Minecraft Tutorial: Gothic Architecture part 1

[@Xaraen]

This video is great! I am always looking for concepts of how to build and not block by block tutorials. The depth of history and concepts behind the arches was perfect!

[@Cochencus]

Your videos on gothic architecture in Minecraft have been the most informative and best put together videos on gothic architecture I have been able to find, period. Thank you for putting these together.

[@J.A_Music]

I love the interior! But there are some things I would like to point out. 1. The blocks suggest that the vaulting is made of fan arches, which is not substantial for a standard roof like this, and perhaps only for a singular crossing. Besides, the centre of a fan arch wouldn't really be a flat surface. 2. The use of two pillars in the arcade corresponding to one arch in the clerestory means that the pillar in the centre of each arch needs to have a rib in the vaulting as well, and cannot be neglected. A good example of this is the vaulting in the Notre Dame. 3. You do need buttresses along the main clerestory as well, and not only for vertically supporting the flying buttresses. Putting a flying buttress directly against a flat clerestory wall will inevitably cause it to collapse inward, and therefore there must be a thick buttress there. 4. The apse and ambulatory might wanna be a bit more protruding, as you see in most northern european cathedrals. An example of this would be the cologne cathedral, which has a few pillars in the arcade for the choir before it gets to the apse. Otherwise, its a pretty great explanation of the gothic style! I'm quite perfectionistic, thus the comment, but its a great build for something so quick.

[@shells124]

Fair enough! Thanks for the comment and additional information! I never claimed to have a perfect understanding of architecture haha. I'm mostly self taught with books I find at the library. Having the clerestory be twice the size of the aisles is honestly for convenience for building in Minecraft. Otherwise you have to deal with some funny looking angles. But yes, they are a bit big and I acknowledge that. Good to know about the buttresses needed for the clerestory where the flying buttresses meet up as well. I honestly didn't know that and I will endeavor to add that to future builds. I did know about the apse needing to come out more. I excluded the choir. Poor choir. Thanks for the info! I'm always looking to improve my knowledge!

[@Bub009]

Nice.Now i have to google all those terms .

[@J.A_Music]

@@Bub009 💀💀💀 nah fr tho just search up "parts of a cathedral" on google and u prob can find quite a number of em

[@notbloodylikely4817]

I learned so much. As a 48 yr old Minecrafter I am maybe your crustiest subscriber, but this video was just what I was looking for. Can't use World Edit on my Xbox but I will do all those arches the long, hard way and build the cathedral of Steve's dreams!

[@crestfallenwarrior5719]

So? Did you start, my friend? Hows it going?

[@Thumb_]

Structure block moment

[@Qjaivlfystcox]

Based

[@pyrobytee]

wholesome comment

[@IanErnst-sr1jn]

Did you ever finish your cathedral? I'm working on one right now in minecraft too

[@JustinKais]

You're a talented builder. You take a block world and make it look amazing. My church basically looks like a salt box (blox) with a couple of square pointed towers. Going to tear it down and build one like you did. Good job on the glass too.

[@zerjiozerjio]

This is so great! Perfect amount of detail, historical context, and enough left to our own creativity so that it’s not just a copy of yours. Absolutely brilliant!

[@arcadicus_ezevius]

You'reso right about just the right amount of information for detail and context which avoids us ending up simply copying blueprints in the end

[@BB-mw3bv]

It's so refreshing to find videos that teach you "building theory" as oposed to a block-by-block recreation of a build! Keep up the good work!

[@KuroiGekijo]

Perfect speed, clear speech, explanations of why, and demonstration where there is so much room for everyone to make it their own and build entire cities with various building shapes and sizes using your tutorial. This video was perfect in every single way. Subscribing and looking forward to learning from you.

[@rococospade]

I love this! I didn’t expect to find a tutorial for this subject at all, so I was already happy, and the explanation of why the features were developed and how they work was a wonderful bonus. Thank you for taking the time to make this! I’m excited to check out your other videos and try to implement the lessons in my builds

[@metalenrg]

Really enjoyed listening to what was basically a condensed architecture lecture on this style, really helps understanding what makes something Gothic instead of just "do this"

[@pamelamallicoat1076]

This one of the best build explanations I’ve seen! Gorgeous!

[@A.D.Music.]

I like building gothic cathedrals in minecraft so this came of great use. It would be nice to see if you could come up with a fan vault design which is another type of vault ceiling used in gothic architecture. Hopefully you make more of this tutorials/how to video's, really well done.

