<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article describes a traditional one-story building named <italic>cardenha</italic>, which is a type of vernacular building in the village of Vale de Poldros and widespread in the northern region of Portugal. The author has done the comparative analysis of construction of <italic>cardenha</italic> and similar structures that have dry stone masonry walls and corbelled dome roofs in the territory of the Mediterranean Basin. Related construction systems of <italic>cardenha</italic> were identified in the basic types of corbelled domes and unique features of the structures in Vale de Poldros are described.</p></abstract>

The article describes a traditional one-story building named cardenha, which is a type of vernacular building in the village of Vale de Poldros and widespread in the northern region of Portugal. The author has done the comparative analysis of construction of cardenha and similar structures that have dry stone masonry walls and corbelled dome roofs in the territory of the Mediterranean Basin. Related construction systems of cardenha were identified in the basic types of corbelled domes and unique features of the structures in Vale de Poldros are described.

Vernacular Values in Architectural Heritage. The Case of Vale de Poldros

Kharkiv National University of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Architecture and Urban Planning

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The article describes a traditional one-story building named cardenha, which is a type of vernacular building in the village of Vale de Poldros and widespread...

Vernacular Values in Architectural Heritage. The Case of Vale de Poldros

Publicado en línea: 10 feb 2018

Páginas: 15 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aup-2017-0002

Palabras clave
dry stone masonry, corbelled dome, basic types of corbelled domes

© 2017 Anna Martynenko, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Vernacular Values in Architectural Heritage. The Case of Vale de Poldros

Publicado en línea: 10 feb 2018

Páginas: 15 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aup-2017-0002

Palabras clavedry stone masonry, corbelled dome, basic types of corbelled domes

© 2017 Anna Martynenko, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
dry stone masonry, corbelled dome, basic types of corbelled domes