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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment
Study of the traditional tabique constructions in the Alto Tâmega region
2010 •
Humberto Varum
Ecology and the Environment
Study of the traditionaltabiqueconstructions in theAlto Tâmegaregion
2010 •
Humberto Varum
Tabique construction in the Municipalities Association of the Terra Quente Transmontana
2010 •
Humberto Varum
Tabique is one of the main Portuguese traditional building techniques which use basically natural and local building materials such as earth and timber. A tabique building component such as a wall is build up using a simple timber structure covered on both sides by an earth based mortar. The earth based mortar has an important role in this building system technology since it not only protects the internal timber structure but it also acts as finishing elements.
Tabique constructions in the municipalities association of terra fria do nordeste transmontano
2011 •
Humberto Varum, José Martinho
Tabique is one of the main Portuguese traditional building techniques which basically use natural and local building materials such as earth and timber. A tabique building component such as a wall is built up using a simple timber structure covered by an earth based mortar on both sides. The earth based mortar has an important role in this building system technology since it not only protects the internal timber structure but it also acts as finishing element.
Characterization of traditional tabique constructions in Douro North Valley region
2010 •
Humberto Varum
Generally, the traditional building techniques uses natural and local building materials such as stone, woodand earth and, are associated to building procedures that requires small amount of energy consumption and release an expressive noxious gases to atmosphere. The development of green building techniques that help the building industry contributing to a much more sustainable world may be inspired on these traditional building techniques as models. Each sector of societies including ourselves should pay a bill for environmental ...
FIFTY YEARS OF EXCAVATIONS AND RESEARCHES AT ARSLANTEPE-MALATYA (TURKEY). THE CONTRIBUTION OF LA SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY TO THE STUDY OF THE EARLIEST CENTRALISED SOCIETIES
2012_BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES AT ARSLANTEPE: RESULTS OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY
2012 •
R. Quaresima, Giovanna Liberotti
Earthen architecture is one of the most powerful expressions of the human capacity to build, to make the best use of the resources available in the nearby environment, through a variety of very interesting local know-how and specific social organizations. This research is an attempt to identify the properties of earthen construction elements – mud bricks, mud plaster and raw earth – in order to deepen our understanding of the production technology. A site-specific study based upon earthen architecture at Arslantepe (Malatya, Turkey) will assess the relationship of the technological and cultural influences on the construction of the site. The Late-Chalcolithic periods are best suited for addressing an analysis focused on architecture techniques due to the extensive mapping and ongoing research at the site. Furthermore, thanks to the wealth of data collected throughout 50 years of excavation it was also possible to get information about the main buildings of other periods, looking closely at the construction techniques.
Tabique construction characterization in Douro North Valley, Portugal: a first step to preserve this architectural heritage
2009 •
Humberto Varum
The tabique is one of the main Portuguese traditional building techniques, which is based on raw materials as earth and wood. In general, a tabique wall is formed by a simple timber structure covered by earth. Earth has an important role in this system because it protects the internal timber structure as well as is a finishing. The Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro is the northeast region of Portugal and it is very rich in terms of tabique heritage construction.
Historic rammed earth structures in Spain, construction techniques and a preliminary classification
2006 •
Christopher Gerrard
Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures
Time in China
Jean DeBernardi
Islamic fortifications in Spain built with rammed earth
Ignacio Javier Gil Crespo
This paper offers a history of rammed-earth construction through the study of selected examples of Islamic defensive architecture in Spain. While earth construction differs from region to region and time to time during the period of Islamic domination in Spain, various examples share a number of common characteristics. The details of rammed-earth construction techniques in each historical epoch are analysed in terms of the dimensions of the earth boxes and their elements. The processes and the auxiliary elements of the formwork, and the role of putlog holes and beams are also studied. From this analysis a construction typology for Islamic earthworks is proposed. This differs from Medieval Christian rammed-earth construction which comprises a method using boxes and half putlogs which need a bracing system such as wedges, nails, ropes or Saint Andrew crosses. Finally, analysis of the modules and dimensions of the rammed-earth components reveals that two modules were used, one used during Emirate and Caliphate based on a dimension of a raššāší cubit (0.55 cm), the other used during the Almoravid, Almohad and Nasrid kingdoms based on a dimension of a ma'mūní cubit (c. 0.45 cm)..
