ABSTRACT
Graphic statics has been strongly employed as a method to analyze and design structures. Whereas the former use is well documented in literature, the latter has been rarely discussed. Based on a close investigation of original working-drawings, this paper focuses on the graphical methods adopted by Luis Moya Blanco for the design of one of his most famous works: the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Araucana in Madrid, 1972. The paper first recalls the principles of graphic statics, describes Luis Moya Blanco’s work across Spain and contextualizes his construction techniques based on the wide use of bricks. The church of Nuestra Señora de la Araucana is then introduced as well as Moya’s original working-documents related to the design of its masonry arches. The paper later investigates in details Moya’s original working-drawings in order to retrieve the key steps of his manual form-finding process.
