The third phase of the construction

The model displays the construction of the octagon.

Animation

Usage of the model windows

General hint: if the models are not visible or not centered, press Z. Sometimes the predefined views don’t load correctly, this is a bug in the Iris plugin.

Navigation:

• LMB - Pan around the scene
• RMB - Orbits the scene camera
• MM Wheel - Zooms
• Zooming Extents - ‘z’
• Zooming Selected - ‘s’

Accessing the pre-defined (numbered) views:

Click on the hamburger button in the top-left corner of the window, then on the eye icon, then on a number.

The entire model of the third phase

Rendering the entire model in 3D requires powerful hardware, so it can be accessed on a separate page:

3D model of the third phase

Machines

The first crane from the folio 3 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The third crane from the folio 3 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The first crane from the folio 4 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The first crane from the folio 10 recto of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

The second crane from the folio 10 verso of Hans Hammer’s portfolio:

Scaffoldings

Drawings used as sources

• Tower: Wien Museum Karlsplatz Inv. Nr. 105.064 (floor plan) and Inv. Nr. 105.067 (elevation) [1]
• Scaffoldings: scaffolding of a tower from Viollet-le-Duc’s dictionary [2]
• Accessing the different levels of the scaffoldings: Hans Hammer’s ladder from the page 8v of the portfolio [3]
• Machines:
  • Hans Hammer’s 3r 1 crane [3]
  • Hans Hammer’s 3r 3 crane [3]
  • Hans Hammer’s 4r 1 crane [3]
  • Hans Hammer’s 10r 1 crane [3]
  • Hans Hammer’s 10v 2 crane [3]

References

[1] M. Kronberger, Ed., Der Dombau von St. Stephan. Die Originalpläne aus dem Mittelalter. Wien: Metroverlag, 2011. 49., 63–67. p.

[2] E. E. Viollet-le-Duc, Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, vol. 5. Paris: B. Bance, 1861., 103–114. p.

[3] H. Hammer, Zeichnungen. Herzog August Bibliothek Cod. Guelf. 114.1 extrav. http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=mss/114-1-extrav