GMTF Speaker Series: Historic Use of Geometry in Construction
Wed, Nov 05
|Green Mountain Timber Frames (GMTF)
Join us for a hands on presentation about the design and framing of buildings using a compass, a line, and a scribe – the tools available to builders before the Industrial Revolution.
Time & Location
Nov 05, 2025, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Green Mountain Timber Frames (GMTF), 430 West St, Middletown Springs, VT 05757, USA
Guests
About the event
Practical Geometry: What is it? How did our ancestors use it?
Join Geometer, Jane Griswold Radocchia in the historic Reuben Wait Barn for a hands on introduction to the design and framing of buildings using a compass, a line, and a scribe – the Practical Geometry used before the Industrial Revolution. Together we will learn how to use a compass to lay out a square, divide a square into 3 equal rectangles without measuring, and set a square corner with a compass.
5:15 PM - Doors open
5:30 PM - Historic Use of Geometry in Construction. A presentation by Jane Griswold Radocchia
6:45 PM - Potluck dinner and conversation