 10/16 are both Murrican (ie based on Imperial units)  
approximations of the diagonal of the Golden Rectangle -- close, but not  
perfect, Perfection being that which the Golden Mean is supposed to  
represent, derived by geometry rather than arithmetic.

Me ? I like 7/12 for roofs. 30 degrees. Easy to set up for cuts and  
joints. Not so steep that you slide off when walking around on it but  
steep enough that snow and rain don't accumulate on the outside and the  
inhabited roof volume is an interesting space  -- human scaled as opposed  
to slopes 12/12 or more which are better suited the Divine where much of  
the "soaring" space (or as one typo in a realtor's ad called it "sorrowing  
20 foot ceilings") of the interior roof volume cannot be practically  
utilised.

Enginoids also like 30 degrees for roof slopes. Steeper than 30 degrees  
and live loading due to wind becomes a governing factor in the structural  
design --shallower than 30 degrees, gravity loads govern -- 30 degrees is  
the sweet spot between the two and is structurally very efficient.

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