Adding new floors to old timber-framed buildings: An assessment of demolished and preserved courtyard houses in the historic centre of Madrid
The constructive analysis of Madrid's old timber-framed collective courtyard buildings, whether demolished, preserved intact, or enlarged, has achieved the dating of relevant case studies. New parameters established in this study set a chronology based on front sector original projects: old (17...
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Published in | Frontiers of architectural research Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 255 - 277 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.04.2022
Higher Education Press KeAi Communications Co., Ltd |
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Summary: | The constructive analysis of Madrid's old timber-framed collective courtyard buildings, whether demolished, preserved intact, or enlarged, has achieved the dating of relevant case studies. New parameters established in this study set a chronology based on front sector original projects: old (1737–1788), pre-modern (1788–1847) and modern (1847–1892). The on-site inspection and archival research point to ongoing misleading construction in the historic Southern area. Some modern corralas erected on top of pre-existing buildings confirm the initial hypothesis. First dimensioning rules for new façades and the stability required in old ones before adding new storeys, maintaining the original masonry or double-layered system, are discovered. Undated buildings suggest their possible origin a la malicia and a later transformation into transitional corralas. Finally, an analysis of the demolished courtyards narrows down the dating and points to new conjectures in some preserved by showing their uneven layout, old features, and structural discordances in each sector. |
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Bibliography: | Timber-framed structures Stability Houses a la malicia Document received on :2021-07-21 Document accepted on :2021-10-26 Conservation Assessment Document revised on :2021-10-14 Corrala |
ISSN: | 2095-2635 2095-2635 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.foar.2021.10.009 |