Types and uses of vaults and timbrel vaults in Interior Alentejo: Data for a typological study

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Author	Rosado, A. Costa
Copyright Year	2021
Description	Vaults and timbrel vaults are one of the most particular construction techniques used in traditional Alentejo housing. To identify the vaulting solution types, this research deployed surveys of houses in four of the region's cities. The most frequent vault types are groin, trough, barrel and segmental, with lunette and sail found in smaller numbers. In the case of timbrel vaults, the most frequent shapes are trough and segmental. A correlation was found between the types of vaults and house divisions, their position inside the house and the geometry of rooms. The chronology of the spread of vaulting in the Alentejo's housing is still imprecise but may coincide with the early Modern Age evolution of housing typologies. The incidence of vaults also coincided with late 16th/17th century (and onwards) expansion of cities. The increase in recourse to vaulting solutions may also have been influenced by late 17th century military constructions. Book Name: History of Construction Cultures
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Ending Page	148
Page Count	8
Starting Page	141
DOI	10.1201/9781003173359-19
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-07-05
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: History of Construction Cultures Architecture Building and Construction Alentejo Timbrel Vaults Vaulting Solution Century Segmental Trough Coincide
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter