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Proposal for TWA Geometric Derivation

As I meditated with the TWA terminal through hand drafting, I became curious about how to describe the curvatures of the cast-in-place roof, and if they would relate to the construction circles I was adding to my drawing. Through analyzing geometric facts from plans and sections, I investigated what sort of shapes and transformations the lobes of the roof could be cut from. My meandering investigation yielded a hypothesis of the torus (an arching cylinder, such as macaroni) as the most likely fundamental shape.
Sectional Data Sets to Scale for Comparison
Allignment of Tori
Rules of Hypothesis
Hand drafted 30"x40" TWA. Birds-eye axon.
Detail from the well loved drafting.
Rendering of the roof lobes in dark blue within their completed tori. 
Proposal for TWA Geometric Derivation
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Proposal for TWA Geometric Derivation

Hypothesis of TWA Shell Geometry

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