【摘要】 根据墨菲档案,考察清华大学大礼堂的建造背景及思想来源;根据不同的建造方式,简述至大礼堂建成时(1920年代)为止的西方穹顶建造发展历史;依据实测,研究大礼堂的穹顶结构形式,比较实际的穹顶结构及建造技术与墨菲最初设计的异同,并分析差别产生的原因。更多还原

【Abstract】 Based on Murphy Papers at Yale University, the first part of this paper discusses the intellectual origins and precedents of Tsinghua’s auditorium and the larger historical background in which it was embedded. According to diferent construction methods, the second part delineates a brief history of dome construction in the West up to the early 1920s when the auditorium was erected. The third part, on the basis of field survey and measuring in July 2013, compares the actual dome construction with its original design, deducing possible reasons for distinct diferences.更多还原