https://hasanjasim.online/15-illustrations-of-british-crinkle-crankle-walls-which-require-less-bricks-to-construct-than-straight-walls/
In England you might see a lot of "wavy walls" made of brick. According to the link above, the walls actually use fewer bricks than a straight wall because straight walls need at least two layers of bricks to be sturdy, but the wavy walls are sturdy enough with one layer because of the arch support provided by the waves.
Lots of investigate in here.
- Why is it sturdier?
- How "straight" could a wall get before it starts to get unstable?
- Is there a "too wavy" wall?
- What connections are there (if any??) to sine and cosine functions?
- Construct a wavy wall! Could be interesting to test strength somehow.
Not sure how much engineering and physics is necessary to understand to be able to really make sense of this. But the walls do look cool :-)
