The Construction of Tile Vaulted Structures in Spain During the Eighteenth Century: The Church of Sant Miquel De Batea (1764- 1800)

The success of tile vaults is recognised in the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twelfth century, and theoretical principles on the lack of thrusts were addressed by the Count of Espié (1708 -1792) and answered by Ventura Rodríguez, (1717-1785). During the eighteenth century, a large...

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Published inConstruction history : journal of the Construction History Group Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25
Main Authors Costa-Jover, A, Lluis, J, Ginovart, García, D Moreno, Coll-Pla, S, Lluis-Teruel, C, Ugalde-Blázquez, I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ascot Construction History Society 01.01.2022
Subjects
18th century
Architecture
Churches
Construction
Historians
Lasers
Romanesque
Scanners
Vaults
Spain
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Summary:The success of tile vaults is recognised in the late nineteenth century and the beginning of the twelfth century, and theoretical principles on the lack of thrusts were addressed by the Count of Espié (1708 -1792) and answered by Ventura Rodríguez, (1717-1785). During the eighteenth century, a large number of Hallenkirchen churches were built in Spain, with remarkable structures and in short periods of time, where the use of tile vaults was very common.This article examines this construction system in a church of Hallenkirchen type, the church of Sant Miquel de Batea (1764-1800) in Tarragona, Spain. The motivation stems from the desire to understand a construction technique that adjusts to the needs of a unitary architectural space designed for communication. The methodology is based on study of the construction features shown in the Capitulations (1764), which are the conditions set out in the contract for the construction of the building, and a formal analysis of the structure taken from a point cloud obtained using a terrestrial laser scanner. The study detected formal anomalies between the construction elements which were not initially visible.
ISSN:0267-7768