Contrary to popular belief, cathedrals are not designed all at one time. In fact, they're almost like a living organism in that parts are torn down and rebuilt, changed and new parts added. And construction and reconstruction happens over many centuries, creating the building that stands today.
This is a great book on exactly that
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3496916-universe-of-stone
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The vision of the catherdral builders have probably never been to build a garbage dump place.
The building in your picture was not built by our civilization. None of those church buildings were. If you read one comment, if you actually do read some of your comments, you should really look into this YouTube channel.
Winchester?
Builders with very low time preference, robust & varied expertise and confident (borderline ego) makes for some of the most beautiful buildings out there.
These things take years to build, and are usually built by taller people from what I've heard.
We need maintenaners after itβs built, but not more creative developers over time
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Most buildings of this type have huge underground cellar systems or crypts. How does the gradual expansion of the buildings fit in with this fact? In addition, the buildings often have completely symmetrical patterns. These patterns cannot be created by patching things together. They have to be planned in advance.