[@shells124]

That would be really cool! I'll have to think about how to design one of those!

[@A.D.Music.]

You earned yourself a sub. First tutorial and it came out great 👍

[@shells124]

Thank you so much!

[@prof.solzhenitsyn235]

I've been making a warhammer 40k theme minecraft base and your tutorials really helped me put in ideas to make my base from big to gigantic. Ty!

[@taylormerrell8510]

Imagine my surprise when I decided to make a cathedral in Minecraft to find a whole video series talking about just that in historic detail! I can't wait to watch your other videos. This one was awesome!

[@armasplaygrounds6355]

Thank you for this tutorial, it helped a lot in getting the basics of the vaulted ceilings down. It's something I've been wanting to learn for a long time

[@drunkbobo]

This is dope! I love when I see people build with and pass on real architecture knowledge!

[@Dipper_23]

Great video! As an architectural engineering student with a focus on structural systems, I appreciated your brief explanations of the benefit of gothic arches.

[@GamelleO-g7t]

Thankyou . You are very good at this both build and instructions,direct and to the point. So often seeking tutorials in the web I find what would be very good ruined by weird distracting visual and sound effects.I drop them like a hot rock.Please keep up the great efforts you share.

[@alfiedavies2894]

Love this video! Me and my friends are building huge gothic church, its the biggest build I've ever tried doing, and you've helped us so much

[@rodolfochr5222]

Hey awesome video! I just came back from vacations on Spain and I head back to play minecraft, then due to all the Gothic churches and cathedrals I saw in Spain I decided to build one in minecraft and I truly found this helpful! Keep it up awesome content, I'm no architect but I've always loved their work regarding Gothic architecture... Anyway, thank you and I just subscribed!

[@Dan.Parker]

This content is so top notch. I could watch this girl all day.

[@joshuadjernigan]

This video was very informative (coming from an actual engineer.) I agree that a lot of architectural ideas do not translate well to the blocky world of Minecraft (at least at scale.) Thank very much for this tutorial and if you would like more information about building and designing roofs in Minecraft. Feel free to ask!

[@darthterror2840]

Such a great video. I love gothic architecture and I love your builds. I also like how you gave us just enough to do the basic structure and then let us build from that. I might’ve gotten lazy and just copied your build, brick for brick…but this way, I’m inspired to get really creative, especially with the nice design ideas, like on the spires. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

[@wilbibe]

This is how building tutorials should be!

[@Anthegg89]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very informative and fun to watch. It made me laugh when you erased part of the build, like i always do 😆 I can't wait to put what I learned into my builds

[@jacobbarkel887]

This was incredible. Easiest subscribe of my life. Keep up the amazing work!

[@scottspeig]

Just found this, as planning on building a cathedral in my daughter's world. As a note at the end, while continental cathedrals have a lot of curves, the English ones tend to be square (Canterbury/Salisbury) - But they're huge... It's going to take me a while I think!

[@lunablade4280]

Omg shells! It's been awhile I'm glad you're back! Amazing video

[@mozarteanchaos]

i don't see myself making gothic buildings much, but i do like this series of videos! it's neat to learn about the architectural terms, and i might be able to incorporate some of the advice into my own builds less directly. in particular, it's really helpful to know that a build can look good with a boring roof!

[@Kwik91]

I usually skim through videos to find what I need but I actually spent some time watching your video! The information you provided on the beginning was very interesting! I can’t wait to try out what I learned! Thank you!

[@IntegralZero]

Thank you so much for making this! I love that you didn’t just show how to build something that looks cool, but it’s actually *somewhat* historically accurate- at least as much as Minecraft allows 😅

[@jonburfoot6772]

That is a very cool build. Gothic architecture is inherently complex looking, and a bit of a nightmare for Minecraft! This is a superb version! 🙂

[@twice4504]

I have to create a gothic building for Arts and this totally helped me get ideas, thank you!

[@arcadicus_ezevius]

This is awesome. Thank you for this video, Shells! Today is the last day of our semester after a week of daily exams with clinical duties on the weekends. I've clicked on about 10 videos I didn't even finish before this one. But I watched yours all the way through! Looking forward to complete your playlist on cathedrals in Minecraft and hopefully start building one in my survival world. ❤

[@TheFugles]

I love this. It taught me more than just how to build in Minecraft

[@TheFugles]

I keep rewatching because this is a style I love and never understood. Also, I love Minecraft and your humor

[@StargateAddict]

Thank you very much for this video!!! It really helped me. I was building a giant structure in a gothic style. It was not a cathedral but more like a big building complex. And thanks to your video it looks AWESOME!! I hope you will make more videos like this.

