Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Tile Vaults in Post-War Germany
Tile vaults, made with burnt bricks set flat and gypsum, are the most economical way to cover a space with masonry. They originated in the Mediterranean area, probably around the 10th century (the first known example, in Murcia, Spain, dates from the 12th century). They are found throughout most of the Iberian Peninsula, in the south of France, in Italy, and in the north of Africa. Tile vaults have also been found in Iran. These vaults are difficult to distinguish from other types of brick vaults as their intrados was usually plastered with gypsum; further research would probably notably expand our knowledge of their diffusion. In any case the widespread diffusion, geographically and chronologically, of a single building technique is noteworthy. The technique easily migrated from one culture to another, and was integrated in different building traditions. This chapter considers a single episode of this diffusion: the transfer of tile vaulting to post-war Germany, between 1940 and 1960. To put the work in context, similar episodes in other European countries will first be briefly considered.
Tile Vaults in Post-War Germany
Tile vaults, made with burnt bricks set flat and gypsum, are the most economical way to cover a space with masonry. They originated in the Mediterranean area, probably around the 10th century (the first known example, in Murcia, Spain, dates from the 12th century). They are found throughout most of the Iberian Peninsula, in the south of France, in Italy, and in the north of Africa. Tile vaults have also been found in Iran. These vaults are difficult to distinguish from other types of brick vaults as their intrados was usually plastered with gypsum; further research would probably notably expand our knowledge of their diffusion. In any case the widespread diffusion, geographically and chronologically, of a single building technique is noteworthy. The technique easily migrated from one culture to another, and was integrated in different building traditions. This chapter considers a single episode of this diffusion: the transfer of tile vaulting to post-war Germany, between 1940 and 1960. To put the work in context, similar episodes in other European countries will first be briefly considered.
Tile Vaults in Post-War Germany
Huerta Fernández, Santiago (Autor:in)
01.01.2021
Tile Vaults in Post-War Germany | En: Brick vaults and beyond: the transformation of a historical structural system from 1750 to 1970 | pag. 289-369 | Instituto Juan de Herrera | 2021
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
720
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