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Popularized in England, These Wavy Walls Actually Use Fewer Bricks Than a Straight Wall
(twistedsifter.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2023
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The concept of "human scale" is most known in urban design and architecture, but it provides a good framework to think about a lot of different aspects of our lives.
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How can that be
A wavy wall does not use less bricks than a straight wall that is one brick wide, but it does use less bricks than a straight wall that is wider than one brick. At the same time, a straight one brick wall might be unstable because of wind (especially without mortar).
Praise Euclid!