They have been known to get inspired by other types of architectures like on the west side where it was supposed to be more welcoming for visitors (elves) afaik.These are the best types of roofing materials available according to our research. Civilizations have been known to go out of their way for decorating buildings why wouldn't the Dwarves do so? As far as inspiration from other architecture outside Moria goes we don't think Dwarves would be that repellent of other types of architecture. By making all houses floor to ceiling you wouldn't be able to see how grand the hall is. Imo Dwarves would be the race to do that.
As you said, Ruben, people have been decorating their builds to show prosperity. To bring my statement to a close I would also like to bring up some of the points Daom had while discussing this. I don't think the size of these buildings would be as important as maybe the decoration there. Plus, the small houses planned will be a temple/Chapple and potentially a bathhouse in the first section and the second design of roofed houses is supposed to serve more like a wall for an uncovered storage area. I would also like to remind that domes have bee used before in Moria in case anyone had a problem with that design choice. I do agree that some of their aspects are too modern/unfitting but this conversation is not about the style of the houses. The current designs come from when Pants was designing the hall. Secondly: Daom and I haven't built any roofs in this hall yet. A slanted roof would also help with directing this debris to the ground where it could be cleaned up instead of accumulating on the roof. I'm happy you brought up debris because in my opinion there would be a bigger possibility for debris in a dug hall than in a cave that took shape over hundreds, maybe thousands of years. Having a flat roof would mean that all this water would form puddles and eventually seep into the house. Not only would there be water sipping through the ground but there would probably be condensation on the ceilings of the halls which would eventually come down as water drops. If you ask me there would definitely be a use for slanted roofs. Here's an interesting quote about their language, which might also be about their architecture:įirst of all: I believe halls like this one were dug out so checking the water flows by looking at stalactites wouldn't be possible. Dwarves developed a beautiful architectural style of their own, and as they did with their language, they probably wouldn't have liked foreign influences. Especially these (see pic below) European looking buildings would probably be regarded as dollhouse pieces by the stubborn, proud Longbeards. I get the idea, but I don't think it fits with Tolkien's idea of Dwarves. They're supposed to represent outside world architecture perhaps comparable to how rich 19th century people built medieval looking castles, even though they were completely pointless by that time. I think this is the reason why Toti and Doam built them. There is however another aspect that makes up the form of a building, that is aesthetics. But this is just realistically speaking. So roof above your head is just for heat insulation and perhaps protection from falling debris, and keep in mind, this is only for houses in caves. Btw the builders of the houses could easily see where the water drips down based on the stalactites/stalagmites, so actually there would be 0 rainfall. Slanted roofs with roof tiles are unnecessary, because the rainfall would be limited to very little dripping water.
In huge natural caves however, like the 'Chamber' of Light, it would be very inefficient to warm up the entire cave, so houses make sense. As Ryttyr pointed out, Moria is entirely an interior build. These arguments could go about in huge caves, but just not in a hall of this size (see album below).
Roofs halfway in the interior would fix that. His arguments were - iirc - firstly that there would be dripping water and that Dwarves would need to keep the heat inside. I think most of us agree on the realistic aspect, but didn't. Let me start by saying that roofs in closed halls are realistically speaking completely unnecessary and unlogical. This is gonna be another long read (I write way too many long posts these days).
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