Perhaps a title for this post could be Moving Beyond the Wheel

In studying this system and working out the various aspects of my design, I think that there is much more in the realm of circular geometry than what the wheel itself shows you, at least right off.

I remember once having read a description of how Canterbury cathedral was laid out according to the system of Ad Triangulum. This, as I understand it, is a system of laying out rectangles by means of squares. This cathedral was limited by the narrow frontage of the lot it was built on, and so this measurement was used to derive all other measurements, down to the placement of the altar within the chapel. Essentially this was done by taking that measurement and various sections of it and drawing a series of circles on the ground to create the plan. Below are examples of the Euclidean Geometry of Canterbury Cathedral

The Geometry of Lanfranc’s Cathedral 1070-1096/1120

The Geometry of the Choir of 1120