[@EmorettOfficial]

This is so cool!! I got so tired of all the straight medieval-adjacent styles that is so popular in Minecraft right now… This will be amazing for putting an emo/gothic twang on my builds in my survival world lmaooo tysm

[@jaycanpaint2533]

Exactly what I’ve been looking for when it comes to an architectural tutorial. Thank you so much!!

[@kikireeves3845]

this is such a Great tutorial! i extended the arches by adding another big one and 4 more little ones, but i Now know how to build the arched by myself without tutorial Or looking at the one i did with the video! in other words, thank you and keep up the good work

[@jmcortade8161]

Just discovered this channel, and I already like it.

[@Sanj_e]

Just found your channel, it is super comforting and has helped me come back to a space of peace when life is hard to function in. Very informative video as well by the way. ^__^

[@thebeaterdrumer]

I appreciate this video alot I'm in love with gothic Era cathedrals/ acoustically tuned opera halls......

[@meoly8398]

please make a video where you finish this cathedral

[@Kharn_the_Betrayer_18]

2 years later and this still helps, currently working on a build from warhammer 40,000

[@Neatcraft]

You are a great builder. This was very informative.

[@GamingCorner4447]

This is fantastic! I am looking to improve my building skills on minecraft, and found this video very useful. Thankfully I'm not too bad at roofs, so I'll try to apply one of my own. Thanks for posting this!

[@RobertPSmith336]

hey shells, this is a great video and helped me into start building some awesome architecture!!

[@BluePh4ntom1]

Thank you so much for this video! I'm beginning to build a dark soul-esque cathedral in our SMP Server. Since I suck at building, I tend to search for tutorial videos and I happen to stumble across your video. Subbed!

[@blakeythekitty]

this is so cool! definitely gonna watch the rest of your videos on gothic architecture in one binge sitting >:D

[@ryanpfahler9945]

Great video!!! My only recommendation would be for people who do not have World Edit, you can use the built-in /clone command to paste sections.

[@shells124]

While technically possible, clone only does so much and is kind of a pain to use. It has a block limit that is depressingly low and you have to insert individual coordinates for everything. But yes. It is an option. Just not a great one.

[@repipDATME]

i saw this video about a year go, since then ive been making my own gothic cathedral using your structure. Ive made it my own and really developed my building skills, moat of it is trial and error but im getting there.

[@shells124]

@@repipDATME good! That's always my goal is to give you the tools you need to make your own styled builds. Glad I could help!

[@the5031]

i learned about gothic and roman architecture in one of my classes and now i want a minecraft cathedral

[@jaethedunce]

using this guide to build my gf a deepslate cherry wood castle thank you for the sick vid

[@tracyhicks9716]

I just love your video! I love architecture and this was wonderful! Thank you so much!❤

[@tracyhicks9716]

I hope to see more videos from you!!

[@crestfallenwarrior5719]

Oh thats just what i need! Im planning something like that on our server and this is a great Tutorial. Will watch again.

[@TheMaximusjk]

This is such a great and informative video. I am so excited to use a lot of these techniques in upcoming projects! Thanks!

[@sueco_r]

Thank you so much, you make Gothic Architecture seem easy, helped me a lot! God Bless you!

[@ferimokis3931]

wow you are REALLY a professional, thanks for the tutorial!

[@vahlok2568]

This is seriously S tier content thank you!

[@GracemarieJohnson2763]

Very great tutorial. Also, completely unrelated, but I LOVE your skin. It really suits your voice.

[@shells124]

Thanks! It's a Princess Zelda skin that I made. I've actually cosplayed as Princess Zelda before, so I thought the skin was fitting.

[@kenjiroumiyamoto1432]

Completely missed the chance to use the flying butts thing. Thank you for sharing your wonderful mind.

[@tobiashofmann8994]

This helped me out so much! Can't thank you enough because of my gosh did I get frustrated lol

[@famtpanda_letmecook]

honestly great video!!! really interested in more of this

[@HeyaHoyah]

Came here for the arch and instead learned about the existence of World Edit That would've been useful to know a couple months ago haha

[@cyruswarr1192]

top drawer my dear.. I really hope we get to see more. i would imagine you could put an entire series together on this one style of architecture. then, perhaps we could see others or maybe some of your terraforming.

[@shells124]

That's the plan, yeah! I'll finish talking about Gothic Architecture and then move on to discussing Romanesque architecture and go from there. But I think we'll avoid my terraforming haha. I'm only so-so at that.

[@gorinlaz3956]

This was such a great tutorial! Really helpful

[@HapyyTheCat]

this video... is EXACTLY. what i wanted thank you. subed

[@jesperaltren]

Just what I was looking for, and very well explained - thank you!

[@edim108]

As with basically every build, the bigger the scale, the easier it is to design. For example the larger the scale the easier it is to build good looking circular designs their "resolution" increases.

[@eddwarriior]

dripstone would fit so well in a gothic church pinnacles and spires

[@beestinks740]

i really loved this video!! it was super helpfull and easy to digest.

[@SixWings]

Great video! Love how you explain everything. 🙂

[@cookiemuffin3208]

This was really good! Got a hill I'm gonna stick a cathredal on

[@robbybryan9944]

can you make a tutorial on how to build the actual cathedral you show in the beginning

[@shells124]

I won't be covering this cathedral in particular, but I'm making videos talking about how to make the different parts of a cathedral. I'll be talking about how to make the apse, ambulatory, bell towers, and anything else you might need to know to design and build your own cathedral. Just be patient. I'm working on it.

[@robbybryan9944]

@@shells124 Sounds good, I love the gothic style. It reminds me of Warhammer 40k

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Yea I'd settle for a footprint diagram, you can work out most things from that.

[@justSascha]

Thank you for the extra facts :) everything about this video just helps me to improve my building skills :D i am currently building a smaller version... some things especially the windows look kinda weird but I try to make it look as good as possible :D

[@aperturegames3984]

Is there a chart guide for gothic archess? Like circle charts? Is kind of dificult to guess the form for big archess

[@shells124]

I can try to make one. Might take me a bit of time. There's also different shapes of arches, so the numbers will change depending on whether you want a tall arch, a squat arch, or more of an S shaped arch. I'll try to make my chart cover a number of them.

[@aperturegames3984]

@@shells124 thank you, that would be so usefull

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

This is why quarter size building blocks are needed, just for buildings. Otherwise buildings like this forts and castles always look of scale with everything else. I'm okay with the fill and clone command mind you clone has its moods. Must get up to speed with copy/ paste. Your good I'd be still looking at my first block scratching my head. Thanks.

[@sirpigeoniii]

I wish I saw this before I made the outside of my cathedral.

[@shy_dodecahedron]

Hello. First thing I want to say is that your "tada" sounds lovely. Second, if I understand correctly an astroid, aka four-sided star is made four quarters of a circle facing inside, so making those sealings isn't that hard if you know how circles are made.

[@shells124]

You are correct! I sort of address that in my vault video actually. The four pointed star is made by circles radiating from the pillars holding up the vault.

[@SnaP5-40]

Excellent explanation and tutorial!!♥

[@lonecrusaider]

Perfect. I'm about to build something very similar. This helps a ton!

[@lew2003]

insightful video and an incredible watch thank you!!

[@Lxtzombie]

This one was worth subbing

[@gustavakerman2566]

Your voice is delightful

[@MrHaggyy]

For the arches and the roof i would for slaps. If the slap roof is not steep enough you can alternate between slaps and stairs. Using more stairs on the outer rings and more slaps in the middle should do it. XD but funny enough all stairs from bottom to top is what most churches did as well. But with 7:11 the stairs were not as steep as 1:1.

[@williamwebb580]

This video was very informative and very helpful. Thank you.

[@bactrosaurus]

Did you say "basic architecture" at the beginning?😂

[@jamesu1540]

Great and informative video, thankyou. Liked and subbed

[@DanorDave]

You should watch tango teks cathedral base, for the cool looking roofs

[@NouvelEmpire]

great, love your voice and tone too !

[@damnethnivsara3622]

Really appreciate tNice tutorials. Thankyou brother

[@stuntunicorn]

this is exactly what im looking for, thank you

[@wackyjaci6869]

This was fantastic, thank you! :D

[@gin496]

would be great if you provided a schematic file of the cathedral that looks like a cross

[@TenkiRyu]

Awesome tutorial thanks!

[@RawSageSoul]

i have learned so much in 2 mins

[@oe3567]

Thank you, this was very useful

[@Obscurika]

Looks great! Thanks for the tut!

[@horationelson298]

Fantastic video well done and thank you

[@kcplaysgames5219]

Possibleto get a full tutorial on the big dark build?